7.24.070 Area quarantine.
A. When one or more positive diagnosis of rabies is made within the city, the chief animal care and regulation officer may institute an area quarantine for a period of 30 calendar days. The area covered by the quarantine shall be at the discretion of the chief animal care and regulation officer.
B. A person within the quarantine area may not:
1. Take a domestic or domesticated animal off the premises of its owner, except on a leash or in a harness; or
2. Take or ship a domestic or domesticated animal from the area of quarantine without written permission of the chief animal care and regulation officer.
C. During an area quarantine a domestic or domesticated animal running-at-large may be destroyed forthwith by an authorized animal care and regulation officer.
D. In the event subsequent and continued cases of rabies occur during the 30 calendar day quarantine period, the quarantine time may be extended up to an additional six months at the discretion of the chief animal care and regulation officer.
E. During the period of quarantine, the boundaries of the quarantine area may be adjusted by the chief animal care and regulation officer as needed.
F. Any domestic or domesticated animal with a current rabies vaccination during an area quarantine which is bitten by any animal shall be immediately revaccinated and placed under supervised quarantine. The bite shall be reported immediately to the chief animal care and regulation officer. (Ord. 09-69(AM) § 8, 2009; prior code § 12.20.070)