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The Health Officer may initiate a quarantine by delivering to the owner or custodian of such suspected animal, by either certified mail or by hand delivering to a responsible person present on the premises, a written notice of such quarantine which shall prescribe the duration of the quarantine period; provided, that the period of the quarantine shall not exceed ten days, unless it is determined that the animal is infected with rabies. The delivery of the notice of quarantine to a responsible person present upon the premises where such animal is kept shall be considered service of a notice upon the owner or custodian. Any such animals so quarantined shall be impounded in a shelter or a local veterinary clinic’s kennel. At the discretion of the Health Officer, the animal may be quarantined upon the premises of the owner or any other person so long as the requirements of the quarantine are strictly fulfilled.

(Ord. 2005-108 § 1 (part), 2005; Ord. 84-24 § 1 (part), 1984; Prior Code § 36.09.030)