09-28-1988 - Agenda Packet City Council - regular meeting

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Polk-v DC'1)I I T't In (.1 1( FOLLOW-UP CASE FILE 88002367 BADGE 565 OFFENSE._ Animal Problem DATE 4/28/88 PRINCIPLES) DATE TYPED 4/29/88 John Hollander TYPED BY SAS On 4/28/88 upon my arrival to the office, I found a phone message awaiting from Mr. John Hollander of 200 Hollander Road, had called stating that he had a racoon in a live trap at his residence. I arrived at 1742 hours, found no one at the residence. I knocked and also yelled outside the residence but no one came to the door. I looked around the residence and was unable to locate the trap anywhere. On the property, I did find a dog kennel that had three dogs inside. The dog kennel was made of chain link fence with a wooden house attached. Also inside the kennel were several piles of defecation inside the cage, appearing as if it hadn't been c' ned for several days. Also the dog food was dumped upside down, lvir the cement floor in a pile, not in a dish. Knowing that this was violation of city ordinance, I took several pictures of the area inside the cage, showing all three dogs and the mess which was inside. I then cleared the residence and came back to the office to do Daoerwook. At 1853 hours, I received a radio call to Mr. Hollander's residence. He had returned and wanted the racoon nicked up. I arrived at 1858 hours, met with Mr. Hollander who showed me where the racoon we . I brought this trapped racoon back to my car and advised Mr. Hollander I would take ca-= of it. I then asked Mr. Hollander who owned the dons that were on h: property and he stated that they were his and that he also had one more inside for a total of four. He stated that he had owned the dogs for a couple of years now. I asked Mr. Hollander if he had current licenses fcr the dogs and he stated that ves, but did not know and was unsure of when he had purchased license for them last. I asked Mr. Hollander if the four dog licenses were the onlv thing that he purchased at this time and he stated ves, it was. I advised him that he was in violation because the dogs were not registered at the time with having dog licenses in the dog licensing book. I also advised that he was in violation because he did not have a dog kennel license which is required if you have more than two dogs on vour property. I also asked him then when the last time that he had cleaned out the cage where the dogs were outside. He told me that it was two weeks ago, and they had gotten new dishes at the same time the cleaning was done. I had a cow of the ordinance with me and showed Mr. Hollander that it said that you are not to allow solid wastes of a doe to accumulate on the premise for more than 24 hours. By the amount of defecation that was built up in the fence, you could tell that it had been more than 24 hours as the