The mayor, upon reasonable apprehension of danger from mad or rabid dogs, may issue a proclamation forbidding dogs of every description from running at large, and after such proclamation shall have been issued twenty-four (24) hours, any dog found running at large in the city not securely muzzled, may be immediately destroyed or caused to be destroyed by the animal control officer. (Ord. 94, amended, 1982; Prior code §2-17; Ord. 99-17, amended, 2001)