Changes to Animal Control Code
On January 10, 2012 the Mayor and Board of Aldermen approved modifications to the Animal Control Code recommended by City Staff and the Animal Control Board. These changes are as follows:
1) The City will no longer maintain a pet tag program. Instead, residents must ensure that their pet carries a St. Louis County rabies tag and an identification tag. The identification tag must include, at a minimum, the pet owner’s address and phone number. This will help us return your pet promptly should he/she become lost in the future. Residents are still encouraged to notify the Animal Control Officer when they obtain a new pet so that we can add the pet to our data base. The pet data base is used to help return pets which may have lost their identification tags.
2) Shelter fees have been increased from ten dollars per day to twelve dollars per day. Redemption fees are now set at an escalating scale as follows:
Spayed / Neutered Pet Intact Pet
First Offense $25.00 $25.00
Second Offense $50.00 $100.00
Third Offense $75.00 $175.00
Fourth Offense $100 and municipal court $250 and municipal court
3) Electric (invisible) fences are still allowed, but they cannot be installed in the public right of way and must be located a minimum of two feet from the property line. Residents who already have electric fences are allowed to keep their fences as-is, but fences installed after February 1, 2012 must meet the new requirements.
If you have any questions regarding pets or Crestwood Animal Control, please contact the Animal Control Officer at (314) 729-4868.
