(A) It shall be the duty of the employees and officers of the Police Department as shall be designated for that purpose by the Mayor to take up and impound in a place as may be designated and set apart for that purpose, any dog found running at large or unlicensed in the village, contrary to any of the provisions of this chapter or other regulations of the village.
(B) When dogs are found running at large or unlicensed and their ownership is known to the designated employee(s), the dogs may be impounded at the discretion of the employee(s), but the employee(s) may cite the owner of the dogs to answer charges of violation of this chapter.
(C) Any dog permitted to run at large within the village is hereby declared to be a nuisance.
(D) Any impounded dog which shall not be redeemed within seven days shall be humanely destroyed or otherwise disposed of by the pound keeper.
(E) The Village Board may establish a reasonable fee by motion for each day that a dog is housed in the pound.
(2001 Code, § 3-2-8)