(A) It shall be unlawful for any person owning, possessing, or harboring an animal to abandon that animal.
(B) If the Animal Control Unit finds that an animal has been abandoned, the animal may be impounded. If the animal has been abandoned in a house or within a fenced area, the Unit must make a reasonable effort to locate the owner or manager of the property. If the property owner or manager is not the animal owner, then the Unit shall secure permission to remove the animal from the person who occupies the property. If the person who occupies the property is the animal owner and cannot be located or refuses to give permission to remove the animal, the animal control officer shall secure an appropriate warrant to seize the animal.
(C) An animal seized pursuant to this section shall be impounded as provided in § 91.07.
(D) A violation of this section is punishable as a misdemeanor.
(Ord. 02 ORD 1-15, passed 1-8-15; Am. Ord. 36 ORD 12-21, passed 12-9-21)