An owner or lessee of property who knows, or based on facts and circumstances should know, that animals are being or have been cruelly treated on the owner's or lessee's real property, shall report said act or acts of cruelty to the animal services department. The owner or lessee of real property who fails to report acts of animal cruelty shall be subject to the appropriate sanctions described in section 4-80, below.
(Ord. No. 2007-1001, Art. III, (4), 10-26-2007; Ord. No. 2007-1003, 10-26-2007)