(A) Unrestrained dogs and nuisance animals shall be taken by the police, animal control officers, or humane officers and impounded in an animal shelter and there confined in a humane manner.
(B) Impounded dogs and cats shall be kept for not less than five working days, and provided further that all dogs and cats which are believed to have bitten any person, shall be impounded for not less than 14 days.
(C) If by a license tag or other means, the owner of an impounded animal can be identified, the animal control officer shall immediately upon impoundment notify the owner by telephone or mail.
(D) An owner reclaiming an impounded animal shall pay a fee to the animal shelter determined by the animal shelter.
(E) Any animal not reclaimed by its owner within five working days shall become the property of the local government authority, or humane society, and shall be placed for adoption in a suitable home or humanely euthanized.
(F) In addition to or in lieu of impounding an animal found at large, the animal control officer, humane officer, or police officer may issue to the known owner of the animal a notice of ordinance violation.
(G) The owner of an impounded animal may also be proceeded against for violation of this chapter.
('67 Code, § 90.06) (Ord. 8-1968, passed 6-24-68; Am. Ord. 42-1984, passed 11-13-84; Am. Ord. 22-1991, passed 11-12-91; Am. Ord. 13-2011, passed 7-12-11) Penalty, see § 91.99