(A) The Animal Control Officer or other designee are hereby authorized to:
(1) Confiscate any animal (other than livestock) found running at large or astray within the city limits;
(2) Confiscate any animal being kept in violation of this chapter;
(3) Confiscate and immediately destroy any animal which is diseased and thereby endangers the health of a person or other animals;
(4) Confiscate any animal which has bitten a human or which has acted in a dangerous manner as described herein;
(5) Immediately destroy an animal posing an imminent danger to persons or property under circumstances of emergency; and/or
(6) Confiscate and immediately destroy an animal that is injured to a degree presenting little or no likelihood of recovery.
(B) If an animal is found running astray upon the premises of any person, the owner or occupant thereof shall have the right to confine the animal temporarily, in a humane fashion, pending notification and response of the Animal Control Officer or other authority. When so notified, it shall be the duty (during regular working hours) of the Animal Control Officer to take possession and impound the animal in accordance with this chapter.
(C) The confiscation of livestock by the city is hereby prohibited and notification shall be made to the County Sheriff’s Department for removal and impoundment.
(1981 Code, § 4.5) Penalty, see § 90.99