After any town employee has retrieved and impounded an animal running at large, an abandoned animal or a neglected animal, the following procedure shall be utilized:
(A) The animal shall be retrieved and impounded, and taken to the wastewater plant to a kennel where the animal will be provided with food and water;
(B) The Town Clerk-Treasurer or Marshal will attempt to contact the owner, if known;
(C) The owner shall have three days to claim the animal;
(D) The owner will need to reimburse the town a fee of $25 per day that animal is kept in kennel; and
(E) If animal is not claimed within three days after impoundment, a town employee will take animal to a no kill shelter to dispose of the animal.
(Ord. 2016-0712, passed 7-12-2016)