a. Any dog or cat kept or harbored within the corporate limits without a proper and current license registration tag, or any animal which is in violation of any of the provisions of this Chapter, or has committed any one (1) or more of the objectionable acts listed hereinabove may be impounded at any time by any person authorized to enforce this Chapter.
b. It shall be the duty of the Bowling Green-Warren County Humane Society, or such other persons or organizations as may be designated by the Board of Commissioners to receive or to cause to be received impounded animals. Impounded animals may be released to the owner, provided the owner provides proof of vaccination against rabies, pays all applicable license fees, pays a five ($5.00) dollar per day fee for each twenty-four (24) hour period the animal is impounded or the actual cost of keeping the impounded animal, whichever is greater, and pays the additional sum of twenty ($20.00) dollars for each impoundment of spayed or neutered animals and fifty ($50.00) dollars for each impoundment of unspayed or unneutered animals. The impoundment fee for unspayed or unneutered animals will be waived for the first offense if the owner agrees to spay or neuter the animal and pays this cost. Spaying or neutering the animal shall be mandatory for the second impoundment.
1. Animals deemed vicious or dangerous as defined hereinabove and only in violation of this Chapter shall not be released by the Bowling Green-Warren County Humane Society until authorized by the Neighborhood and Community Services Department.
(Ord. BG80-63, S6-48, 7/15/80; Ord. BG84-17, 5/1/84; Ord. BG84-26, 6/5/84; Ord. BG89-3, 2/21/89; Ord. BG90-51, 9/18/90; Ord. BG2006-5, 3/7/2006; Ord. BG2022-12, 4/19/2022)