It is the duty of the Animal Control Officer to apprehend any animal found running at large or otherwise in violation of the provisions of this chapter and to impound such animal in the pound or other suitable place pending compliance or a determination on the animal's disposition. The Animal Control Officer upon receiving any animal must make a complete registry, entering the breed, color, sex, if such information can be obtained safely. If the animal bears no identification which reasonably reveals its ownership, the Animal Control Officer shall impound the animal in the pound for a period of at least seven days. Immediately upon impounding an animal, reasonable efforts shall be made to notify the owner and inform the owner of the animal's confinement and the procedures for release of the animal to the owner. Any animal impounded, with the exception of a potentially dangerous dog or dangerous dog or a dog that has inflicted substantial or great bodily harm upon a person, may be reclaimed by the owner within five days after such impoundment. Before the owner shall be permitted to recover possession of the animal, the owner shall pay the city all required fees and costs of impoundment. An animal that is not redeemed by its owner within five days after impounding may be euthanized and disposed of in a sanitary manner by the Animal Control Officer.
('72 Code, § 415:30) (Am. Ord. 1997-861, passed 10-27-97; Am. Ord. 2006-1067, passed 11-27-06; Am. Ord. 2009-1096, passed 2-23-09; Am. Ord. 2019-1246, passed 11-12-19)