The Animal Control Officer must make a reasonable effort to notify the owner of any dog or cat or other impounded animal which has identification on it from which the name and address of the animal’s owner can be readily determined. For the purposes of this section, a reasonable effort to notify the owner will have been made if within 48 hours of impound a written notice containing the date and time of impoundment, the location and phone number of the pound, the end of the impoundment period and a copy of this section, is either mailed by first class mail or delivered to the place of residence of the owner, if known. If at the end of the impounding period the animal is not reclaimed by the owner, such animal is deemed to have been abandoned and becomes the property of the pound keeper for disposal in a humane manner. The notice, reclamation, and disposition of a dangerous dog is set forth in § 92.26 of this code.
('72 Code, § 415:48) (Am. Ord. 1985-482(A), passed 4-22-85; Am. Ord. 1997-861, passed 10-27-97; Am. Ord. 2009-2096, passed 2-23-09)