(A) Dogs found to be running at large and not under restraint, as provided herein, shall be taken by the Humane Officer or a police officer and impounded at the DeKalb Animal Shelter, to be confined therein in a humane manner for a period of not less than three working days. In the event the animal is not claimed within three working days, it shall thereafter be sold or disposed of in a humane manner.
(B) The person in charge of the DeKalb Animal Shelter shall, upon receiving any dog, make a complete registry entering the breed, color, sex of the dog, and whether the dog is licensed. If the dog is licensed, the name and address of the owner and the number of the license tag shall be entered in the registry.
(C) Any animal so impounded under the provisions of this chapter and not reclaimed by the owner or agent thereof within the three working day period may be placed in the custody of some suitable person who will pay the impounding fee and who will agree to comply with the provisions of this chapter and provide a good home for the animal. The impounding fee will be established by the DeKalb Animal Shelter and will include license, rabies inoculation, costs and expenses of capture and impoundment. As part of the costs and expenses of capture, there shall be assessed a $10 fee to be paid to the Police Department if it transports the animal to the DeKalb Humane Shelter. If no suitable person is found for the animal, the animal may be humanely destroyed and disposed of.
(D) When, in the judgment of the DeKalb Animal Shelter or DeKalb Humane Society, it is deemed that an animal should be destroyed for humane, health, or safety reasons, it shall be his duty to see that the animal is destroyed and not permitted to be redeemed by any person. An appeal from the judgment of the DeKalb Animal Shelter or DeKalb Humane Society may be taken to the Board of Public Works and Safety within five days, during which time the animal shall not be destroyed. It shall be the duty of the Board to affirm or disaffirm the decision of the DeKalb Animal Shelter or DeKalb Humane Society as to whether or not the dog shall be destroyed.
(Ord. 952, passed 10-6-80; Am. Ord. 1182, passed 2-17-92; Am. Ord. 1197, passed 3-1-93)