(A) If the name of the owner or custodian of an animal found at large is known or can be obtained with reasonable dispatch, the officer shall return the animal to the residential address of the owner. If there is no one present, the officer shall leave written notice of whom the owner must contact to reclaim the animal. The officer shall then remove the animal to the nearest animal hospital or shelter that will accept the animal.
(B) Any owner reclaiming an impounded animal shall pay all fees owed to the animal hospital or shelter and to the village for impoundment and/or licensing before the animal will be released to the owner.
(C) Any animal not reclaimed by its owner within the time prescribed by the animal hospital or shelter shall become the property of the village and shall be placed for adoption in a suitable home or euthanized in a manner prescribed by the animal hospital or shelter.
(Ord. 02-792, passed - -2002)