(A) Animals found to be running at large may be taken and impounded according to the terms of § 90.90 or, in the alternative, the Animal Control Officer or a law enforcement officer may issue to the owner of the animal a summons for the violation of this chapter.
(B) For the purpose of discharging the duties of this chapter, a duly appointed Animal Control Officer or any law enforcement officer is entitled to enter any premises upon which any animal is kept or harbored and demand proof of compliance with § 90.81, Rabies Control: Owner Identification.
(C) When a complaint is made on oath or affirmation to any magistrate or judge authorized to issue warrants in criminal cases that the complainant believes or has probable cause to believe, that this chapter in relation to cruelty to animals has been violated in any particular building, premises or place, such magistrate or judge, if satisfied that there is reasonable cause for such belief, shall issue a search warrant authorizing any law enforcement officer to search the building or place. The law enforcement officer may examine such animal and take possession of such animal when in his or her opinion it is receiving inhumane treatment. The animal will be taken to the animal shelter and held for disposition.
(D) No person shall interfere with, hinder or molest the duly authorized Animal Control Officers in the performance of their duty or seek to release animals in the custody of the duly authorized Animal Control Officers or any agent of the city except as provided in this chapter.
(Ord., passed 9-9-86; Am. Ord. 09-034, passed 11-24-09) Penalty, see § 90.99