(a) Citations. Animal control officers are empowered to issue citations to any person if there is reasonable cause to believe that the person has violated any provision of this chapter. These citations may be delivered in person to the violator; or, if the violator cannot be readily found, the citation may be mailed as provided in section 2-1. The citation shall direct the violator to pay the citation within 15 days of the date of the citation. The citation may be paid at the town finance office.
(b) Notice of further actions. If the violator does not pay the citation within 15 days of its issuance, a notice thereof will be mailed to the violator. This notice shall inform the violator that further legal action may be filed if the citation and delinquency charges are not paid within 15 days from the date of the delinquency notice.
(c) In duplicate. All citation forms shall be serially numbered in duplicate. Records of all citations shall be maintained so that all such forms shall be capable of being accounted for. The town finance director, or designee, shall periodically investigate the records of the unit for the purpose of determining the disposition of the citations and shall report the results of such investigation to the town manager. For the purpose of this investigation, the finance director shall have access to the necessary records of the unit.
(Code 1982, § 4-29; Ord. No. 01-022, § 1, 11-8-2001; Ord. No. 2019-Code-04, 10-10-2019)