(A) Unrestrained dogs/cats shall be taken by an animal control officer, police officer or law enforcement officer and impounded in the animal shelter and there confined in a humane manner.
(B) Dogs/cats without identification shall be impounded for three days; unless reclaimed by their owner sooner. Dogs/cats with identification shall be impounded for five days unless reclaimed by their owner sooner. If by license tag, or other means, the owner of an impounded dog/cats can be identified, an attempt shall be made to contact the owner by telephone. Dogs/cats not claimed by their owners within the above time limits, or placed in a suitable new home, shall be humanely euthanized. Dogs/cats that are sick or injured may be humanely euthanized prior to the above time limits by an animal control officer or his or her agent.
(C) An animal owner reclaiming an impounded dog/cat shall pay a fee of $5 for any neutered male dog/cat or a spayed dog/cat. A fee of $15 shall be charged for the redemption of an unspayed female dog/cat or a non-neutered male dog/cat for the first redemption of said dog/cat. A fee of $25 shall charged for each subsequent redemption of the same impounded dog/cat.
(D) If a dog/cat has been quarantined, there shall be a daily charge of $3 in addition to the above charges.
(E) Proof of vaccination for rabies and a current dog/cat license shall be required from the owner before any dog/cat is released from the animal shelter to his or her owner. If no proof of vaccination is shown, a rabies voucher must be purchased by the owner and shown to the animal shelter.
(F) The animal shelter operator within ten days of release of the dog/cat. If a current dog/cat license is not produced by the owner at the time of redemption, the redemption shall be delayed until the owner produces a current dog/cat license for the dog/cat sought to be released.
(Ord. 3-1989, passed 3-21-1989) Penalty, see § 91.99