(A) Animal shelter. A suitable animal shelter shall be provided for the purpose of boarding and caring for animals impounded under the provision of this section.
(B) Impounding animals. Animals kept in violation of this section and stray animals shall be taken into custody by an animal control officer or other designated official and thereupon impounded.
(C) Right of entry. Animal control officers, in performance of their duties may enter upon private property, except a private residence, for the purpose of apprehending animals running at large and stray animals.
(D) Register. The animal control officer, upon impounding or receiving any animal, shall register the animal by entering the breed, color and sex of the animal and the time and place the animal was apprehended into the registry kept for this purpose.
(E) Notice to owner. If the keeper of an impounded animal is known, he or she must immediately be notified. If the keeper of the animal is not known, notice of the impoundment shall be posted in a conspicuous place at the animal shelter for a period of 2 days.
(F) Right to redeem. The keeper of any animal which has been impounded under the provisions of this section shall have the right to redeem the animal upon payment of the impoundment fees, care and feeding charges, veterinary charges and the other costs as set by the governing body.
(G) Time for redemption. All impounded animals shall be redeemed within 2 days after impoundment. Any animal not redeemed within the required period shall become the property of the animal shelter and may be placed for adoption upon payment of the license fee, impoundment fees, care and feeding charges, veterinary charges and the other costs as set by the Chief of Police, or the animal may be humanely destroyed.
(H) Disposition of impounded animals being held on complaint. If a complaint has been filed in the Municipal Court of the municipality against the keeper of an impounded animal for a violation of this section, the animal shall not be released except upon order of the court, which also may direct the owner to pay any penalties for violation of this section in addition to all impoundment fees, care and feeding charges and veterinary fees.
(Ord. 635, passed 1-13-2004)