(A) Animals which are impounded pursuant to the provisions of this chapter shall be kept in the enclosures established as the City Pound (DeWitt County Pound) until redeemed or otherwise disposed of.
(B) Animals shall be held for at least three (3) days for redemption.
(C) Any person who seeks to redeem any impounded animal shall pay a fee of twenty five dollars ($25.00) on the first occasion that the animal is so impounded: a fee of fifty dollars ($50.00) for the second such time; and a fee of one hundred dollars ($100.00) for the third such redemption and a one hundred dollar ($100.00) redemption fee for each additional occasion during a twelve (12) month period. (Ord. 156, 4-2-1979; amd. Ord. 1552, 8-2-2022)