§ 90.99 PENALTY.

   (A)   Citations, and/or hearings before the Board of Public Works and Safety; fines payable through the Ordinance Violations Bureau.

      (1)   Any person served with a warning notice for failure to have a dog, cat, or ferret vaccinated or registered and who fails to comply within ten days, and any person who violates any other provision of this chapter, shall be issued a citation. Citations shall contain the name and address of the violator, the ordinance section violated, the date, time, and nature of the violation, location of the violation, and the name of the person issuing the citation.

      (2)   In addition to having a citation issued, the city may require a person who has violated a provision of this chapter to appear before the Board of Public Works and Safety with proper notice of the same being issued to the violator, unless an appeal hearing is scheduled before the Board as further addressed in § 90.02 of this chapter.

   (B)   Fines. Fines are payable through the Ordinance Violations Bureau.

      (1)   Any person who violates any of the following sections shall be subject to a fine of $100 for the first offense and $200 for any subsequent offense, which shall be payable through the Ordinance Violations Bureau, and without consideration for the timing of the subsequent offense/s:

         (a)   Section 90.03, General animal care requirements, excepting § 90.03(E);

         (b)   Section 90.04, Sale of animals as novelties or use as prize prohibited; exceptions, see § 90.04(B);

         (c)   Section 90.06, Animals in motor vehicles;

         (d)   Section 90.07, Poisoning of animals;

         (e)   Section 90.08, Trapping of animals restricted;

         (f)   Section 90.09, Maximum number of dogs or cats;

         (g)   Section 90.13, Vaccination of dogs, cats and ferrets required; or

         (h)   Section 90.14, Interference with Animal Control Officer or its designees prohibited.

      (2)   Any person who violates any section of § 90.25, Dangerous animal/attack dog permit, shall be subject to a fine of $250 for the first offense and $500 for each and every subsequent offense, without consideration for the timing of the subsequent offenses.

      (3)   Only to the extent the violation is not otherwise covered by state law, any person who violates § 90.03(E) shall be fined $1,500 for the first offense and $2,500 for each and every subsequent offense, without consideration for the timing of the subsequent offense/s.

      (4)   Any person who violates any of the following sections shall be fined $250 for the first offense $500 for each and every subsequent offense, without consideration for the timing of the subsequent offense/s:

         (a)   Section 90.21 Protected animals;

         (b)   Section 90.22, Keeping certain animals prohibited; and

         (c)   Section 90.23, Seizure of certain animals.

      (5)   Any person who violates any other provision of this chapter, unless otherwise specified, shall be issued fines of $25 for the first offense, $100 for the second offense and $150 for each offense thereafter.

      (6)   In addition, violations of this chapter may result in immediate impoundment of animal(s) and/or revocation of any permits.

      (7)   Any person who violates § 90.10 shall be subject to fines in conformance with the following:

         (a)   Public nuisance violations under § 90.10 shall be subject to fines of $50 for the first offense, $75 for the second offense and $100 for each offense thereafter.

         (b)   Other violations of § 90.10 shall be subject to fines of $25 if the violator has committed the violation only once during the year prior to the violation and $50 if the violator committed the same violation more than once during the year prior to the violation.

(Ord. 2005-21, passed 5-25-2005; Am. Ord. 2014-1, passed 2-25-2014; Am. Ord. 2018-7, passed 4-24-2018; Am. Ord. 2019-08, passed 5-21-2019)