If the owner of any impounded animal which is considered livestock, after being notified as provided in § 90.155 of this code, shall fail to claim the animal and pay all expenses of impounding and advertising the same, together with any fine and costs that may have been levied against the owner for suffering the animal to run at large, the officer taking up the animal shall, at the time and place designated in the notice, offer for sale and sell the animal at public auction to the highest bidder. The time of holding the sale shall be at least five days subsequent to the date of publication of the notice and between the hours of 9:00 a.m. and 4:00 p.m., and the place of the sale shall be some public place in the city. The proceeds of the sale, after paying all expenses as aforesaid, may be claimed by the owner within 90 days and thereafter credited to the General Fund.
(Prior Code, § 90.136) (Ord. 97-16, passed 8-4-1997)