(A) When the Animal Control Bureau is notified of, or alerted to, a dog or other animal which may be a noisy animal, the Animal Control Bureau shall investigate.
(B) If an animal control officer determines that the dog or other animal may be a noisy animal, the animal control officer shall cause to be issued to the owner or keeper of the animal, as well as to any other responsible party if the animal control officer determines such notice to be appropriate under the circumstances, a written noisy animal warning notice. The notice shall specify that the animal may be a public nuisance in violation of Chapter 6.11 and that the nuisance must be abated to avoid further city action. The notice shall be provided either: (1) by personal delivery; (2) by postage prepaid first-class certified mail, with return receipt requested, and by postage prepaid first-class standard mail; or (3) by posting the premises where the animal is kept (for notice to an owner, keeper or other responsible party who resides at or occupies the premises where the animal is kept). If notice is posted on the premises, it shall be posted on the front door or primary entrance to the premises, or at a location which is visible from the street and which is as close to the front door or primary entrance to the premises as is reasonably possible, and time and date-stamped photographic evidence of the posting shall be taken and preserved as part of the file for the matter. Notice shall be deemed delivered when personally delivered, posted on the premises, or when deposited in the U.S. mail.
(C) After personal delivery or posting of the notice, the owner, keeper or other responsible party shall take whatever steps or use whatever means are necessary to abate the nuisance within five business days. In the event the notice was mailed to the owner, keeper or other responsible party in lieu of personal delivery or posting, the owner, keeper or other responsible party has a period of ten days in which to abate the nuisance. In the event the owner, keeper or other responsible party does not abate the nuisance within the time specified, they shall be susceptible to a second complaint being made pursuant to § 6.11.030 below.
(`78 Code, § 6.11.020.) (Ord. 3170 § 2 (part), 2014; Ord. 3088 § 1 (part), 2011; Ord. 2297 § 1, 1996; Ord. 2095 § 2 (part), 1992.)