(A) Any domestic animal found running at large may be seized by the Animal Control Officer or any police officer and placed in a shelter provided by the City Council. If the animal is wearing a tag, the owner shall be notified in person, by telephone or by a postcard addressed to his or her last known mailing address to appear within ten days and redeem his or her animal by paying a shelter fee, or the animal will be humanely destroyed or offered for adoption. If the animal is not wearing a tag, it shall be humanely destroyed or sold unless legally claimed by the owner within ten days. No animal shall be released in any event from the shelter unless or until the animal has been properly vaccinated and a tag placed on its collar.
(B) When, because of its viciousness or apparent infection with rabies, an animal found running at large cannot be safely impounded, it may be summarily destroyed by the Animal Control Officer or any police officer.
(1989 Code, § 10-210) (Ord. 1499, passed 1-18-2016)