(A) Any person whose property, such as shrubbery, flower beds, gardens or personal property in the yard area, has been repeatedly bothered, disturbed, or defecated or urinated upon by a trespassing animal may submit a complaint to the Animal Control Officer or an Easley police officer.
(1) If such a complaint is made, the Animal Control Officer or Easley police officer will notify the owner of the animal, if the owner is known, by certified mail of the complaint.
(2) If no response is received, the Animal Control Officer may capture the trespassing animal on the complainant’s private property by an humane method, e.g., by setting cage-type traps.
(B) (1) If the owner of a trespassing animal is not known, Animal Control may capture such animal by the method described in division (A) of this section, and hold it in the county pound as per § 90.07.
(2) If the owner (if known), upon being notified by Animal Control after the first day of confinement, does not tender payment, the person complaining shall have the right to seek restitution for damages or losses through the magistrates’ courts.
(C) Any property owner who may find an animal on his or her property, in the act of injuring or destroying any person or domestic animal, may use means necessary to protect his or her person or property from injury or destruction.
(Ord. 2004-11, passed 6-21-04; Am. Ord. 2009-03, passed 4-13-09)