(A) When dogs are found running at large and their ownership is known to the Police Department or animal warden, the dogs need not be impounded, and the Police Department or the Health Department, may, at their discretion, after one warning has been given to the owner, issue a “dog violation ticket” notifying the owner of the dog or dogs that there is a violation of this chapter, giving the date and time and location and that the penalty for the violation is in an amount as set by the city from time to time and thereafter the owner or owners may elect to pay this penalty or to appear in the City Court, at which time they will be given a trial.
(B) (1) The penalty may be paid into the City Clerk’s office by mail or by bringing the ticket along with the sum of an amount as set by the city from time to time to the City Clerk.
(2) Failure to pay the penalty within five days from the issuance of a dog violation ticket, will constitute a violation of this chapter and the individual shall be prosecuted as for violation of this chapter and as for any other city ordinance.
(Prior Code, § 90.026)