(A) Any dog found running at large within the city limits, unless under direct control of the owner, custodian, possessor or harborer shall be taken up by the county’s Dog Warden and/or other proper authority, and impounded in the shelter designated by the county’s animal shelter and there confined in a humane manner for a period of not less than five days unless sooner claimed by its owner, custodian or person entitled thereto.
(B) The county’s Dog Warden may humanely destroy or transfer title of all animals held after the legal detention period in division (A) above has expired and the animal has not been claimed by its owner, custodian or other person entitled to the possession thereof; provided, the person to whom tide is being transferred licenses said dog according to the laws of the commonwealth and supplies proof of a rabies inoculation for said dog together with the boarding charges levied by the animal shelter and, in addition thereto, the pick-up fee payable to the city provided below.
(C) Any owner, custodian or other person entitled to the possession of a dog impounded under division (A) above may be claimed by such owner, custodian or person entitled to possession thereof upon: proof that said dog has been or is licensed, according to the laws of the commonwealth; proof that said dog has been inoculated against rabies; payment of boarding charges levied by the county; and payment to the county of any fine due.
(Prior Code, § 90.19) (Ord. 17-2000, passed 9-25-2000)