In addition to any other remedies provided in this chapter, an animal control officer, police officer of humane shelter officer may seize, impound and humanely confine to an animal shelter or hospital any of the following animals:
(A) Any dog or cat without a valid license;
(B) Any animal at large;
(C) Any animal constituting a public nuisance or considered a danger to the public;
(D) Any animal that is in violation of any quarantine or confinement order or has been bitten any animal or human;
(E) Any unattended animal that is ill, injured or otherwise in need of care;
(F) Any animal that is reasonably believed to have been abused or neglected;
(G) Any animal that is reasonably suspected of having rabies;
(H) Any animal that is deemed to be potentially dangerous, or vicious where an animal control officer, police officer, humane shelter officer, the Board of Public Safety determines that there is a threat to public health and safety;
(I) Any animal that a court of competent jurisdiction has ordered impounded or destroyed;
(J) Any animal that is considered unattended or abandoned, as in situations where the owner is deceased, medically incapacitated, has been arrested or evicted from his regular place of residence;
(K) Reserved;
(L) If an animal has bitten a person, the animal control officer or police officer may also, or in lieu of impoundment may, leave the animal in the care of its owner, if the owner has proof of the animal's current rabies inoculation and the owner has a current animal license issued by the City of Elkhart.
(Ord. 5212, passed 4-19-2010; Am. Ord. 5513, passed 9-12-2016)