(A) Any dog found running at large or otherwise in violation of § 90.16, within the city, shall be taken up by an animal control officer and held in the animal shelter so designated. Each dog shall be there confined in a humane manner for a period of not less than five days, unless sooner claimed by their owners, custodians or persons entitled to possession thereof, and may be disposed of in a humane manner if not otherwise claimed, sold or adopted.
(B) The animal control officer may transfer title to all dogs held after the legal detention period in division (A) hereof has expired and the dog has not been claimed by its owner, custodian or other person entitled to possession thereof, provided the person to whom title is being transferred licenses said dog and pays for rabies inoculation for said dog, together with the boarding, adoption charges and redemption fees levied by animal control as set forth in division (C) of this section. (Animal control may waive all impoundment and boarding fees if the impoundment of the animal resulted from an emergency situation, such as fire or natural disaster.)
(C) Any owner, custodian or other person entitled to the possession of a dog under division (A) hereof may claim the dog upon proof that said dog has been inoculated against rabies or upon purchase of a vaccination voucher from animal control; payment of boarding charges at a rate as may be set from time to time, including the first and last day of impoundment, which shall be levied by animal control; and compliance with the redemption requirements set by animal control under division (D) of this section.
(D) In addition to the requirements set forth in division (C) above, any owner, custodian or other person entitled to the possession of an impounded dog may redeem the dog by paying a redemption fee as set forth by the Animal Control Shelter.
(Ord. 2013-012, passed 8-12-13; Am. Ord. 2023-001, passed 5-8-23) Penalty, see § 90.99