(A) No owner of any dog, cat, or other animal held as a domestic pet in the town shall permit such animal to run at-large at any time, and any such animal found at large may be impounded as hereinafter provided. An owner reclaiming an impounded animal shall pay the actual cost of impoundment, plus the following fee: with a current license, the first impoundment shall be $75; second impoundment and any subsequent impoundment within a 12-month period shall be $100. Without a license, the first impoundment shall be $100; second impoundment and any subsequent impoundment within a 12-month period shall be $125. Upon impounding, the owner of such animal may at any time within three days after the same shall have been impounded, reclaim the animal by paying the expense of keeping such animal, in addition to the fee prescribed by this section. If any animal so impounded shall not be reclaimed within three days and reasonable efforts to locate the owner have failed, the town is authorized to destroy, sell, or otherwise dispose of such animal.
(B) Any domestic animal shall be required to wear a tag, when so given by the veterinarian, when such animal is off the premises of the owner as provided in this chapter.
(C) Allowing an animal to run at-large as defined in the provisions of this section, shall also constitute a misdemeanor. Notwithstanding any other provision, any animal not having a visible tag and running at-large may be deemed a stray.
(2008 Code, § 10.1.14) (Ord. 24, passed 11-16-2014) Penalty, see § 91.99