(A) No owner of any dog, cat, livestock or fowl or other animal held as a domestic pet or for any use in the city, shall permit such animal to run at large at any time, and any such animal found at large may be impounded as hereinafter provided and/or such owner may be penalized as provided by § 10.99.
(B) The City Council shall be authorized to appoint some person or persons, whose duty it shall be to impound any animals running at large, contrary to the provisions of this chapter. Any police officer will likewise have such power. Upon impounding, the owner of such animal may, at any time within three working days after the same shall have been impounded, reclaim the animal by paying the expense of keeping such animal. The expenses to be charged shall from time to time be set by resolution of the City Council. If any animal so impounded shall not be reclaimed within three working days and all efforts to locate the owner have failed, the Police Department is authorized to destroy, sell, or otherwise dispose of such animal.
(C) No person shall hinder, delay, or obstruct the Police Department, its assistants, or any law enforcement officer when engaged in capturing, securing or impounding any animal or animals.
(D) The City Council shall be authorized to enter into a contract with some person, association, or humane society to establish, operate, and maintain an animal pound in and for the city. Such contract shall provide for the enforcement of this chapter, for the impounding, destroying, and disposal of animals, for a schedule of fees to be charged for services rendered, and for a monthly amount to be paid by the city. The city may, in lieu of the provisions of this section, maintain its own impoundment area or quarters, under the supervision of the City Council.
(E) Any owner allowing his or her animal to run at large as defined in the provisions of this section, if convicted, shall also be guilty of a misdemeanor.
(Prior Code, § 5.0301) (Ord. 360, passed 8-15-2023) Penalty, see §
10.99