(A) A person individually charged with the enforcement of this chapter shall be designated the Animal Control Officer.
(1) Such Officer shall have full power to enforce all provisions of this chapter, including the right to proceed upon public and private property within the town limits in pursuit of animals in violation of this chapter.
(2) Such Officer shall not have the right to enter a privately owned enclosure in pursuit of any animal without consent of the owner, lessee or occupant unless immediate danger warrants such to prevent injury or other legal process is used; provided, however, if any animal is believed to be enclosed without adequate food and water or dead animals are believed to be present with just cause, the Animal Control Officer may attach a notice upon said structure in an obvious location directing the occupant to contact the Officer at a given location or phone number. If contact is not made within 24 hours, the Officer may enter said enclosure to determine if this chapter has been violated.
(B) Any animal deemed vicious by the Animal Control Officer and that cannot be captured safely without injury may be immediately destroyed for the safety of the people of the town and its employees.
(C) Any animal trapped or captured in violation under this chapter shall be held for three days at the town’s animal holding cages, with only the following exceptions:
(1) Any animal that is hurt, injured, ill, sick or diseased in any way;
(2) Any animal too small or too large to be held in the town’s holding cages; or
(3) Any animal deemed vicious or dangerous to control.
(Ord. 1929-1, passed 9-9-; Ord. 1972-08, passed 10-16-1972; Ord. 1991-04, passed 5-6-1991; Ord. 97-01, passed 5-5-1997; Ord. 99-02, passed 6-7-1999)