(A) Any animal or dangerous animal running at large shall be impounded by the animal services officer or any of the persons empowered to enforce this chapter and held at the city or transported to the county animal shelter and there impounded and confined until redeemed or disposed of as hereinafter provided.
(B) Immediately after impounding any animal, the animal services officer shall make a reasonable effort to notify the owner in writing or by telephone of its impoundment and to inform the owner of the conditions whereby he or she can regain custody.
(C) Animals not claimed by their owners after notification or attempted notification or before the expiration of three days shall become the property of the animal shelter and shall be euthanized in a manner prescribed in S.C. Code §§ 47-3-410 et seq., or placed for adoption through an approved animal shelter or private humane association.
(D) Any animal determined by the animal services officer to be abandoned shall be impounded by the animal services officer, and transferred to an approved animal shelter or private humane association.
(`95 Code, § 6-3-15) (Ord. 89-2, passed 11-17-89; Am. Ord. 07-99, passed 2-16-99; Am. Ord. 03-02, passed 3-26-2002)