(A) Any animal which is suspected of being abused may be seized by the city’s Police Department or other such person or entity as designated by the Chief of Police, and impounded in a city-designated animal impoundment facility or other suitable place as may be deemed necessary.
(B) Contemporaneously with such seizure, the owner of the animal shall be charged with the appropriate violation of this chapter.
(1) If the owner is found or pleads guilty of violating this chapter, the animal may be returned to the owner only upon full payment of the confinement expense.
(2) If after the conclusion of the court case, the owner does not redeem the animal, it will be held five days, and thereafter adopted or destroyed as deemed appropriate by a police officer, a veterinarian or other such person or entity as designated by the Chief of Police.
(C) A police officer or such other person or entity as designed by the Chief of Police, is authorized to enter into any yard, pen or other holding facility to inspect any animal suspected of being abused.
(Ord. D-083, passed 1-4-2022)