(A) Establish of pound or shelter. The city shall arrange for use of an animal management shelter, as provided in state law, which shall be located within the city.
(B) Cause for impoundment. It shall be the duty of the Animal Management Director, or designee, to apprehend and impound in such animal shelter any dog, cat, or any other animal found doing any of the following acts or being kept or maintained in any of the following conditions, unless provided herein:
(1) Running at large, not conforming to § 90.02(B).
(2) Not confined, as provided in § 90.02;
(3) Kept in violation of § 90.03;
(4) Abandoned, as provided in § 90.03(G);
(5) Entering private property causing injury to person or property in violation of § 90.02(D);
(6) Not registered, licensed, or tagged as provided in this chapter and state law;
(7) Upon an identified complaint made to animal management office of a violation of this chapter; and
(8) Upon order of the court following a conviction of any person for violation any provision of this chapter.
(C) Official warning in lieu of impoundment. The provisions of the above notwithstanding, in lieu of impounding any animal under division (B) above, the Animal Management Director, or designee, may issue an official warning to the owner or person having custody of such dog, cat, or other animal.
(D) Notification of impoundment. Not later than 24 hours after the impoundment of any dog, cat, or other animal, except if such impoundment is by reason of § 90.04, the Animal Management Director, or designee, shall notify the owner or person having custody of such animal, if known, by first class United States mail or by telephone, of such impoundment and the reason thereof. In the event that the owner is unknown, no notification will be deemed necessary.
(E) Notification and redemption of impounded animal. Whether an impounded dog, cat, or other animal may be redeemed shall be within the sole discretion of the Animal Management Director; however, any dog, cat, or other animal that has been impounded on three or more occasions may not be redeemed or reclaimed.
(F) Fees for redemption of impounded animal. An owner or person having custody of an impounded dog, cat, or other animal who has been notified that such dog, cat, or other animal may be reclaimed or redeemed, may reclaim or redeem the same upon payment of the following fees and upon fulfillment of the following obligations.
(1) If the dog, cat, or other animal has been picked up or captured by a city employee or other authorized agent of the city, the owner or person having custody of such animal shall pay a redemption fee as provided for by a schedule established by the Board of Public Works and Safety.
(2) Before the dog or cat shall be released, the owner or person having custody of such animal shall have the dog or cat inoculated against rabies, and certify the same to the Animal Management Director, or his or her designee.
(3) All dogs, cats, or other animals reclaimed must be micro-chipped at the owner’s expense before it will be released back to the owner or person having custody.
(G) Failure to reclaim or redeem impounded animal. It shall be unlawful for an owner or person having custody of an impounded dog or cat or other animal, who has been notified that such dog, cat, or other animal may be reclaimed or redeemed, to fail to reclaim the same on or before the last day of impoundment before the disposition of such dog, cat, or other animal under § 90.05(H).
(H) Impounded animal not registered, licensed, tagged or redeemed.
(1) All dogs, cats, or other animals impounded under this chapter and not registered, licensed, tagged, and redeemed shall be disposed of in a humane manner or placed for adoption after the expiration of the following time periods:
(a) Three days after notice is given to the owner or person having custody of such animal, as required under division (D) above;
(b) Five days after impoundment when the owner or person having custody of such animal is unknown;
(c) After the animal has been impounded for a third time within a 12-month period; or
(d) At the time fixed by the court under division (B) above.
(2) Provided, however, that the dog, cat, or other animal which appears to be suffering from mange or other infectious or contagious disease, except rabies, may be disposed of immediately upon impoundment, as authorized by the Animal Management Director.
(I) Extermination of vicious or dangerous animals. Whenever the Animal Management Department shall find any dog, cat, or other animal running in packs vicious, or in such condition as to be too dangerous to capture, or too dangerous to maintain at the animal management facility, then the Animal Management Director is authorized to give authorization to an Animal Management Officer to dispose of the animal where it may be found or upon return to the animal management facility.
(J) Prohibition of experimentation on impounded animals. No impounded animals shall be sold or given to any person, procurer, or agent for the purpose of experimentation.
(Ord. 2009-15, passed 5-27-2009; Ord. 2019-25, passed on 5-13-2020) Penalty, see § 90.99