(a) When the owner of an animal which has bitten some other person is so instructed by the Police Department, or any other proper City, county or state authority, to confine the animal for a specific length of time, and said owner disposes of the animal in any manner prior to the time said owner is authorized to dispose of said animal by the Police Department, or such other proper City, county, or state authority, said owner shall be guilty of an offense.
(b) Violation of this Section shall be subject to civil penalty of up to Two Thousand Five Hundred Dollars ($2,500.00).
(Ord. No. 16-17, § 1, 4-4-16)