(A) Notice. Upon investigation and determination that a person owns or is keeping or harboring an exotic animal on premises within the city, the Animal Control Officer shall serve or mail written notice to the person, requiring the person to safely remove the animal from the city within five days of the date of the notice.
(B) Threat of harm. If, during the course of seizing and impounding, the exotic and/or vicious animal poses a risk of serious physical harm or death to any person or animal, the Animal Control Officer is authorized to contract with appropriate persons or agencies to render the animal immobile by means of tranquilizers or other safe drugs. If the animal has escaped and is at large, and immobilization is not safely possible, then the animal may be destroyed.
(C) Costs. The reasonable costs incurred by the city in seizing, impounding and for confining any exotic and/or vicious animal shall be charged against the owner, keeper or harborer of the animal. The charge shall be in addition to, and not lieu of, the penalty provided for violation of this article.
(Ord. 3198, passed 9-16-08)