[Amended 7-28-1997 by Ord. No. 11-1997]
A. The Animal Control Officer shall take into custody and impound the dogs or animals at the town pound and thereafter destroy or dispose of same, as provided in this section, any dogs or animals off the premises of the owner or of the person keeping or harboring said dog or animal unless accompanied by the owner or person harboring said dog or animal and controlled by said owner or person harboring said dog or animal by the use of a leash, crate or other safe control. No dog or animal so impounded shall be kept on the premises of the Animal Control Officer.
B. If any dog or animal so seized wears a collar or harness having inscribed thereon or attached thereto the name and address of any person or a registration tag or if the owner or the person keeping or harboring said dog or animal is known, the Animal Control Officer shall forthwith serve on the person whose address is given on the inscribed collar or on the owner or the person keeping or harboring said dog or animal, if shown, a notice, in writing, stating that the dog or animal has been seized and will be liable to be disposed of or destroyed if not claimed within seven days after the service of the notice.
C. A notice under this section may be served either by delivering it to the person on whom it is to be served or by forwarding it by post in a prepaid letter addressed to that person at his/her usual or last known place of abode or to the address given on the inscribed collar or harness.
D. When any dog or animal so seized has been detained for seven days after notice when notice can be given as above set forth, or has been detained for seven days after seizure when no notice has been given as set forth above, and if the owner or person keeping or harboring said dog or animal has not claimed said dog or animal and paid all expenses incurred by reason of its detention, including a maintenance fee of $4 per day, or if a dog is unlicensed at the time of the seizure and the owner or person keeping or harboring said dog has not produced a license or registration tag for said dog, the Animal Control Officer may cause the dog or animal to be destroyed in a manner causing as little pain as possible. Editor's Note: Amended at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1, General Provisions, Art. I).
E. The pickup fee for all purposes of any dog or animal so impounded shall be $15, to be recovered by and in the name of the town pursuant to § 82-13 of this article.
F. The Animal Control Officer is hereby authorized to go upon any premises to seize for impounding any dog or animal or dogs or animals which may lawfully be seized and impounded when such Animal Control Officer is in immediate pursuit of such dog or animal or dogs or animals, except upon the premises of the owner of the dog or animal if said owner is present and forbids the same.
G. The Animal Control Officer is authorized to deal in the sale or bartering of any dog or animal impounded or otherwise in his/her custody or control. Any and all proceeds there from shall be collected by and paid directly to the Town Clerk/Administrator and a record made of such transactions. Furthermore, all proceeds collected or received under this provision shall be forwarded to the Treasurer of the town by the Town Clerk/Administrator pursuant to § 82-13 of this article, and such proceeds shall be used for limited purposes as specified in § 82-13 of this article.