(A) Every animal running at large within the village shall be impounded by the Animal Control Officer. Impoundment may be made in any public animal pound.
(B) It shall be the duty of the Animal Control Officer to notify, by mail, the owner of every animal impounded, if known, that the animal has been impounded and the place of impoundment, giving the date the animal was impounded. It shall be the duty of the owner of the impounded animal to immediately redeem the animal, unless the animal has been impounded for biting some person within the village or is afflicted or suspected of being afflicted with rabies and is being held for observation. Upon the neglect or failure of any person owning any impounded animal to redeem the animal within seven days from the date of mailing the notice of impoundment, the animal may be redeemed by any other person by paying to the Animal Control Officer or to the Village Treasurer all charges accrued for impounding the animal. Every dog redeemed must have attached to its collar a licensed dog tag for the calendar year before being released by the Animal Control Officer. If the owner fails to redeem the impounded animal within 24 hours after receipt of the notice, a charge shall be made as set by the Board of Trustees from time to time per day, commencing from the expiration of the 24-hour period until the animal has been redeemed. This charge shall be in addition to the redemption fee provided for in division (C) below.
(C) For the first violation, the prevailing rates charged by the animal shelter and by the village shall be charged for every animal impounded at that shelter. For the second violation, the fee shall be twice that for the first violation. For the third violation, the fee shall be three times that for the first violation.
(D) No impounded animal which has bitten a person shall be redeemed before the expiration of ten days, as provided in division (E) below.
(E) Every animal not afflicted with rabies, which has been impounded for biting any person within the village, may be redeemed at the end of ten days, upon payment to the village of all charges and expenses incurred for impounding and keeping the animal. Unless all expenses and charges incurred by the village for impounding or confining any animal which has bitten any person in the village shall be paid within four days after the period for impounding the animal has expired, the animal shall be destroyed by the Animal Control Officer.
(F) Any animal not redeemed after notice in accordance with the provisions of this section may be destroyed in a modern lethal chamber to be used for the purpose of destroying animals or may be destroyed by a licensed veterinarian in any humane manner, upon written order of the Animal Control Officer.
(2010 Code, § 175.01)