(A) Director of Animal Services. The Director of Animal Services shall serve as the chief administrator of this chapter and the program of Animal Control.
(B) Animal Services Officers. Animal Services Officers are appointed through authority of N.C.G.S. § 67-30, Appointment of animal control officers authorized; salary, etc. The duties and powers of Animal Services Officers include enforcement of this chapter, and other applicable state, and local animal laws.
(C) Animal cruelty investigators. Animal cruelty investigators shall be appointed by the Board of Commissioners and shall have the power ascribed to them per N.C.G.S. § 19-45, Appointment of animal cruelty investigators; terms of office; removal; badge; oath; bond.
(D) Interference. Interference with the Director of Animal Services or Animal Services Officers in any aspect of the enforcement of this chapter shall constitute a violation of this chapter.
(E) Penalty. Violation of this section shall be punishable as a Class 3 misdemeanor, and any person convicted of the violation shall be subject to punishment as provided in G.S. § 14-4. Each day a violation continues shall be deemed a separate offense, and said violation may also be enforced as set forth in § 10.99 herein.
(Ord. passed 6-21-2021; Ord. passed 3-21-2022)