It shall be the duty of the Police Department or other officer designated by the City Manager to capture, secure, and remove in a humane manner to an animal shelter any dog, cat, and/or hybrid animal violating any of the provisions of this subchapter. The dog, cat, and/or hybrid animal so impounded shall be treated in a humane manner and shall be provided with a sufficient supply of food and fresh water each day. Each impounded dog, cat, and/or hybrid animal shall be kept and maintained at the animal shelter for a period of 120 hours. Any dog, cat, and/or hybrid animal may be reclaimed by its owner during the period of impoundment by payment of daily board fee and general impoundment fee set out in the Chapter 38 Fee Schedule of this Code of Ordinances. The owner of an impounded dog, cat, and/or hybrid animal shall then be required to comply with the rabies vaccination requirements within 120 hours after release. If the dog, cat, and/or hybrid animal is not claimed at the end of the required waiting period the police department or other officer designated by the City Manager may direct the appropriate facility to dispose of the dog, cat, and/or hybrid animal in accordance with the applicable rules and regulations pertaining to the same; provided, that if, in the judgment of the Police Department or other officer designated by the City Manager, a suitable home can be found for any such dog, cat, and/or hybrid animal within the city, the dog, cat, and/or hybrid animal shall be turned over to that person and the new owner shall then be required to pay all fees and meet all vaccination requirements provided in this subchapter. The city shall acquire legal title to any dog, cat, and/or hybrid animal impounded in the animal shelter for a period longer than the required waiting period.
(Neb. RS 16-236) (Prior Code, § 6-111) (Ord. 2009-2826, passed 8-17-2009; Ord. 2020-2999, passed 3-16-2020)