A. In addition to any other remedies provided in this Chapter, an animal control officer or a police officer may seize, impound and humanely confine to an animal shelter or hospital any of the following animals:
1. Any animal at large;
2. Any public nuisance animal or other animal constituting a public nuisance or considered to be a danger to the public;
3. Any animal that is in violation of any quarantine or confinement order of the Village's chief health officer;
4. Any unattended animal that is ill, injured or otherwise in need of care;
5. Any animal that is reasonably believed to have been abused or neglected;
6. Any animal that is reasonably suspected of having rabies;
7. Any animal that is charged with being potentially dangerous, or dangerous where an animal control officer, determines that there is a threat to public health and safety;
8. Any animal that a court of competent jurisdiction has ordered impounded or destroyed;
9. Any animal that is considered unattended or abandoned, as in situations where the owner is deceased, has been arrested or evicted from his regular place of residence.
B. An animal control officer or police officer may also, or in lieu of impoundment, issue to the owner a notice of violation. Such notice shall impose upon the owner a penalty as set forth in Chapter 2, Village Government, Article X, Fines and Penalties, that may, at the discretion of the animal owner, be paid to the Village Clerk within seventy-two (72) hours in full satisfaction of the assessed penalty. In the event that such penalty is not paid within the time period prescribed, a citation shall be issued, and upon conviction for violation of this Chapter, the owner shall be punished as provided in this Chapter.
(Ord. 355, passed 10-8-97; Am. Ord. 886, passed 11-21-2023)