§ 95.08 SEIZURE OF ANIMALS.

   Any police officer or Animal Control Officer may enter upon private property and seize any animal provided that the following exist:

   (A)   There is an identified complainant other than the police officer or Animal Control Officer making a contemporaneous complaint about the animal;

   (B)   The officer reasonably believes that the animal meets either the barking dog criteria set out in § 95.07(A), the criteria for cruelty set out in § 95.13, or the criteria for an at large animal set out in § 95.01;

   (C)   The officer can demonstrate that there has been at least one previous complaint of a barking dog, or inhumane treatment of the animal, or that the animal was at large at this address on a prior date;

   (D)   The officer has made a reasonable attempt to contact the owner of the dog and the property to be entered and those attempts have either failed or have been ignored;

   (E)   The seizure will not involve the forced entry into a private residence. Use of a pass key obtained from a property manager, landlord, innkeeper, or other authorized person to have that key shall not be considered unauthorized entry; and

   (F)   Written notice of the seizure is left in a conspicuous place if personal contact with the owner of the dog is not possible.

(Ord. 330, passed 1-17-02)