A. If any Animal is impounded for the third time pursuant to the provisions of this chapter, the license for such Animal shall be forthwith revoked and no other license may be issued for such Animal. It is unlawful to keep or maintain any Animal within the county after its license has been revoked.
B. Such Animal may not be released from the pound without the written consent of the sheriff of Mineral County or their designate, which shall not be given unless the sheriff or their designate shall have first obtained a written agreement from the person seeking release of such Animal that the Animal will, if released, be permanently removed from the county.
C. The owner or other person seeking release of such Animal may sign such agreement under protest and appeal by written notice to the county commissioners for the reinstatement of the Animal's license. The county commissioners shall set the hearing for appeal within forty five (45) days after receipt of the notice. The county commissioners may, upon consideration of all facts presented at such hearing, reinstate the license or allow the revocation to stand. The commissioners' decision shall be final. Pending a decision in any such appeal, the Animal charged shall be kept and maintained by the owner or person seeking the release outside Mineral County; or such owner or person seeking release may keep such Animal within the county, provided that such Animal shall be at all times muzzled so as to be unable to bark or make other loud sounds, and that such Animal shall at all times be restrained so as to be unable to be at large. (Ord. 268A, 2024: MC Ord. 102A § 2, 1986)