A. If any dog is impounded for the third time pursuant to the provisions of this chapter, the license for such dog shall be forthwith revoked and no other license may be issued for such dog. It is unlawful to keep or maintain any dog within the county after its license has been revoked.
B. Such dog may not be released from the pound without the written consent of the sheriff of Mineral County or his designate, which shall not be given unless the sheriff or his designate shall have first obtained a written agreement from the person seeking release of such dog that the dog will, if released, be permanently removed from the county.
C. The owner or other person seeking release of such dog may sign such agreement under protest and appeal by written notice to the county commissioners for the reinstatement of the dog'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 dog 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 dog within the county, provided that such dog or cat shall be at all times muzzled so as to be unable to bark or make other loud sounds, and that such dog shall at all times be restrained so as to be unable to be at large. (MC Ord. 102A § 2, 1986)