(A) If any animal is not redeemed or adopted within a 72-hour period, excluding Saturday, Sunday and holidays and after the animal becomes the sole property of the city by virtue of this chapter, the animal control officer is authorized to humanely destroy the animal and dispose of the carcass.
(B) Any nursing animal impounded without the mother, or where the mother will not or cannot provide nutritious milk, may be euthanized immediately to prevent further suffering.
(C) Any animal impounded and considered by the animal control officer to be feral or of a nature that would cause injury to a person may be euthanized immediately, except when such animal has inflicted a bite to a human during the preceding ten days.
(D) Any animal taken into custody that, in the opinion of the animal control officer, is visibly afflicted with any sign of communicable disease or appears to be mortally injured may be euthanized immediately to prevent future suffering.
(E) Any owner or harborer may relinquish ownership to any animal in writing to the animal control officer, who shall then have authority to immediately euthanize such animal, except when such animal has inflicted a bite to a human during the preceding ten days or if the animal is viable for adoption.
(Ord. 2002-1, passed 2-19-02; Am. Ord. 2017-1, passed 1-17-17; Am. Ord. 2017-21, passed 12-19-17; Am. Ord. 2024-5, passed 2-20-24)