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No person shall intentionally provide or make available any harmful or poisonous substances to any animal on public or private property, except for small rodent pest control. The use of any small rodent pest control substances shall be in strict accordance with the manufacturer’s instructions and guidelines and shall not be available or accessible to any other animals.
1. The City Administrator and those designated by the City Administrator shall act as the official agents of the City for the purposes of impounding animals and enforcing this chapter.
2. The City Administrator and Police Department personnel are authorized to take such lawful action as may be required to enforce the provisions of this chapter.
3. The City Administrator and Police Department personnel, unless authorized by the owner or person entitled to possession thereof, shall not enter private dwellings that are not licensed as either commercial or private kennels unless a proper warrant has been issued upon showing that the Police Department has reasonable cause to believe that there is a violation of this chapter. Any enforcement officer, while pursuing any dog observed by the officer to be in violation of this chapter, or during investigation for unlicensed dogs, may enter upon any public or private property, except any private dwellings which are not licensed as either commercial or private kennels, for the purpose of abating the dog violation being investigated.
4. No person shall deny, prevent, obstruct, or attempt to deny, prevent or obstruct the Police Department from pursuing any animal observed to be in violation of this chapter.
5. No person shall fail or neglect, after a proper warrant has been presented, to properly permit City enforcement officers to enter private property or private dwelling homes to perform any duty imposed by this chapter.