(A) (1) Any healthy animal seized or impounded for being at large may be redeemed by the owner or other person, as authorized herein, at any time prior to the disposition of the animal under division (B) below and upon showing that the animal has a current license and rabies vaccination tag, and upon the payment to the Humane Society of the following charges:
(a) A processing fee;
(b) A vaccination charge; and
(c) A boarding charge per day of animal stay pursuant to the current charges of the Animal Shelter.
(2) Any animal seized or impounded for any reason who appears to any duly licensed veterinarian to have any infectious disease, other than rabies, may be destroyed forthwith.
(3) (a) Any animal impounded pursuant to § 90.03(B) shall be confined at the Animal Shelter or, in the discretion of the impounding officer, confined at the owner’s premises in a secure place not accessible to the public.
(b) The Humane Officer shall have continuing authority and discretion to remove any privately confined animal to the Animal Shelter at any time during the ten-day period. At the expiration of the ten-day period, the animal may be redeemed by the owner or other person as provided herein, upon showing that the animal has a current license tag and rabies vaccination tag and by payment to the County Humane Society of the applicable fee for the confinement period.
(B) Any impounded animal which is not redeemed within five days after the first day of impounding may be destroyed or disposed of by suitable and humane means; provided, that in the case of an animal impounded pursuant to division (A)(2) above, the animal shall not be destroyed or disposed of until after the expiration of a period of ten days from the first day of impounding.
(Prior Code, § 90.04) (Ord. 1999-123, passed 2-2-1999; Ord. 2010-179, passed 10-26-2010)