(A) If by a license tag or other means the owner of an impounded animal can be identified, the animal control officer shall immediately upon impoundment notify the owner by telephone or registered mail.
(B) (1) Animals whose owners are not identifiable or cannot be notified after reasonable effort shall be held for five nights from impoundment before becoming the property of the Humane Society.
(2) Animals that are the property of the Humane Society may be placed for adoption or humanely euthanized.
(Ord. 2452, passed 5-l7-82; Am. Ord. 2707, passed 4-4-88; Am. Ord. 3503, passed 3-5-07; Am. Ord. 3766, passed 4-3-17)