§ 96.20 SEIZURE AND IMPOUNDMENT.

   (A)   The City animal control officer or any police officer may seize and impound any wild, exotic, dangerous or undomesticated animal or reptile and upon seizure and impoundment, the animal or reptile shall be delivered to a place of confinement which may be with any organization which is authorized by law to accept the animal or reptile.

   (B)   The City animal control officer or any police officer may render the animal or reptile immobile, by means of tranquilizers or other safe drugs or, if that is not safely possible, then the animal or reptile may be killed.

   (C)   The City animal control officer or any police officer shall also issue or cause to be issued a citation for violation of any of the provisions set forth in §§ 96.01 through 96.03 in lieu of, or in addition to, seizure, impoundment, immobilization or destruction of the animal or reptile.

   (D)   Any reasonable cost incurred in undertaking the seizure, impoundment, immobilization or destruction of the animal or reptile by the City animal control officer or police officer shall be charged against and paid by the owner, keeper, possessor or harborer of the animal or reptile so seized, impounded, immobilized and/or destroyed.

(1995 Code, § 6.04.140) (Ord. O-94-22, passed 8-8-1994)