(A) Any animal control officer may seize and impound any dog or dogs observed and found off the premises where the dog or dogs should normally be kept, when not accompanied by the owner or agent aforesaid. Any dog which does not bear any identifying tag, may be impounded.
(B) (1) All dogs taken into custody by an animal control officer as herein provided shall be impounded at the Campbell County Animal Shelter, or other suitable facility. Any dangerous, fierce, rabid or vicious dog found at large which cannot be safely taken up and impounded may be slain by any animal control officer.
(2) This section shall not apply to guide or “seeing eye” dogs under the control of a blind person.
(C) (1) Any owner reclaiming an impounded dog shall be required to pay a flat fee of $25 for the first redemption within the fiscal year, $50 for the second redemption within the fiscal year and $75 for the third redemption within the fiscal year, as well as for all subsequent redemptions within the fiscal year, plus the cost of any tag, if necessary, before any impounded dog is released. However, before the dog is released to the owner, he or she must present a valid inoculation certificate or valid tag which shall be evidence of inoculation.
(2) In the event the dog has not been inoculated, the dog shall be released upon payment of the fees set forth above, and the owner shall then have 24 hours to procure and present an inoculation certificate or the dog shall be subject to being impounded again.
(3) The payment of the impounding fees shall not bar the imposition of any fine which may be imposed for the violation of this chapter.
(4) For the purposes herein expressed, the fiscal year commences July 1 and terminates June 30.
(E) If the dog is found on the premises of its owner, but is unlicensed (City or state) or at large, the animal control officer may, in his or her discretion, not impound the dog, but in lieu thereof, issue a citation to the owner for owning an unlicensed dog or permitting the dog to be at large.
(1995 Code, § 6.08.050)