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 Police Chief is authorized to take such lawful action as may be required to enforce the provisions of this chapter.
3. The Police Chief, 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 Chief 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 Chief 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.