(A) After any animal has been impounded under any provision of this subchapter for a period of 48 hours, without being redeemed as provided herein, it shall be lawful for such Animal Control Officer to sell such animal at public auction, to the highest bidder for cash.
(B) The Animal Control Officer shall, before any such sale is made, give not less than three days’ notice of the time and place of such sale.
(C) Such notice shall contain the number, kind and a general and full description of any animal or animals to be so sold, which said notice, written or printed, shall be posted in three public places within the corporate limits of the city.
(D) For the making and posting of said notices, the said Animal Control Officer is authorized and empowered to charge and collect the amount set by the Council before such animal shall be released.
(E) If the owner or his or her agent shall, at any time prior to sale and, after any animal shall have been noticed for sale as herein authorized, pay all fees and costs for impounding, caring for and noticing such animal for sale, then such animal shall not be sold, but shall be released by the Animal Control Officer to such owner or agent.
(1992 Code, § 1005:20)