If the owner of a dog impounded under the provisions of this Chapter fails to appear at the prescribed hearing or fails to request a hearing, the city manager may order the dog confined to the City Animal Control Shelter where such dog shall be fed, watered, and otherwise cared for for a period of five (5) days from the date of the notice of hearing. If the owner of the dog has taken no additional action with regard to the status of the dog then the dog shall be humanely destroyed or otherwise disposed of in the public interest.
If the city manager is of the opinion that a Dangerous Dog should be destroyed, the city manager may petition the Circuit Court of Tennessee for Henry County pursuant to the provisions of T.C.A. 44-17-120 for an Order authorizing that the dog shall be destroyed.
Any person who violates the provisions of this chapter shall pay all expenses, including shelter, food, handling, veterinary care, and any other court costs or other expenses necessitated by the enforcement of this Chapter.
In any action in the Municipal Court for the City of Paris, any owner of a dog found to be violating any provisions of this Chapter shall be fined not less than $50.00 nor more than $50.00 for each offense. A separate offense shall be deemed committed on each day during or on which a violation occurs or continues. The fine provided for in this section shall not be suspended, waived, or in any way commuted; it being the specific intent of Board of Commissioners of the City of Paris that said fine or penalty shall be assessed in all instances and shall be strictly enforced.