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A City animal shelter may be established under the jurisdiction of the Police Department.
It shall be under the immediate control of an Animal Control Officer or of such other person as may be officially designated. The person in charge of the shelter shall provide proper sustenance for all animals impounded and shall treat them in a humane manner. The City may contract with another agency for the use of a shelter maintained by the agency.
A. The Animal Control Officer, a police officer, or such other officer or employee of the City as may be authorized by the City Manager may take into custody and impound any animal running at large or in violation of any provision of the ordinances of the City and may enter upon the premises of the owner or other private premises to take such animal into custody.
B. Animals taken into custody as provided in this chapter shall be destroyed by an acceptable humane method by the officer or employee of the City in charge of such animal, or by the Animal Control Officer, after seventy-two (72) hours have elapsed after taking the animal into custody, provided the animal is not redeemed or claimed as provided in this article. A description of the animal, the date impounded, and the place of impoundment shall be kept by the Animal Control Officer or other officer in charge. If the owner can be identified by tag or otherwise, the Animal Control Officer shall send notice to the owner orally by telephone or in writing at the address on the City's registration records that unless claimed by the owner, the animal will be disposed of as provided in Section 10-285.
C. All dogs and cats impounded pursuant to Sec 10-282 shall be spayed or neutered prior to being released pursuant to Sec 10-285, including those reclaimed or otherwise returned to their owners. The Animal Control Officer may exempt the owner of a full-breed registered animal from the requirement to spay or neuter a dog or cat prior to release upon the owner's presentation satisfactory proof of pure breed status as verified by the American Kennel Club or similar entity and payment of a registration fee or if a licensed veterinarian certifies in writing that the animal is incapable of reproduction or that spaying or neutering dog or cat would be injurious to the animal's health, provided, however, that if the health condition of the animal is of a temporary nature, then the animal shall be spayed or neutered immediately after the health condition has been corrected. For the purpose of this section, proof of pure breed status must be provided to the animal shelter within 48 hours of impoundment.
HISTORY
Amended by Ord. 22-08 on 9/6/2022
No unauthorized person shall:
A. Break or attempt to break open the shelter or take or let out any animal there from;
B. Take or attempt to take from any officer or employee of the City any animal taken into custody as provided by this chapter; or
C. In any manner interfere with or hinder an officer or employee in the discharge of his duties relating to the taking into custody and impounding of animals as provided in this chapter.
A. The City Council by motion or resolution shall determine the fees to be charged for impounding and keeping animals. In computing the fee, a fraction of a day during which an animal has been fed shall be deemed a full day.
B. Any person redeeming an impounded animal shall pay the required fees to the City Clerk and present his receipt therefor to the person in charge of the animal shelter before the latter releases the animal. An owner of an impounded animal or his agent may redeem the animal prior to its disposition as provided for in Section 10-285. However, when in the judgment of the Animal Control Officer an animal should be destroyed for humane reasons, such animal may not be redeemed.
C. Any person redeeming a dog not licensed as required by Section 10-142 of this chapter shall pay the required license tax to the City Clerk and secure a tag and present the receipt therefor and the tag to the person in charge of the animal shelter before the latter releases the dog. If a dog has been licensed but is not wearing the tag, the person in charge of the animal shelter shall require adequate evidence of the proper licensing of the dog before releasing it.
D. A vaccination deposit, set by resolution of the City Council, shall be required for each animal without proof of the required rabies vaccination from a licensed veterinarian within the prior twelve (12) months immediately preceding its impoundment. The deposit shall be returned only if, within five (5) working days from the date of the deposit, the City Clerk, or his designee, is presented a receipt from a licensed veterinarian documenting that the animal had received a rabies vaccination within either the prior twelve (12) months immediately preceding the animal's impoundment or the period within five (5) working days from the date of the deposit.
(Ord. No. 02-16, 10-7-2002)
A. As soon as practicable after any animal of apparent value has been impounded, the Animal Control Officer or other employee or officer impounding the animal shall inform the police chief and the police chief shall thereupon post a notice thereof at the police office of the City. The notice shall describe the animal and notify the owner to pay the charges thereon and remove the same prior to a designated time. The notice shall also state that unless the animal is redeemed the animal will be disposed of by adoption as a pet, by delivery to a licensed educational or research institution, or by euthanization.
B. Any sale of an impounded animal shall be for cash and shall be conducted by or under the direction of the police chief. If an impounded animal cannot be sold, he shall destroy the animal or have it destroyed in an acceptable, humane method or otherwise dispose of it in a legal manner.
C. The purchaser of an animal at a sale held as provided in this section shall acquire absolute title to the animal purchased.
D. The Police Department shall pay to the City Clerk all money received from the sale of impounded animals on the day it is received or on the next day upon which the office of the City Clerk is open for business.
The owner of an impounded animal sold as provided in Section 10-285 may claim the excess of the sale price of the animal above the fees for impounding and keeping the same and a fee as set by the Council by motion or resolution to reimburse the City for any expense it has had in making the sale at any time within three (3) months after the sale. If a claim is so made and approved by the Council, the City Clerk shall pay him such excess. If a claim is not made, the excess shall belong to the City.
10-311 Management Of Dogs, Cats, Or Ferrets That Bite A Person
10-312 Management Of Other Animals That Bite A Human
10-313 Severe Bite Wounds Inflicted
10-314 When Dogs And Cats Confined
10-315 Confinement Required
10-316 Supervising Veterinarian's Responsibility
10-317 Responsibility For Costs Incurred
10-318 Confinement By Owner
10-319 Enforcement
10-320 Destruction Or Observation
10-321 Animals Considered Exposed
10-322 Vaccinated Domestic Animals Exposed To Rabid Animals
10-323 Disposal Of Remains Of Disease Suspect Animal
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