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.