The Mayor shall appoint an Animal Control Officer or other person to enforce the terms of this chapter and may designate other employees to assist the Animal Control Officer in this task. Such persons shall have the authority to enter onto public and private property to do all other things reasonable and necessary to enforce this chapter and applicable state statutes and regulations but shall not enter into any private structure without the owner's permission. Nothing contained herein shall prohibit the Animal Control Officer or other designated employee from destroying an animal when in his judgment such act is necessary and proper to protect life or property.
(Ord. 50-18. Passed 11-26-18.)