(a) The owner of any dog found at large not wearing a license (whether previously licensed or not) will receive a warning to either purchase the dog a license and/or make sure the dog is wearing the license at all times. If the owner has not already purchased the dog a license, he will be given two weeks to do so.
(b) If the dog is found at large a second time without a license, the owner will be fined $100 and advised that if the dog is permitted to run at large a third time without a license, it will be destroyed by the Enforcement Officer designated for that purpose.
(c) If any owner refuses to pay the imposed fine or refuses to license their dog, the dog will be destroyed. Also, any dog found at large not wearing a license and whose owner cannot be located by the Enforcement Officer will, unless vicious, be held for five days and then destroyed. Fines will still be due and payable.
(Ord. 95-4, passed 10-10-95; Am. Ord. 2017-03, passed 6-5-17)