(A) Unrestrained domestic animals shall be taken by an animal control officer, and impounded in the animal shelter and there confined in a humane manner.
(B) (1) Animals without identification shall be impounded for three days, unless reclaimed by their owner sooner. Animals with identification shall be impounded for five days, unless reclaimed by their owner sooner. If, by license tag or other means, the owner of an impounded animal can be identified, an attempt shall be made to contact the owner by telephone. Animals not claimed by their owners within the above time limits, or placed in a suitable new home, shall be humanely euthanized.
(2) Domestic animals that are sick or injured may be humanely euthanized prior to the above time limits by an animal control officer or his or her agent.
(C) An owner reclaiming an impounded animal the first, second, third or subsequent time the animal is impounded shall pay to the animal shelter the appropriate impoundment fee currently assessed by said shelter, in addition to the other regular fees charged by the animal shelter.
(1) The owner shall be responsible for all other fees imposed by the animal shelter, such as a pick up fee, daily boarding fee, and rabies voucher fee.
(2) An owner reclaiming an impoundment animal must pay all fees as assessed by the animal shelter to which the animal has been taken for impoundment.
(D) (1) Proof of vaccination for rabies and a current dog or cat license shall be required from the owner before any dog or cat is released from the animal shelter to his or her owner.
(2) If no proof of vaccination is shown, a rabies voucher must be purchased by the owner and shown to the animal shelter operator within ten days of release of the dog or cat.
(3) If a current dog or cat license is not produced by the owner at the time of redemption, the redemption shall be delayed until the owner produces a current dog/cat license for the dog or cat sought to be released.
(E) All fees set forth herein under this section are subject to change by the county animal shelter.
(Ord. 99-715, passed 4-12-99; Am. Ord. 2005-037, passed 12-19-05)