If the written findings of the investigating officer indicate that the complaint is justified, then the Chief of Police shall cause the owner or keeper of the dog or dogs in question to be so notified in writing, and ordered to abate the nuisance within 48 hours by destruction or removal of the dog or dogs, or by penning, fencing or otherwise restraining the dog or dogs from running at large at any time, as the case may be. In the event the owner or keeper of the dog or dogs is unknown and cannot be ascertained, the notice and order, along with a general description of the dog or dogs, shall be posted for 48 hours at the Town Hall.
(1979 Code, § 8-2003)