(A) The owner shall be entitled to reclaim an impounded animal, except for those animals discussed in § 90.05, 90.20 or 90.21 of this chapter, upon compliance with the licensing provisions of § 90.02 of this chapter or, in the case of a cat, upon verification of the rabies vaccination within 15 days and the payment of the impoundment and boarding fees as set in the fee schedule. At the discretion of the Animal Control Officer, the owner of an impounded animal may be summoned into any court having jurisdiction for a violation this chapter.
('76 Code, § 6-1-9)
(B) A dog or cat shall not be released to its owner from the animal shelter unless one of the following applies:
(1) The dog has a current license pursuant to this chapter at the time the dog was impounded.
(2) The dog or cat has been surgically spayed or neutered and implanted with a microchip for the purposes of identification at the dog or cat at the owner's expense.
(3) There is no veterinary facility capable of performing surgical sterilization within a twenty mile radius of the shelter.
(4) A veterinarian determines that a medical contraindication for the surgery exists that reasonably requires postponement of the surgery until the surgery can be performed in a safe and humane manner.
(5) The owner pays a fifty dollar recovery fee, in addition to any fees and costs otherwise required by this chapter.
('76 Code, § 6-1-8) (Ord. 786, passed 9-24-87; Am. Ord. 936, passed 10-28-93; Am. Ord. 938, passed 2-24-94; Am. Ord. 1030, passed 3-27-97; Am. Ord. 1077, passed 10-8-98; Am. Ord. 2005-022, passed 11-11-05; Am. Ord. 2010-001, passed 1-14-10)