If a dog or other animal within the city bites any person or is reported as diseased, the police may require that the animal be impounded at the designated pound for observation for sufficient time to determine whether it is diseased. The animal may not be killed or reclaimed and returned to the owner until ordered by the police. Any animal impounded for having bitten a person, which is subsequently released by the police, may be reclaimed by its owner upon payment of the impounding fee, cost of food and care, and any medical costs incurred while impounded.
(Prior Code, § 91.41) (Ord. 08-007, passed 12-8-2008)