(a) Unless the Director of Public Safety or his or her designee, after a hearing, issues an order in accordance with the provisions of Section 507.04(e), he or she shall issue an order for the owner or custodian to remove any dangerous animal from the City within seven (7) calendar days after a hearing.
(b) If the owner or custodian of the dangerous animal files a notice of appeal of the Director of Public Safety or his or her designee’s decision with a court of competent jurisdiction, the order of the Director of Public Safety or his or her designee to remove the dangerous animal from the City or to impose reasonable terms, conditions and restrictions which the Director of Public Safety or his or her designee deems are necessary to protect the public health, safety and welfare shall not be stayed pending the appeal.
(c) If the owner or custodian of an impounded or confined dangerous animal wishes to reclaim and remove it from the City, the Director of Public Safety or his or her designee shall release, it, provided that the animal is taken to its new location outside the City immediately and directly upon its release. No person to whom such animal is released shall fail to remove the animal immediately and directly from the City.
(Ord. 34-08. Passed 12-11-08.)