An animal shelter shall be provided for the purpose of boarding and caring for animals impounded under the provision of this chapter. It shall be the duty of the Animal Control Director and his or her deputized officers to take up and impound or cause to be impounded, any stray animals and/or any animals kept in violation of this chapter within the area defined as the County of Valencia. It is unlawful for any person, without the knowledge or consent of the owner, to hold or retain possession of any animal of which he or she is not the owner for more than 24 hours without reporting the possession of the animal to an animal control officer, giving his or her name, address, a true and complete statement of the circumstances under which he or she took up the animal and the precise location where the animal is confined.
(Ord. passed 6-23-1997; Am. Ord. 2022-02, passed 3-2-2022) Penalty, see § 90.999