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(A) The fee schedule for the Animal Welfare Department is hereby approved and ratified as follows:
Return to Owner | Fee
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Return to Owner | Fee
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First redemption | $30 |
Second redemption | $60 |
Third redemption | $120 |
Daily commissioning fee | $10 |
Drop-off of owned animal (when animal welfare can accept) | $50 |
Ten-day quarantine | $100 |
Adoption (dog) | $110 |
Adoption (cat) | $80 |
Adoption (small mammal) | $10 |
Adoption (small bird) | $15 |
Adoption (large bird or exotic bird) | $50 |
Reasons of fire, death accident, no charge for first three acts of God/days | $10 per day |
Reasons of arrest, seized for abuse, cruelty, abandonment, court case holds | $30 plus $10 per day |
*Owner's request that Animal Welfare hold stray animal longer than the five-day stray period must be approved by management. | |
(B) Fees will be waived only at the discretion of the Director of the Animal Welfare Department.
(C) Two copies of said fees are available for inspection in the office of the City Clerk and are incorporated herein by reference.
(Ord. 14-2004, passed 12-13-04; Am. Ord. 8-2009, passed 10-13-09; Am. Ord. 24-2014, passed 8-11-14)
ANIMAL CARE RULES AND REGULATIONS
(A) No person shall confine or allow his or her animal to remain outside without access to adequate shelter from the elements.
(B) All animals shall have fresh, potable drinking water and be provided with food that is nutritional for the species in adequate amounts to maintain good health.
(Ord. 14-2004, passed 12-13-04) Penalty, see § 91.999
All animals shall be provided with necessary medical care in addition to the required rabies vaccination.
(Ord. 14-2004, passed 12-13-04) Penalty, see § 91.999
All animals, where kept inside, or in a pen, tied, fastened, hitched, leased, or enclosed by a fence shall be kept in a sanitary manner. The persons responsible for the animals shall regularly and as often as necessary to prevent odor or health and sanitation problems, maintain all animal areas or areas of animal contact.
(Ord. 14-2004, passed 12-13-04) Penalty, see § 91.999
Persons responsible for an animal shall immediately remove the animal's excrement from public lands or from the property of another, excepting a blind person working with a guide dog.
(Ord. 14-2004, passed 12-13-04) Penalty, see § 91.999
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