(A) Upon impoundment of an animal, the Animal Control Division shall within 24 hours attempt to notify the owner by telephone. If the owner is unknown, the Division shall advertise for one day in the lost and found column of a newspaper having a circulation in the city describing the animal, impounding number and the phone number of the shelter.
(B) An owner reclaiming an impounded animal 24 hours after impound shall pay an amount as set forth in the schedule of fees, charges, penalties and rewards attached to the annual budget of the city, pursuant to § 41.11 of this code. Said amount shall be for each day after the initial 24 hours of impoundment. Advertising fees shall be assessed as well. If an animal is reclaimed by the owner within 24 hours of its impound, no fees shall be due.
(C) It shall be the duty of the Animal Control Officer to keep all impounded dogs for a period of seven days from the date of notice to the owner or publication of notice. Any animal not claimed by and released to its owner within seven days after publication or notice shall become the property of the city and shall be placed for adoption in a suitable home or humanely euthanized after all reasonable efforts to place adoptable dogs have been exhausted.
(Ord. passed 7-8-2016)