(A) (1) It shall be unlawful for any person to permit any horse, mule, jack, jennet, swine, cow, cattle, hog, pig, shoat, goat, poultry, or other fowl to run at large within the city; and any such animal or fowl found at-large within the city shall be taken up by the animal warden and impounded at a public pound or other suitable place and kept there for at least three days and, whenever possible, its owner or other keeper shall be notified of such happening and the manner in which the animal or fowl may be redeemed, to wit, by the payment of an impounding fee of $1, or other amount deemed appropriate by the Municipal Court, plus the cost of care, feeding, and shelter, such payment to be made within two days from the date of such notice.
(2) Any animal or fowl not so redeemed may be sold at a public sale to recover the impoundment fee and costs herein mentioned; and if no buyer is found, the animal or fowl in question may be destroyed or given away to some responsible person.
(B) The proceeds of any sale under division (A) above which are in excess of the impoundment fee, cost of care, feeding and shelter, and the cost of sale shall be turned over by the animal warden to the City Treasurer and shall be held by him or her until claimed by the owner of the animal or fowl in question within three months of the sale; and if no claim is made within such time, such proceeds so held shall be credited to the General Fund of the city.
(Prior Code, § 4-2) Penalty, see § 90.99