Any dog or cat found to be running at large may be seized by any humane officer or police officer and impounded. All dogs and cats seized and impounded shall be kept housed and fed for seven days after notice of seizure and impounding has been given or posted as required by State law. At the expiration of this period, all dogs and cats which have not been redeemed as herein provided by their owners shall be sold or humanely destroyed. No dog sold as herein provided shall be discharged from the pound until such dog has been registered and provided with a valid registration tag.
The owner, keeper or harborer of any dog or cat seized and impounded under this section may, at any time prior to the expiration of seven days from the time that the notice of the seizure and impounding of the dog or cat has been given or posted as requried by State law, redeem the same by paying to the Humane Officer or his authorized agent or deputy all the costs assessed against such dog or cat, and by providing a valid certificate of registration and registration tag for such dog.
Reasonable costs and fees, in such amount as may be determined from time to time by the City Manager, shall be assessed against every dog or cat seized and impounded under this section. Such costs shall be a valid claim in favor of the City against the owner, keeper or harborer of any dog or cat seized and impounded under this section and not redeemed or sold as herein provided, and such costs may be recovered by the City in a civil action against such owner, keeper or harborer.
A record of all dogs and cats impounded, the disposition of such animals, and a statement of costs assessed against each such dog or cat shall be kept by the Humane Officer.
(Ord. 7369. Passed 9-8-81.)