[Ord. No. 1000, § 1.]
Any dog which is allowed to run at large in the City at any
time, or any unconfined and unmuzzled vicious dog or other carnivorous
animal, is hereby declared to be a public nuisance. It shall be the
duty of every police officer of the City to abate such nuisance by
taking such dogs or animals into custody and impounding the same at
the City Animal Shelter. Any dog or animal impounded pursuant to the
terms of this section shall not be released except with the written
permission of the chief of police; provided, that any dog or animal
which is impounded three times in any calendar year shall be destroyed.