[1978 Code § 5-5; Ord. No. 800]
The manager may appoint, at such times and for such terms as may seem expedient one or more persons, to be known as the Animal Control Officer, whose duty it shall be to enforce the provisions of this section and to take into custody and impound dogs as provided in Section 5-20. The Manager may authorize the members of the Police Department to perform the above services.
[1978 Code § 5-6; § 5-12.1; Ord. No. 800; Ord. No. 950 § IV]
The Animal Control Officer or other persons designated by the Manager shall take into custody or impound or cause to be taken into custody and impounded, and thereafter destroyed or disposed of as hereinafter provided in this section:
a. 
Any dog off the premises of the owner or of the person keeping or harboring said dog which the official or his agent have reason to believe is a stray dog;
b. 
Any dog off the premises of the owner or of the person keeping or harboring said dog without a current registration tag on his collar;
c. 
Any female dog in season off the premises of the owner or of the person keeping or harboring said dog;
d. 
Any dog upon the public or private streets or in any public place not accompanied by a person over the age of 12 and not confined or controlled as prescribed by subsection 5-4.3;
e. 
Any dog kept in a kennel, pet shop, shelter or pound and off such establishment and not confined or controlled as prescribed by subsection 5-16.6;
f. 
Any dog running at large is in violation of subsection 5-4.2;
g. 
Any dog declared vicious as determined by the provisions of subsection 5-9.5 and the dog has not been disposed of in accord with Section 5-9;
h. 
Any dog which the owner or persons keeping or harboring said dog wishes to dispose of and to which he renounces ownership, custody and control, in writing; and
i. 
Impounding and Disposal of Animals. Any animal off the premises of the owner or of the person keeping or harboring said animal which the Animal Control Officer or other authorized person has reason to believe is a stray animal or which the owner renounces ownership shall be taken into custody, impounded and disposed.
[1978 Code § 5-6; Ord. No. 800]
a. 
If any dog so seized wears a collar or harness having inscribed thereon or attached thereto the name and address of any person or a registration tag, or the owner or the person keeping or harboring the dog is known, the Animal Control Officer or anyone authorized by the Manager shall forthwith serve on the person whose address is given on the collar, or on the owner or the person keeping or harboring the dog, if known, a notice in writing stating that the dog has been seized and will be liable to be disposed of or destroyed if not claimed within seven days after the service of the notice.
b. 
A notice under paragraph a above may be served either by delivering it to the person on whom it is to be served, or by leaving it at the person's usual or last known place of abode, or at the address given on the collar, or by forwarding it by mail in a pre-paid letter addressed to that person at his usual or last known place of abode, or to the address given on the collar.
[1978 Code § 5-6; Ord. No. 800]
a. 
When any dog so seized has been detained for seven days after notice, when notice can be given as above set forth in this section, or has been detained for seven days after seizure, when notice has not been and cannot be given as above set forth in this section, and if the owner or person keeping or harboring the dog has not claimed the dog and paid all expenses incurred by reason of its detention, and, if the dog be unlicensed at the time of the seizure and the owner or person keeping or harboring the dog has not produced a license and registration tag for the dog, the Animal Control Officer may cause the dog to be destroyed in a manner causing as little pain as possible.
b. 
When any dog shall be delivered under subsection 5-20.1, paragraph h, no notice to the owner shall be required, unless the person delivering the dog is someone other than the owner, in which event the foregoing procedure shall be followed; if the person delivering the dog is the owner, the Animal Control Officer or any person so authorized may forthwith destroy the dog in a manner causing as little pain as possible.
[1978 Code § 5-6; § 8-5; Ord. No. 591; Ord. No. 618; Ord. No. 638; Ord. No. 795; Ord. No. 800; Ord. No. 845 § 1; Ord. No. 2016-19 § 1]
The following fees are established:
a. 
For each dog/cat impounded $30.
b. 
For each dog/cat redeemed $10.
c. 
Maintenance charge for each day or part thereof while impounded $10.
d. 
Disposal of dogs $45.
e. 
Disposal of cats $30.
f. 
Checks returned for insufficient funds $20.
g. 
Replacement dog license and registration; for each dog $1.
h. 
Adoption fee for a dog or cat $10.
There shall be charged to the owner of each dog which is impounded, pursuant to subsection 5-20.1, the sum listed in paragraph a for picking up each dog; and the sum listed in paragraph b for each dog which is redeemed by its owner, plus the sum listed in paragraph c per day maintenance fee for each day or part thereof that the dog has been impounded, which fee shall be paid when the dog is released.
[1978 Code § 5-8; Ord. No. 800]
Any officer or agent authorized or empowered to perform any duty under this Article is hereby authorized to go upon any premises to seize for impounding any dog or dogs which he may lawfully seize and impound when such officer is in immediate pursuit of such dog or dogs, except upon the premises of the owner of the dog if said owner is present and forbids the same.
[1978 Code § 5-9; Ord. No. 800]
No person shall hinder, molest or interfere with anyone authorized or empowered to perform any duty under this chapter. The mandatory minimum penalty shall be $100 up to $1,000.