This chapter shall be known as, and may be cited and referred to as the "Animal Control Law."
(County code § 3.30)
For the purposes of this chapter:
means dogs or any domesticated animal of the canine family, as well as horses, donkeys, mules, burros, cattle, sheep, goats, swine, rabbits and fowl, commonly kept or raised in the county as farm animals or beasts of burden.
means that section of the county government which is specifically charged with the regulation of, and the enforcement of laws dealing with animals existing within the unincorporated territories of the county and incorporated areas thereof which may, from time to time, contract with the county for such services.
means the facilities provided by the county for impounding of animals.
means an animal off the premises of its owner and not under restraint by leash, or not under the control and in the immediate presence of the owner. "At large," as applied to dogs, also means any dog on any road or street, whether publicly or privately maintained, and not under restraint by leash, and not under the control and in the immediate presence of the owner. A privately maintained road or street shall not include any such road or street serving two or less residences or businesses. For animals other than dogs, it also means any unattended animal not confined by an adequate fence or restrained by a tether. An adequate fence is any fence which is good, strong, substantial, and sufficient to prevent the ingress and egress of livestock. No wire fence is a good and substantial fence within the meaning of this chapter, unless it has three tightly stretched barbed wires securely fastened to posts of reasonable strength, firmly set in the ground not more than one rod apart, one of which wires shall be at least four feet above the surface of the ground. Any kind of wire or other fence of height, strength and capacity equal to or greater than the wire fence herein described is a good and substantial fence within the meaning of this chapter.
means the person designated by the county administrator of health and medical services as the director of animal control for the county and his duly authorized deputies.
means the health department of the county.
means the health officer of the county and any health department employee or other person duly authorized by the health officer to act on his behalf.
means the taking up and confining of an animal by the director of animal control in a manner consistent with recognized standards of humane treatment.
means any enclosure, premises, building, structure, lot or area in or on which five or more dogs of at least four months of age are kept, harbored or maintained, for commercial or noncommercial purposes.
means a person who possesses, has title to or an interest in, harbors, or has control, custody or possession of an animal, and the verb form of "to own" includes all these shades of meaning.
means fictional entities such as corporations, estates, associations, partnerships and trusts, as well as one or more individual human beings.
means the inoculation of a dog with a vaccine approved by and in the manner prescribed by the state Department of Public Health.
means a person licensed by the state of California to practice veterinary medicine.
(County code §§ 3.1—3.25; Ord. 207 § 17, 2003)
No liability shall be incurred for the disposition of any animal made pursuant to the provisions of this chapter.
(County code § 3.34)
The animal control center, the director of animal control and other related personnel shall be under the direction and supervision of the administrator of health and medical services.
(County code § 3.32; Ord. 207 § 17, 2003)
The director of animal control is responsible for the enforcement of this law, and all laws of the state of California pertaining to the control of dogs and other animals and the humane treatment of animals, and his duties shall include, but not be limited to, the following:
A.
To administer the animal control center and keep such records as may be required by the board of supervisors and administrator of health and medical services;
B.
To take up and impound animals which are in violation of this chapter;
C.
To remove and dispose of the carcass of any animal found on any public highway, street, alley or other public place;
D.
To quarantine animals and to cooperate with the county health officer;
E.
To administer licensing programs as provided for herein; and
F.
To administer rabies clinics.
(County code § 3.40; Ord. 207 § 17, 2003)
The director of animal control may kill any dog found in the act of killing, wounding or persistently pursuing or worrying livestock or poultry on land or premises which are not owned or possessed by the owner of the dog.
(County code § 3.42; Ord. 207 § 17, 2003)
The director of animal control may formulate rules and regulations in conformity with, and for the purposes of carrying out the intent of, this chapter and compliance with such rules and regulations shall be a prerequisite to the issuance and continued validity of any license or permit provided.
(County code § 3.44; Ord. 207 § 17, 2003)
The director of animal control and such animal control officers as he may specifically designate in writing are authorized to carry firearms when acting in the course and scope of their employment pursuant to Section 12031 of the Penal Code of the state of California.
(County code § 3.46; Ord. 207 § 17, 2003)
A.
Any public officer or employee charged with the responsibility for enforcement of the provisions of this chapter may arrest a person without a warrant whenever he has reasonable cause to believe that the person to be arrested has committed a misdemeanor in his presence which is in violation of this chapter.
B.
In any case in which a person arrested, pursuant to subsection (A) of this section, does not demand to be taken before a magistrate, such public officer or employee making the arrest shall prepare a written notice to appear and release the person on his promise to appear, as prescribed by Chapter 5C (commencing with Section 853.6) of the Penal Code. The provisions of such chapter shall thereafter apply with reference to any proceeding based upon the issuance of a written notice to appear pursuant to this authority.
(County code § 3.48; Ord. 207 § 17, 2003)
In the performance of his duties the director of animal control shall have the authority to employ the use of the tranquilizer gun and all animal control devices in common use within the state.
(County code § 3.50; Ord. 207 § 17, 2003)
The director of animal control may, in the performance of his duties, enter upon any property pursuant to law to ascertain if any of the provisions of this chapter are being violated.
(County code § 3.52; Ord. 207 § 17, 2003)
In the performance of his duties, the director of animal control shall have the authority, when in pursuit of an animal which is in violation of a provision of this chapter, to go on the property of the owner or that of a third person for the purpose of impounding the animal, provided that in the course of such pursuit he shall exercise reasonable care to avoid causing damage to the property.
(County code § 3.53; Ord. 207 § 17, 2003)
Notwithstanding any other provisions of this chapter, if, in the judgment of the director of animal control, with the concurrence of the administrator of health and medical services, an animal found to be at large is unfit, and of no further use, dangerous, injured, or ill and should be destroyed, the director of animal control may, at any time, in a humane manner, destroy such animal.
(County code § 3.54; Ord. 207 § 17, 2003)
It is unlawful for the owner of any animal to violate any of the provisions of this chapter hereinbefore or hereinafter set out, or to commit any of the following acts, to wit:
A.
To allow any animal to run at large;
B.
To allow any animal to trespass upon public property or upon any private property without the consent of the owner of the property;
C.
If unauthorized, to remove from any dog any collar or harness or other device to which a license tag is attached, for the current year, or to remove such license tag therefrom;
D.
To attach to, or keep upon, or cause or permit to be attached to or kept upon, any dog any license tag provided by this chapter, except a tag issued for such dog under the provisions of this chapter, or to attach to or keep upon, or cause or permit to be attached to or kept upon any dog, or to make or to cause or permit to be made, or to have in possession, any counterfeit or imitation of any tag provided for by this chapter;
E.
To possess any unlicensed dog in the county, or to maintain, conduct or operate, or to cause or permit to be maintained or operated in the county, any unlicensed dog kennel;
F.
To interfere with, oppose or resist the director of animal control while he is engaged in the performance of any act authorized by this chapter;
G.
To allow any female dog to run at large while in heat or breeding condition or to allow such female to remain accessible to other dogs running at large while said female is in heat or breeding condition;
H.
To permit any dog to trespass on any farm where livestock or domestic fowl are kept;
I.
To abandon any animal in the county;
J.
To possess any dog over four months of age which does not have a current vaccination for rabies as evidenced by an official certificate thereof, except as otherwise provided in this chapter;
K.
To allow any animal to go without adequate food, water, shelter or proper care; or
L.
To allow any dog known to be dangerous or vicious to run at large upon any street or other public place within the county.
(County code § 3.60; Ord. 207 § 17, 2003)
If any person has any loss or damage to property, livestock or poultry, which is caused by animals, the person may file a complaint in writing with the director of animal control. Such complaint shall state when and where the damage occurred, how much damage was done and, if known, the name of the person who owns the animal(s) or the custodian in charge. The director of animal control shall investigate the complaint and if he finds such conditions to exist, he may issue an order to conform requiring said owner or custodian to abate such conditions within a reasonable length of time.
(County code § 3.70; Ord. 207 § 17, 2003)
Whenever the director of animal control receives in writing a complaint by three or more persons having a separate residence or regularly employed in the neighborhood that any dog is an habitual nuisance by reason of its howling, barking, or by its actions, potentially vicious or in any other manner causing undue annoyance, the director of animal control shall investigate the complaint and if he finds such conditions to exist, he may issue an order to conform requiring said owner or custodian to abate such conditions within a reasonable length of time.
(County code § 3.72; Ord. 207 § 17, 2003)
A.
"Vicious or dangerous animal" shall mean any domesticated animal which shows a propensity to attack, bite, scratch, or harass people or other animals without provocation.
B.
The owner of any animal that has bitten or attacked any human being or has killed, attacked, or caused damage to any other animal, shall have the duty to take such reasonable steps as are necessary to prevent his animal from biting or attacking another human being or from killing, attacking, or causing damage to any other animal.
C.
The director of animal control, as to such vicious or dangerous animal, is empowered to:
1.
Notify the owner of such animal that such owner is required thereafter at all times to keep such animal in a secure enclosure or provide such other adequate secure restraint as may be specified; or
2.
Notify the owner of such animal that reasonable cause exists, and a concise statement of reasons therefor, to believe that such animal will continue in the future to be a menace to the safety of human beings or to other animals and that a hearing will be conducted by the board of supervisors, or hearing officer selected by the board, to determine whether such animal should be destroyed.
D.
Should a hearing be ordered for an animal the animal shall be impounded at the discretion of the director of animal control until after the hearing occurs and a decision is rendered. The director of animal control may, as an alternative, require the owner of the animal to post a cash bond in an amount up to five hundred dollars or other security acceptable to county counsel, which cash bond or other security shall be forfeited in the event the animal is not delivered into the custody of the director of animal control if such is ordered after consideration of all the evidence at the hearing.
1.
Notification of such hearing shall be given by personal service of written notification on such owner not less than ten calendar days prior to the hearing.
2.
Such hearing shall be held not longer than forty-five days after the animal is taken into custody, or forty-five days after the incident if the animal is not in custody.
3.
At such hearing, the owner shall have the right to testify, to be represented by counsel, to present witnesses on his own behalf, to cross-examine all other witnesses, and present oral and written documents and evidence on the issue.
4.
At the conclusion of the hearing, the board or hearing officer may make such orders as are appropriate for the protection of the public, including, but not limited to, orders that the animal be destroyed by the director of animal control at a specified date, time, and location.
E.
Failure to comply with any restraint order issued under Section 4.04.170(C) (1) is a misdemeanor, punishable as provided in Chapter 1.16 of this code.
(County code § 3.73; Ord. 207 § 17, 2003)
It is the duty of any person having knowledge that any animal capable of transmitting rabies has bitten a human being within the county to immediately report the fact to the health department, the director of animal control or the sheriff and to furnish complete information thereof.
(County code § 3.74; Ord. 207 § 17, 2003)
It is the duty of any person that takes up a stray animal to notify the director of animal control within forty-eight hours of taking up the animal.
(County code § 3.76; Ord. 207 § 17, 2003)
Any animal which is, to the knowledge of the director of animal control, engaged in an activity, or existing in a condition prohibited by this chapter shall be taken and impounded at the animal control center or at such other place as may be approved by the administrator of health and medical services.
(County code § 3.80; Ord. 207 § 17, 2003)
In addition to the power vested in the director of animal control for the impoundment of any horse, mule, cow, goat, sheep, hog or burro found running at large, any peace officer is empowered to impound such animal and to turn such animal over to the director of animal control for disposition under this chapter.
(County code § 3.82; Ord. 207 § 17, 2003)
A.
All impounded dogs found wearing a current dog license tag shall be kept in the animal control center for a period of not less than seven days unless redeemed within such period.
B.
All impounded dogs not wearing a current dog license tag shall be kept in the animal control center for a period of not less than seventy-two hours unless redeemed within such period.
C.
Following the impoundment of any dog, the director of animal control shall notify the owner of any licensed dog or the owner of any unlicensed dog if known, either personally or in writing, after which said dog will be otherwise disposed of as authorized by this chapter.
D.
Any impounded bovine animal shall be kept in the animal control center for at least five days unless it is redeemed within such period.
E.
Any other animal impounded, except dogs and bovine animals, shall be kept in the animal control center for at least seven days unless it is redeemed within such period.
F.
Following the impoundment of any animal other than dogs, the director of animal control shall notify the owner if known, either personally or in writing or if the owner is not known, he may publish such notices and advertisements as he deems necessary for the return of such animal.
G.
Any animal which is voluntarily surrendered to or deposited with the animal control center or authorized personnel thereof by the owner shall not be deemed to be impounded and need not be kept or retained for any minimum period of time.
(County code § 3.84; Ord. 207 § 17, 2003)
The owner of any animal impounded may, at any time before the disposition thereof, redeem the same by offering proof of ownership, and by redeeming all proper fees and charges accrued as provided for by this chapter provided, however, that if the animal is one which is subject to a license herein, the licensing requirements must be satisfied before the animal's release, except that an impounded dog that has not been vaccinated against rabies (or exempted therefrom by an exemption certificate as provided in this chapter) may be released to an owner who has paid all fees required herein including the license fee, on condition that such owner shall:
A.
Have the dog vaccinated for rabies within ten days; and
B.
Exhibit a valid certificate of vaccination to the director of animal control within ten days, at which time the license will be issued.
(County code § 3.86; Ord. 207 § 17, 2003)
A.
Except as otherwise provided in this chapter, an impounded animal which is not redeemed within the applicable holding period specified in this chapter may, in the discretion of the director of animal control, be sold, destroyed, or otherwise disposed of.
B.
If an animal is sold, the receipt signed by the director of animal control shall be valid title to the purchaser. When any dog or cat is to be sold pursuant to this chapter, prior to the delivery of the animal, there shall be deposited by the purchaser with animal control, a spaying or neutering deposit which shall be designated for the veterinarian of the purchaser's choice, for the partial payment of the spaying or neutering operation. The amount of the deposit shall be designated by the director of animal control. The purchaser shall be responsible for any additional costs of the spaying or neutering operation over and above the deposit. Upon receipt from the veterinarian that a spaying or neutering operation has been performed, the deposit will be forwarded to the veterinarian. In the event that the purchaser fails to have the animal spayed or neutered within the six-month period following its purchase, the spaying and neutering deposit will be forfeited and shall become the property of the county.
C.
Notwithstanding any other provisions of this chapter to the contrary, an impounded animal which is determined by the director of animal control to be unfit and of no further use, dangerous, injured or ill, may be destroyed or otherwise disposed of as ordered by the director of animal control upon the concurrence of the administrator of health and medical services.
(County code § 3.88; Ord. 207 § 17, 2003)
The director of animal control shall charge and collect the following fees for every impounded animal when claimed and before release:
A.
Food and ordinary care: Six dollars per day;
B.
Extraordinary care or expense: Actual cost incurred. In the case of animals other than dogs this includes, but is not limited to, transportation, custody, boarding and advertising expense;
D.
For taking into custody any dog or cat at the request of the owner thereof, a fee of six dollars per animal or six dollars per litter, whichever is less, will be charged;
E.
In the case of animals other than dogs, when the director of animal control causes an animal at large to be returned to the property of the owner of the animal, a fee amounting to time, mileage and extraordinary expenses may be charged.
(County code § 3.90; Ord. 207 § 17, 2003)
A.
The director of animal control shall ensure that all animals falling into the following categories shall be isolated or quarantined at the place and under the conditions prescribed by the health officer and pertinent state laws and regulations:
1.
Known rabid animals;
2.
Suspected rabid animals;
3.
Animals that have bitten or otherwise exposed a human to rabies; and
4.
Animals of a species subject to rabies which have been bitten by a known rabid or suspected rabid animal or have been in intimate contact with a rabid or suspected rabid animal.
B.
It is unlawful for the owner or keeper of an animal to violate any of the conditions of isolation or quarantine prescribed by the health officer.
(County code § 3.100; Ord. 207 § 17, 2003)
Upon the death of any rabid animal, clinically suspected rabid animal, or animal which has bitten or otherwise exposed a human to rabies, the director of animal control shall obtain and turn over to the health officer the carcass of said animal or an adequate specimen thereof.
(County code § 3.102; Ord. 207 § 17, 2003)
A.
Every dog over four months of age shall have a medically current vaccination with a canine anti-rabies vaccine approved by the health department of the state of California. Such vaccination shall be administered by a veterinarian or as provided through county recognized vaccination clinics.
B.
Every person who owns or comes to own an unvaccinated dog shall have ten days in which to comply with the provisions of this section.
C.
Notwithstanding any provisions to the contrary herein, no dog need be vaccinated for rabies where:
1.
A licensed veterinarian has examined said dog and certified at such time that a vaccination would endanger the dog's health because of physiological reasons; and
2.
Such certificate is presented to the health officer within five days of such examination; and
3.
The health officer concurs in the opinion of the veterinarian, contained in such certificate, and endorses on such certificate his approval thereof. Such certificate must bear the date of issuance and must be renewed each year.
D.
Every veterinarian, after vaccinating a dog for rabies, shall issue a certificate and furnish one copy of the certificate to the owner of the dog and one copy to the director of animal control. The certificate shall be in the form prescribed by the director of animal control.
(County code § 3.104; Ord. 207 § 17, 2003)
A.
The dog licenses and kennel licenses required by this chapter shall be issued upon the payment of the fees herein fixed for a period of twelve months commencing upon the date of application and upon the showing of a valid certificate of rabies vaccination. Such dog licenses shall expire on the anniversary date of the rabies certificate, but in no case shall a dog license be valid past the expiration date of the rabies certificate. The cost of the dog license may be prorated to coincide with the expiration of the rabies certificate, but in no case shall a dog license be issued for less than six months.
B.
Every dog over four months of age shall be subject to an annual license fee in the amount of ten dollars. Upon presentation of a certificate from a licensed veterinarian that a dog has been spayed or neutered, the license fee shall be five dollars. When the cost of the dog license is prorated it shall be at the rate of one dollar and twenty-five cents per month in the case of fifteen dollar licenses or fifty cents per month or part of a month in the case of five dollar licenses.
C.
Any person failing to procure a dog license prior to the expiration date of a previously issued dog license shall pay ten dollars as a penalty for such failure.
D.
Any person failing to procure a dog license within thirty days after the dog becomes four months of age shall pay ten dollars as a penalty for such failure.
E.
Any person failing to procure a dog license within thirty days of bringing such dog into the county shall pay ten dollars as a penalty for such failure.
F.
The director of animal control shall procure and issue serial numbered license tags stamped with the name of the county. Such tags shall only be issued upon the application of owners who have complied with the vaccination and fee provisions of this chapter, and such license tag will be permanently issued for each dog and shall remain with that dog.
G.
Every dog shall be provided by the owner with a suitable collar or other device to which a dog license tag shall be attached.
H.
A fee shall not be levied for any dog license issued for a seeing eye dog owned by a blind or partially blind person.
I.
In the event a license tag is lost from the body of any dog for which the same was issued, the owner shall, within ten days thereafter, procure another and new license for such dog, for which he shall pay a fee of two dollars. As often as any license is lost, the same shall be replaced in the same manner as hereinabove provided, within the same license year.
J.
The director of animal control may authorize veterinarians to sell dog licenses pursuant to this chapter. Such veterinarians shall be reimbursed one dollar for each license sold.
(County code § 3.110; Ord. 207 § 17, 2003)
At least thirty days prior to the expiration date of a dog or a kennel license, the director of animal control shall mail a renewal notice to the owner of a dog or the owner of a kennel.
(County code § 3.112; Ord. 207 § 17, 2003)
Dogs kept in or at a kennel shall be subject to all the regulations and controls herein pertaining to nonkennel dogs except for the individual dog license requirements.
(County code § 3.114)
A.
1.
No person shall own a kennel without first applying to, and receiving from, the director of animal control an animal license to do so, if the zoning is proper.
2.
The application for a license shall contain the name of the applicant, his address, the address of the proposed location of the kennel if different from the applicant's, a brief description of the housing facilities and the number and description of the dogs to be kept therein.
3.
The fee for the issuance of a kennel license shall be due and payable by the owner on the first day of July of each year according to the following schedule:
5 to 10 dogs | $25.00 |
11 to 15 dogs | 40.00 |
16 or more dogs | 60.00 |
4.
Any person failing to procure and pay for a kennel license or who fails to pay for a new kennel license prior to the expiration date of the previous license shall pay ten dollars as a penalty for such failure.
B.
The director of animal control shall procure and issue serial numbered license tags stamped with the name of the county. Such tags shall only be issued in the following numbers upon the application of kennel owners who have complied with the vaccination and fee provisions of this chapter:
Two tags for kennels with five to ten dogs;
Four tags for kennels with eleven to fifteen dogs; Six tags for kennels with sixteen or more dogs.
Any dog which is removed from the physical location of a kennel shall have a license tag attached to its collar at all times; additional tags can be obtained for one dollar each.
C.
1.
Upon receipt of an application for a kennel license by the director of animal control, the application shall be forwarded to the building inspection section of the county department of public works, the public health department of the county, the planning department of the county, and designated employees of these departments shall ascertain whether or not the applicant's plan is in conformity with county law governing their respective department.
2.
If the applicant's kennel is in conformity with the law governing said departments, departmental approval shall be indicated on the face of the application. If the applicant's kennel is not in conformity with the law governing said departments, the face of the application shall be marked "NOT APPROVED" and the reason for non-approval noted thereon, along with any revisions or changes in the applicant's kennel which, if made, would result in approval by the department in question.
3.
Upon approval by said departments of an application for a license, the director of animal control shall make any investigation he deems proper. He shall approve an application if he finds all of the following:
a.
Keeping the kennel at the location specified in the application will not violate any law or ordinance of the county or any law of the state of California;
b.
Keeping and maintenance of the kennel will not endanger the peace, health, or safety of persons in the immediate vicinity, or in the county as a whole;
c.
Premises and housing where the kennel is to be maintained are in a clean and sanitary condition, and any dog kept therein will not be subject to suffering, cruelty or abuse;
d.
The applicant has not had a license provided for herein revoked within a year prior to the date of application; and
e.
Keeping and maintenance of the kennel does not constitute a public nuisance.
D.
Any kennel license issued pursuant to this chapter may be revoked or suspended as herein provided if, after investigation, the director of animal control finds any of the following to be true:
1.
The owner, his agent or employee has been convicted of any offense involving the violation of Section 597 of the Penal Code of the state of California, or any provision of this chapter, or is in violation of the zoning, health and safety or building ordinances relating to the keeping of dogs; or
2.
The owner has failed to keep and maintain the premises or housing for the kennel in a clean and sanitary condition; or
3.
The owner has at the place for which the kennel license is issued, failed to provide any dog with proper food, water, shelter, or attention; or
4.
The owner has violated any rules, regulations, or conditions adopted by the director of animal control as necessary to insure that the kennel will not endanger the safety of any person or property.
(County code § 3.116; Ord. 207 § 17, 2003)
No owner of a domestic cat shall permit or suffer the cat to damage property, public or private, real or personal, or to bite, scratch, or claw any human being or other animal which is on the property of another.
(County code § 3.120)
"Dead animal," as used herein, means the body of any dead horse, mule, cow, ox, bull, or other animal which weighs fifty pounds or more at the time of death.
(County code § 3.130)
It is unlawful for any person owning or having under his control a dead animal to permit such dead animal to remain unburied for a period in excess of twenty-four hours.
(County code § 3.132)
This chapter shall not apply to any animal killed for purposes of consumption provided that the remains of such dead animal are processed in such a manner as to prevent such dead animal from spoiling.
(County code § 3.134)
In addition to any other penalty herein, the county shall be entitled to dispose of any dead animal coming within the prohibitions of this chapter if such animal remains unburied for a period in excess of twenty-four hours. Such costs of removal and burial shall be a lien and charge against the owner and person in control of such animal immediately prior to its death. The county shall attempt to contact the owner of such dead animal prior to disposing of the same.
(County code § 3.136)
All private lands of any character not enclosed by a fence and lands owned by the United States, either of which are included within the area described in Exhibit A attached hereto, and incorporated herein by reference, are hereby declared to be areas devoted chiefly to grazing pursuant to Section 17124 of the Agriculture Code of the state of California. The owners of such unfenced land pastured by stock of another person shall be entitled to a reasonable rental fee. Such fee shall be comparable to fees paid to the Forest Service by permittees in the area.
(County code § 3.200)
If livestock cause or occasion damage by breaking through a lawful fence, the owner and person entitled to possession of the livestock shall be responsible for such damage. Nothing herein shall be construed to establish liability as to unfenced land.
(County code § 3.205)
Any person who pastures livestock in such grazing area in the county shall have on file with the brand inspector and director of animal control, the owner's brand and the name and address of the party to be notified pursuant to Section 4.04.410.
(County code § 3.210; Ord. 207 § 17, 2003)
The animal control officer of the county shall be charged with the enforcement of this chapter. Upon receipt of notice that livestock have strayed into lands not heretofore designated as grazing lands by Section 4.04.380, the director of animal control shall give written notice to the designated person or owner. The owner or person in control of such animals shall have three days from the date of the notice to remove such livestock; if such livestock are not removed within such threeday period, then the director of animal control shall pick up and detain such animals and charge the owner the cost of such services in accordance with law. Such animals shall not be released until such charges have been paid in full. Nothing in this section shall be construed to negate any remedies that any landowners or other persons entitled to possession may have under any other laws or ordinances.
(County code § 3.215; Ord. 207 § 17, 2003)