§ 5-35. Return of animal to owner.

(a)

Return of animals-at-large. If the name of the owner of an animal found at large is known or can be obtained with reasonable dispatch, and there are no other violations of this chapter, the animal control officer shall return the animal to the residential address of the owner. If there is no one present, the officer shall impound the animal and leave written notice of whom the owner must contact to reclaim the animal. The owner shall be cited for violation of this chapter.

(b)

Return of animals with violations. If an animal is impounded for a violation, and the procedure for return is not otherwise specified in this chapter, or a hearing is not otherwise requested or required, the animal shall be returned once all fees for the violation and impoundment are paid, and the conditions necessitating the impoundment have been cured or corrected, if applicable.

(c)

Impoundment fees. An owner reclaiming an impounded animal shall pay a thirty dollar ($30.00) impoundment fee plus a fee of fifteen dollars ($15.00) for each day the animal is impounded as a boarding fee if impounded at the shelter or their shelter's then-current fees (or the actual costs of impoundment if impounded off-site), and the actual veterinary costs for care of the animal.

(d)

Second impoundment. An owner reclaiming an impounded animal for a second impoundment within one (1) year shall pay a sixty dollar ($60.00) impoundment fee, plus a fee of fifteen dollars ($15.00) for each day the animal is impounded as a boarding fee or the shelter's then-current fees (or the actual costs of impoundment if impounded off-site), plus any actual veterinary costs for care of the animal.

(e)

Third and subsequent impoundment. An owner reclaiming an impounded animal for a third or subsequent impoundment within one (1) year shall pay a one hundred twenty dollar ($120.00) impoundment fee, plus a fee of fifteen dollars ($15.00) for each day the animal is impounded as a boarding fee or the shelter's then-current fees (or the actual costs of impoundment if impounded off-site), plus any actual veterinary costs for care of the animal.

(Ord. No. 46-12, § 1, 11-1-12)