Section 7.03.075 Impoundment of high risk animals.

1. The poundmaster shall immediately seize and impound any high risk animal if:

a. After 14 days after the owner has received notice that the animal is a high risk animal, the animal is not licensed as required by Chapter 7.02; or

b. After 14 days after the owner has received notice that the animal is a high risk animal, the owner does not secure the animal in a proper enclosure; or

c. The animal is outside the proper enclosure and not under physical restraint of a responsible person by a leash not longer than six feet or not muzzled.

2. A high risk animal seized under this section may be reclaimed by the owner of the animal upon payment of impounding and boarding fees, and presenting proof to the appropriate poundmaster that the requirements of section 7.03.095 will have been met. An animal not reclaimed within seven days may be disposed of as provided under section 7.03.035, and the owner is liable to the poundmaster for costs incurred in confining and disposing of the animal.

3. Any animal believed by the city manager, the city manager’s designee, or the poundmaster to be a high risk animal will be impounded, at the owner’s expense, until such time as a final resolution is reached. (Ord. 2006-0676 , 2005-0217; 96/U-4368)