§ 6.04.270. Taking up stray animals.

Every person taking up any animal liable to be impounded under the provisions of this title shall within twelve (12) hours after taking up such animal, or, if the same be attached to a vehicle, within four hours, give notice thereof to the city, or to any incorporated Society for Prevention of Cruelty to Animals in the city, the Animal Control Center or such Society shall thereupon take such animal into custody, and every person to whom such animal may be delivered, or who shall receive the same, shall forthwith, upon demand, deliver such animal to the Animal Control Center, or to such incorporated Society for Prevention of Cruelty to Animals. Every person taking up such animal and failing or neglecting to give such notice, or refusing or neglecting to deliver such animal to the Animal Control Center or such incorporated Society for Prevention of Cruelty to Animals upon demand, shall be deemed guilty of an infraction.

Any incorporated Society for Prevention of Cruelty to Animals, upon receiving any animal liable to be impounded, shall thereupon notify the Animal Control Center thereof and said incorporated Society for Prevention of Cruelty to Animals shall have the right after four days to dispose of any stray animal if not reclaimed. In the case of licensed animals, the disposition of such animals shall be in accordance with Sections 6.04.210, 6.04.230 and 6.04.240. No charge greater than those asked by the City Pound as herein provided shall be asked by any such incorporated Society for Prevention of Cruelty to Animals.

(Amended during 1997 codification; prior code § 3-9.22)