§ 6.08.110. Release of impounded dogs determined potentially dangerous or vicious.

No impounded dog declared by the City Manager or his or her designee to be potentially dangerous or vicious shall be released to the custody of its owner or keeper unless all fees and penalties assessed pursuant to this title have been paid. Additionally, no dog declared vicious shall be released to the custody of its owner or keeper unless such person demonstrates compliance with Section 6.08.170, the capability to immediately leash and muzzle the dog, and possession of an enclosure to contain the dog in satisfaction of Section 6.08.120.

A rebuttable presumption shall arise that a dog has been abandoned if any owner or keeper of an impounded dog, declared potentially dangerous or vicious, has not met conditions for release of the dog within ten days after notice mailed by first class mail return receipt requested by the Animal Control Section that the dog is available for release. The City Manager, after notice to the last known owner or keeper and after a hearing conducted pursuant to the hearing provisions of this title, may order the abandoned dog destroyed. Such order shall take effect in accordance with the time and notice provisions established in Section 6.08.090.

(Prior code § 3-9.46)