79-80 Amend 505.02 - impounding & disposition of animals

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I OROINANCE NO. 79-80 BY: Chinnock~Gallagher, Graham, McBri de. :::.a lmon ~ Wendl ing AN EMERGENCY ORDINANCE to amend Section 505.02 of the General Offenses Code of the Codified Ordinances of the City of lakewood relating to the impounding and disposition of animals. WHEREAS. thi 5 ordi nance canst; tutes an emergency measure providing for the usual daily operation of a municipal department; now, therefore, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF LAKENOOD, STATE OF OHIO: Section 1. That Section 505.02 of the General Offenses Code of the Codified Ordinances of the City of Lakewood now reading as follows: 505.02 IMPOUNDING AND DISPOSITION: RECORDS A police officer or animal warden shall impound every dog and the animal warden shall impound everY cat found in violation of Section 505.01. (a) If the impounded dog is not wearing a valid registration tag, the dog shall forthwith be turned over to an officer charged by law, with the custody and disposal of such dogs. If the dog is wearing a valid registration tag or the identity of the bwneror haborer is otherwise established, notice shall be given prior to or on the next working day to such owner or harborer that the dog has been impounded. Notice may be by telephone or by residence service to the last known address of such owner or harborer. The dog shall not be released except upon the payment of the following charges: for impounding any dog, three dollars ($3.00); for givingnotice, three dollars ($3.00); for keeping any dog, four dollars ($4.00) per day. Any dog not redeemed by the next working day after notice, as herein provided, is given to the owner or harborer, or the next working day following the date it is seized or impounded if the owner or harborer cannot be found, may be sold or otherwise diposed of as provided in Ohio Revised Code Secti on 955.16. (b) If the impounded cat is wearing an identification tag or the identity of the owner or harborer is otherwise established, notice shall'be given within two days to such owner or harborer that the cat has been impounded. Notice may be by telephone or by residence service to the last known address of such owner or harborer. The cat shall not be released except upon'the payment of the following charges: for impounding any cat, three dollars ($3.00); for keeping any cat, three dollars ($3.00) per day. Any cat not redeemed within three days after notice is given to the owner or harborer. as provided herein, or within three days of the time such cat is seized or impounded., if the owner or harborer cannot be found, may be sold or otherwise disposed of in a humane manner as shall be determined by the animal warden. (c) Any record of all dogs and cats impounded, the disposition of the same, the owner1s name and address, if knowns and a statement of any costs or receipts involving such dog or cat shall be kept. be and the same is hereby amended to read as follows: 505.02 IMPOUNDING AND DISPOSITION: RECORDS A police officer or animal warden shall impound every dog and the animal warden shall impound every cat found in violation of Section 505.01.