92-78 Amend 505.02 - General - impounding animals

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PLEASE StJI~S'rlT~TJ:; FO{ O]{IGINA ORDINANCE NO. 92-78 ~tlCH WAS PI~ ON FI~T READI~ ~BI~ 16, 1972 ~ SE~M) RF~I~ N~~ 6, 1978 ORDINANCE NO. 92-78 Brown, Chinnock, Magnotto, McBrid Salmon, Wendling, Brockman AN t~ff~3ENCY 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, this ordinance constitutes an emergency measure providing for the usual daily operation of a mLmicipal department; now, therefore, OHIO: BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF LAKEWOOD, STATE OF 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: REOORDS (a) A police officer or animal warden shall impound every animal or dog found in violation of Section 505.01. If the impounded dog is not wearing a valid registration tag, the dog shall forthwith be turned over to an officer 9harged by law with the custody and disposal of such dogs. If the dog is weariflg a valid registration 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 dog has been impounded. Notice may be by telephone or by ordinary mail 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 giving notice, three dollars ($3~00); for keeping any dog, four dollars ($4.00) per day. Any dog not redeemed within three drys after notice is given to the owner or harborer as provided herein, or within three days of the time it is seized or impounded, if the owner or harborer cannot be found, may be sold or otherwise disposed of as provided in Ohio Revised Code Section 955.16. (b) A record of all dogs impounded, the'disposition of the same, the owner's name and address, if known, and a statement of any costs or receipts involving such dog shall be kept. (C) The animal warden shall impound every cat found in violation of Section 505.01. If the 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 ordinary mail 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 of the time such c~t 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. be and the same is hereby amended to read as follows: 505.02 IMPOUNDING AND DISPOSITION: R~CO~DS A police officer or animal warden shall impound every dot~ 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 a~ officer charged by law with the cust(~y and disposal of such dogs. If the dog is wearing a valid registration tag or the identity of the owner