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ORDINANCE No. 2023 — 04 (As Amended) Page 15 05IMPOUNDING DOGSANIMALS. (a)it shall be the duty of the Animal Warden or any police officer to apprehend any animal, including any dog, found running -at large and to impound or cause to be impounded such doganimal in the potundanimal shelter or other suitable place. The Animal Warden, upon receiving any doganimal shall make a complete registry, entering as applicable the breed, color and sex of such doganimal and whether licensed. If licensed, he -the Animal Warden shall enter the name and address of the owner and the number of the license tag. Nioq( As soon as is possible but in no event later than two (2) days after the impounding of any doganimal, the owner shall be notified, or if the owner of the doganimal is unknown, 1AFit4en notice shall be posted for three (days on the bulletin heard 4he- C'' `,.�� C erMunicipality's website describing the doganimal and the time and place of taking. The owner of any doganimal so impounded may reclaim such doganimal upon presentation of a licenseJ44h,e dogmunlicensed o= ttntagged. or proof of a license and upon the payment an impounding fee of tendollars Q i n 00) If the animal was unlicensed or unta ged the owner will have to provide identifying information or other proof of ownership. Degs(c) Animals which have been seized by the Animal Warden and impounded shall be kept, housed and fed for three (3j_days. At the expiration of such time, unless previously redeemed by the owner thereof, such animal shall be surrendered to the County Dog Round Cuyahoga County. Animal Shelter. L(ILA record of all dogsanimals impounded, the disposition of same, the owner's name and address, if known, and a statement of impounding fees and costs assessed against such dogsowner shall be kept by the Animal Warden and a copy thereof shall be furnished to the Director of Finance together with all moneys received as a result of such impounding fees and costs. 505. 6 QUARANTINE OF ANIMALS. (a) Whenever it is established that any dog or other animal has bitten any person or shows signs of being infected with rabies the owner of such animal upon order of the Animal Warden or Chief of Police, shall quarantine such animal in the Cuyahoga County Animal Shelter or in a veterinarian's kennels for a period of ten (10) days from date of such order, at the cost and expense of the owner of such animal. Formatted: Line spacing: Exactly 9 pt 4874-8943-1395, v. 1