§ 4-21. Redemption or sale after impoundment.

(a)

The impounding fee shall be fifty dollars ($50.00) for the first offense, seventy-five dollars ($75.00) for the second offense; and one hundred dollars ($100.00) for all subsequent offenses for the same owner or person. A daily board fee of ten dollars ($10.00) shall be charged for every day or fraction thereof that an animal shall be confined in the animal shelter.

(b)

It shall be the duty of the officer in charge of the animal shelter to offer for sale at public outcry any and all healthy dogs impounded under the terms of this division and not redeemed within three (3) days, and to sell the same for cash; provided, no dog shall be sold for less than two dollars ($2.00). The person entitled to the possession of any dog shall be entitled to redeem the dog upon paying the purchaser double the amount paid by him for the dog and his reasonable expenses for keeping the same. Any dog not so redeemed within thirty (30) days from the date of the sale shall become the absolute property of the purchaser.

(c)

No dogs which have been taken to the city animal shelter shall be redeemed or sold unless they are vaccinated for rabies, except in such instances where the appropriate official has been furnished with satisfactory proof and evidence that such dog has been vaccinated for rabies within twelve (12) months prior to the time of the entry and acceptance of such dog in the animal shelter.

(d)

The owners of all dogs in the animal shelter shall be required to redeem same as provided for in subsection (a) and shall not be permitted to purchase such dogs in lieu of paying the redemption fee.

(Ord. No. 452, Art. II, §§ 9—11, 3-3-60; Ord. No. 567, § 1, 3-5-68; Ord. No. 94-026, § 1, 9-6-94; Ord. No. 2004-05, § 1, 3-2-04; Ord. No. 2004-09, § 2, 4-6-04)