8.10.030 Disposition of Animals.
(1) Except as otherwise provided herein, animals shall be impounded for a minimum of three (3) business days (excluding weekends and holidays) if a lost or stray dog or cat not wearing a current year’s license tag or five (5) business days (excluding weekends and holidays) after notice is given pursuant to this Chapter if it was wearing a current year’s license tag before destruction or other disposition.
(2) Except as provided in Subsection (1) of this Section, an impounded animal shall be held for the period of time otherwise stated by law before further disposition. If no holding period is otherwise stated by law, the impounded animal shall be held for a reasonable period of time before further disposition.
(3) Any animal voluntarily relinquished to the animal control facility by the owner or custodian thereof for destruction or other disposition need not be kept for the minimum holding period before release or other disposition as herein provided.
(4) The supervising animal control officer may make any one or more of the following dispositions of impounded animals:
(a) All dogs and cats, except for those quarantined, confined by court order, or held pending a judicial determination of an alleged violation of this Ttle, which are held longer than the minimum impound period, and all dogs and cats voluntarily relinquished to the impound facility may be destroyed or sold as the animal control supervising officer shall direct. Any healthy dog or cat may be sold at public or private sale to anyone desiring to purchase such animal for a price to be determined by the Supervising Officer, plus license and rabies vaccination fees, if required.
(b) Any licensed animal impounded and having or suspected of having serious physical injury or contagious disease requiring medical attention, may, in the discretion of the animal control supervising officer, be released to the care of a veterinarian with the consent of the owner.
(c) When, in the judgment of the supervising animal control officer, it is determined that an impounded animal should be destroyed for humane reasons, to protect other impounded animals from exposure to a contagious disease or to protect the public from imminent danger to persons or property, such animal may be destroyed without regard to any time limitations otherwise established herein, and without court order.