§ 6-4. Interference with animal control officer picking up dogs or other animals for impoundment.

(a)

Violation. It shall be a violation of this section for the owner or any other person to hinder, obstruct, or attempt to obstruct in any manner, or to refuse to permit the animal control officer or his representative, when said person is acting in his official capacity, from picking up for impounding purposes any dog not wearing the current official vaccination and license tags or running loose or suspected of having rabies or any other infectious or communicable disease, or any other animal which has attacked or bitten any person or killed another animal, whether said animal may be running at large or enclosed on the owner's premises.

(b)

Penalty. Any owner found violating any provision of this section shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction thereof, shall be punished by a fine of not less than five dollars ($5.00) nor more than one hundred dollars ($100.00) or imprisonment for not more than ninety (90) days, or both, for each such offense.

(Ord. No. 21-1976, §§ 12, 16, 12-13-76)

Editor's note

Ord. No. 21-1976, § 12, adopted Dec. 13, 1976, enacted as part of "The Dog Control Ordinance of 1976," the major portion of which ordinance is codified herein as Arts. II and IV of this Chapter, has been codified as § 6-4(a) at the editor's discretion for purposes of classification, inasmuch as said § 12 contains provisions relating to animals other than dogs. Section 6-4(b) sets forth the penalty prescribed for violations of "The Dog Control Ordinance of 1976."