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27 <br /> Animal Control Ordinance <br /> (a) Owner notification. Immediately Uon impounding any animal, the Animal Services <br /> Director or designee shall attempt to notify the owner or keeper by either telephone or <br /> in person to inform that person of such impoundment, and the conditions whereby the <br /> animal may be redeemed. If unable to give notice by telephone, an official, dated, <br /> written notice shall be mailed to the registered owner by certified mail, return receipt <br /> requested, ig ving notice of the impoundment and the conditions whereby the animal <br /> may be redeemed. <br /> (b) Reclamation. A domesticated animal impounded under this Chapter may be reclaimed <br /> by its owner or keeper according to procedures of Animal col Services. The owner <br /> or keeper of an impounded domesticated animal shall be responsible for and shall pay <br /> all expenses, boarding costs, redemption privilege taxes and costs associated with such <br /> impoundment prior to reclaiming the animal. Unless reclaimed, the impounded <br /> domesticated animal may be allowed to be adopted or humanely euthanized according <br /> to Animal col Service procedures after five days of impoundment. Feral dogs and <br /> cats may be held for 72 hours and then euthanized pursuant to Animal welter Services <br /> procedures for humane euthanasia. The owner or keeper of an impounded <br /> domesticated animal shall also comply with any vaccination and licensing directives <br /> and be responsible for the payment to Orange County of all civil penalties and license <br /> privilege taxes imposed or associated with the animal's impoundment as prescribed in <br /> any citation or notice issued by the Animal col Services Director. Animals who <br /> have impounded in accordance with N.C. Gen. Stat. 130A-196, after having bitten a <br /> person not reclaimed within 72 hours after the end of the quarantine period will be <br /> considered abandoned and will become the property of the Orange County and <br /> disposed of according to standard Animal Shelter Services procedures. <br /> (c) Release to Owner. An owner of an impounded animal may reclaim the animal after it <br /> has been impounded, upon compliance with this Section and in accordance with <br /> requirements set forth by the Animal Services Director. Nothing in this Chapter shall <br /> require the Animal Services Director to release an animal that has been impounded that <br /> is need of protection because of cruel treatment. <br /> (d) Diseased or injured animals. Severely diseased or badly injured animals may be <br /> euthanized in a humane manner, if authorized by a licensed veterinarian, without <br /> waiting the he required redemption or adoption period. <br /> (e) Confinement Order. In lieu of impoundment, the Animal del Services Director is <br /> authorized to issue a Confinement Order to the animal owner or keeper that would <br /> require the owner or keeper to confine a vicious animal or an animal otherwise <br /> violating provisions of the Ordinance. Failure to thus confine the animal would <br /> constitute a further violation of the Ordinance, subjecting the owner to appropriate <br /> criminal or civil penalties. <br /> (Ord. of 6-16-1987,§XIII, eff. 1-1-88;Amend. of 12-2-96,eff. 1-1-97) <br /> DRAFTv.9 - 12/10/2015 Proposed Unified Animal Control Ordinance Page 23 <br />