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i 56f <br /> i <br /> I <br /> t <br /> I ..n....�.v.� .,w J..:.N ,+.a.w'.rF+ - .. a .t r»..,. <br /> j 02,1 <br /> I <br /> confinement order to the animal owner which would require the owner to <br /> confine an animal violating provisions of the ordinance. Failure to do so <br /> { <br /> I would be a further violation of the ordinance subjecting the owner to criminal <br /> 1 <br /> or civil penalties. <br /> 7 <br /> I In a similar vein, Section XII D of the ordinance should be <br /> amended to read as follows in order to clarity that impounded animals may be <br /> reclaimed by owners according to policies of the Animal Control Shelter: <br /> Section XII D. If after forty-eight (48) hours of the date of <br /> receipt by the owner or keeper of the notice the nuisance is not <br /> abated, the animal creating the nuisance shall be impounded. Any <br /> stray may be impounded immediately upon the Health Director's <br /> determination that it is creating a nuisance as defined in this <br /> ordinance. After seven (7) calendar days of impoundment, the <br /> Shelter may allow the animal to be adopted or humanly destroyed <br /> according to its procedures. An animal impounded may be <br /> reclaimed by its owner or keeper according to the procedures of <br /> the Animal Control Shelter. <br /> i <br />