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28 <br /> Animal Control Ordinance <br /> (1) The Animal Services Director (or designee) may issue to the known Owner or <br /> Keeper of any animal, or to any other violator of the provisions of this Ordinance, <br /> a ticket or citation giving notice of the alleged violation(s) and of the civil penalty <br /> imposed. Tickets or citations so issued may be delivered in person or mailed by <br /> first class mail to the person charged if that person cannot readily be found. The <br /> following civil penalties shall be assessed for each violation of this Ordinance. <br /> (i) Mistreatment of Animals (Section 4-41) $200.00 <br /> (ii) The civil penalty for a nuisance violation(Section 4-45) shall be as <br /> follows: <br /> Number of Prior Amount <br /> Nuisance Violations <br /> 1 $100.00 <br /> 2 $200.00 <br /> 3 or more $400.00 <br /> (2) This civil penalty shall be paid to the Animal Services Director or his or her <br /> designee within 14 days of receipt. This civil penalty is in addition to any other <br /> fees, taxes, costs or fines imposed that are authorized by this Ordinance. <br /> (3) In the event that the applicable civil penalty is not paid within the time period <br /> prescribed, a civil action may be commenced to recover the penalty and costs <br /> associated with collection of the penalty, and/or a criminal summons may be <br /> issued against the Owner or Keeper or other alleged violator of this Ordinance, <br /> and upon conviction, the Owner or Keeper shall be punished as provided by State <br /> law. Failure on the part of the Owner or Keeper of an animal or other alleged <br /> violator to pay the applicable civil penalty within the time period prescribed is <br /> unlawful and a violation of the Ordinance. Unless otherwise provided the civil <br /> penalty for violation of this subsection is $25.00, except where the original <br /> violation was for Failure to Vaccinate for Rabies in which case the civil Penalty <br /> for violation of this subsection is $100.00. <br /> (Ord o/''6.Ole 8/, XX,I, cif 0 08 88, 1666,61 6112 5 0/, cif` / 1 08) <br /> S 52 Effective to <br /> The foregoing Animal Control Ordinance was adopted this the 16th day of June, <br /> 1987. This Ordinance was amended effective <br /> (fr 6/66..06 008/ 88'xiL ('l)1 1 1 88) <br /> Adopted 1/21/2016 Unified Animal Control Ordinance Page 27 <br /> Effective 3/1/2016 <br />