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Animal Control Ordinance <br />Adopted 1/21/2016 Unified Animal Control Ordinance Page 28 <br />Effective 3/1/2016 <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 /> <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 <br />Nuisance Violations <br />Amount <br />1 $100.00 <br />2 $200.00 <br />3 or more $400.00 <br /> <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 /> <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. of 6-16-87, § XXI, eff. 3-15-88; Amend. of 12-3-07, eff. 7-1-08) <br /> <br />Sec. 4-52. – Effective date. <br />The foregoing Animal Control Ordinance was adopted this the 16th day of June, <br />1987. This Ordinance was amended effective ___________________ <br />(Ord. of 6-16-1987, § XXIII, eff. 1-1-88)