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Section 4-18. Places prohibited to animals, including dogs and cats.
<br /> (a) F,xcept as otherwise provided, it shall be unlawful for any person to take or permit any dog, cat, or other
<br /> domestic animal, whether loose or on a leash or in restraint on or about any County beach park or any
<br /> establishment or place of business where food or food products are sold or displayed, including but not
<br /> limited to restaurants, grocery stores, meat markets, fruit or vegetable stores.
<br /> (h) 'I'bis section shall not apply to "Seeing Eye" dogs or other dogs necessarily utilized for the benefit of
<br /> handicapped persons or to dogs used for purposes of law enforcement by law enforcement agencies of the
<br /> Federal, State or County governments.
<br /> (c) There shall be a penalty of not more than [~59] $1000 for each violation of this section.
<br /> {d) An enforcement officer issuing a citation for a first violation of this section may set a minimum fine of
<br /> $75 to be paid before the court date set in the complaint and summons. However if the fine is not said
<br /> by the initial court date a fudge will not be bound to the minimum fine of $75.
<br /> Section 4-19. Defecation and nuisance prohibited.
<br /> (a) No person who owns, harbors, keeps or has charge or control of any dog or other small domesticated animal
<br /> shall cause, suffer, or allow such animal to soil, defile, defecate on, or commit any nuisance on any part of
<br /> any street, including any sidewalk, passageway or bypath, or on any play area, park, or place where people
<br /> congregate or walk, or on any public property, or on any private property, without the permission of the
<br /> owner of the property.
<br /> (b) The restrictions in this section shall not apply to that portion of the roadway of any street which lies between
<br /> and within three feet of the edges or curbs of the roadway, except at crosswalks or bus stops, provided that
<br /> the person who owns, harbors, keeps or has charge or control of a domesticated anima] shall immediately
<br /> and securely enclose all feces deposited by the animalin a bag, wrapper, or other container, and dispose of
<br /> the same all in a sanitary manner.
<br /> (c) There shall be a penalty of not more Chan [$59] $1000 for violations of this section.
<br /> (d) An enforcement officer issuing a citation for a first violation of this section may set a minimum fine of
<br /> $75 to be said before the court date set in the complaint and summons However if the fine is not paid
<br /> by the initial court date a fudge will not be bound to the minimum fine of $75.
<br /> Division 2. Dogs.
<br /> Section 4-20. Seizure of dogs by ofTicers.
<br /> (a) Seizure of Unlicensed Dogs.
<br /> (I) Every officer shall seize any unlicensed dog found running at large or found upon any public highway,
<br /> street, alley, court, place, square, or grounds, or upon any unfenced lot, or not within a sufficient
<br /> enclosure, and confine it in a pound or any suitable enclosure for a minimum period of forty-eight
<br /> hours, during which time it shall be subject to redemption by its owner by payment of the license due,
<br /> if any, and an impoundment fee of [$f9] $20. Every dog found without a registration tag affixed to his
<br /> or her collar will be deemed to be unlicensed.
<br /> (2) If not so redeemed, the dog shall be sold by the officer for the amount of the license and impoundment
<br /> fee, or as much more as can be obtained therefor, and if not so sold, it shall be humanely destroyed.
<br /> (3) The owner of any unlicensed dog impounded and not claimed within forty-eight hours as provided in
<br /> this section, may redeem the dog at any time before sale or destmction by paying to the humane
<br /> society, in addition to the amount of the license and impoundment fee, the sum of [$3] $15 per day for
<br /> the number of days over two days the dog was impounded.
<br /> (4) Of the moneys so received, the amount of the impoundment fee or kennel fees, if any, shall he paid to
<br /> the director of finance.
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<br /> (b) Seizure of Licensed Stray Dogs.
<br /> (I) ]?very oftcer shall seize and impound any licensed stray dog.
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