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22 St. Anthony - General Regulations 2009 S-1 § 91.40 RECLAIMING ANIMALS. (A) Notice. When an animal is impounded, the keeper of the pound will provide the police with a description of the animal impounded within 24 hours of the impoundment. The keeper must make a reasonable effort to determine whether a license for the animal has been issued by the city or any adjoining city, and to ascertain the name and address of the person to whom the license was issued. If the license was issued during the preceding license year, then before the animal may be disposed of, by sale or otherwise, the keeper of the pound must give notice to the license holder not less than 24 hours before any disposal of the animal. If the license holder gives notice to the keeper of intent to reclaim the animal, the animal must be kept available for reclaiming for 24 hours after receipt of that notice. (B) Payment of fees. The city may employ or contract with a person or organization for capturing and impounding animals not properly licensed, collared, and tagged, and all other domesticated animals kept in violation of this subchapter. All animals impounded will be kept with kind treatment and sufficient food and water for their comfort for at least 5 regular business days, unless sooner reclaimed by their owners. A dog or other domesticated animal may be reclaimed upon payment by the license holder or owner of the impounding fee set forth in Chapter 33, plus the pound fee and cost of the food and care at the rates established between the pound and the city, plus any medical costs reasonably incurred while the animal was impounded. For each subsequent violation for the same animal, the impounding fee will be double the amount of the previous impounding fee. If an animal which is required to be licensed is unlicensed, the regular license fee must be paid in addition to the foregoing amounts. (1993 Code, § 1205.06) (Am. Ord. 08-007, passed 12-8-2008) § 91.41 QUARANTINE. If a dog or other animal within the city bites any person or is reported as diseased, the police may require that the animal be impounded at the designated pound for observation for sufficient time to determine whether it is diseased. The animal may not be killed or reclaimed and returned to the owner until ordered by the police. Any animal impounded for having bitten a person, which is subsequently released by the police, may be reclaimed by its owner upon payment of the impounding fee, cost of food and care, and any medical costs incurred while impounded. (1993 Code, § 1205.07) (Am. Ord. 08-007, passed 12-8-2008) § 91.42 DISPOSITION OF ANIMALS. At the expiration of at least 7 full calendar days, including 5 full regular business days from the time any animal is impounded, except in the case of an animal ordered held in quarantine for a longer period by the police, if the animal has not been reclaimed and the fees paid under § 91.40(B), the keeper of the pound may cause the animal to be humanely killed. Alternatively, the keeper may sell the animal, as abandoned and unclaimed by the owner, to any person upon payment of a sum of money not less than