2022/10/26 Council Agenda Packet

(8) for convictions under subsection (C) of this section shall be payable to the Everett Animal Control's EMC 3.04.130 Cumulative Reserve Fund for Animal Control. Section 5. EMC 6.04.090 is amended as follows, with strikeouts removed and underlining added: 6.04.090 Shelter operation —Impoundment procedures —Release and disposal. A. Shelter Operations. 1. The manager shall operate, maintain, or provide an adequate facility to receive and care for any animal delivered to his/her the manager's custody for disposition under provisions of this chapter, which facility shall be accessible to the public during reasonable hours for the conduct of necessary business concerning impounded animals. 2. The shelter will accept animals from outside the city if the city has a written agreement with the government agency responsible for the geographic area from which the animal came. The city shall charge such government agency a per animal fee for handling animals brought to the shelter from its geographic area. The city shall charge the per animal fee irrespective of whether the animal was delivered by an employee of the government agency, a resident of the geographic area from which the animal came, or anyone else. B. Any animal may be impounded and held at the shelter when it is the subject of a violation of this chapter, when an animal requires protective custody and care for mistreatment or neglect by its lawful owner, or when otherwise ordered impounded by a court. C. An animal is deemed to be impounded from the time the manager or his designee, including Everett police personnel and contracted agents such as on -call veterinarian hospitals, takes physical custody of such animal. D. The manager or any animal control officer or police officer may enter the private unenclosed property of another, with or without warrant, when in hot pursuit, to take possession of any animal observed at large. E. Any person who finds and harbors a dog or cat, which is not lawfully their property and/or without knowing the animal owner's identity, shall notify the animal control shelter and furnish a description of the animal. The finder may surrender the animal to the animal control shelter or retain its possession, subject to demand of the manager of animal control. Records of reported findings shall be retained by the manager and made available to public inspection. Any finder, in addition to reporting as provided in this section, shall, within seven days of the finding, cause to be published in a newspaper of general circulation, once each week for two consecutive weeks, notice of the finding with description of the animal. If, within thirty days of the finding report made to animal control, no person makes claim upon the finder for return of the animal, the finder who retains possession shall obtain a license as required in iz 2022 ORDINANCE Page 10 of 16