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2022 ORDINANCE Page 10 of 17 <br /> <br />EMC 3.04.130 Cumulative Reserve Fund for Animal Control. <br /> <br />Section 5. EMC 6.04.090 is amended as follows, with strikeouts removed and underlining added: <br /> <br />6.04.090 Shelter operation—Impoundment procedures—Release and disposal. <br /> <br />A. Shelter Operations. <br />1. The manager shall operate, maintain, or provide an adequate facility to receive and care for <br />any animal delivered to his/her the manager’s custody for disposition under provisions of this chapter, <br />which facility shall be accessible to the public during reasonable hours for the conduct of necessary <br />business concerning impounded animals. <br />2. The shelter will accept animals from outside the City if the City has a written agreement with <br />the government agency responsible for the geographic area from which the animal came. The city shall <br />charge such government agency a per animal fee for handling animals brought to the shelter from its <br />geographic area. The City shall charge the per animal fee irrespective of whether the animal was <br />delivered by an employee of the government agency, a resident of the geographic area from which the <br />animal came, or anyone else. <br /> <br />B. Any animal may be impounded and held at the shelter when it is the subject of a violation of this <br />chapter, when an animal requires protective custody and care for mistreatment or neglect by its lawful <br />owner, or when otherwise ordered impounded by a court. <br /> <br />C. An animal is deemed to be impounded from the time the manager or his designee, including Everett <br />police personnel and contracted agents such as on-call veterinarian hospitals, takes physical custody of <br />such animal. <br /> <br />D. The manager or any animal control officer or police officer may enter the private unenclosed <br />property of another, with or without warrant, when in hot pursuit, to take possession of any animal <br />observed at large. <br /> <br />E. Any person who finds and harbors a dog or cat, which is not lawfully their property and/or without <br />knowing the animal owner’s identity, shall notify the animal control shelter and furnish a description of <br />the animal. The finder may surrender the animal to the animal control shelter or retain its possession, <br />subject to demand of the manager of animal control. Records of reported findings shall be retained by <br />the manager and made available to public inspection. Any finder, in addition to reporting as provided in <br />this section, shall, within seven days of the finding, cause to be published in a newspaper of general <br />circulation, once each week for two consecutive weeks, notice of the finding with description of the <br />animal. If, within thirty days of the finding report made to animal control, no person makes claim upon <br />the finder for return of the animal, the finder who retains possession shall obtain a license as required in <br />this chapter and thus shall become the legal owner.