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2023 ORDINANCE Page 10 of 19 <br /> <br />A. Shelter Operations. <br /> 1. The manager shall operate, maintain or provide an adequate facility to receive and care for any <br />animal delivered to the manager’s custody for disposition under provisions of this chapter, which facility <br />shall be accessible to the public during reasonable hours for the conduct of necessary business <br />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 Title 6 EMC, when an animal requires protective custody and care for mistreatment or neglect <br />by its lawful 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 the manager’s designee, <br />including Everett police personnel and contracted agents such as on-call veterinarian hospitals, takes <br />physical custody of 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. If, within thirty days of the finding report made to <br />animal control, no person makes claim upon the finder for return of the animal, the finder who retains <br />possession shall obtain a license as required in this chapter and thus shall become the legal owner. <br /> <br />F. Impoundment is subject to the following holding period and notice requirements: <br /> 1. Any animal wearing a current license tag from a jurisdiction within the state shall be held for <br />one hundred forty-four hours (six days) from time of impoundment; the impounding officer shall make <br />reasonable effort by telephone to give notice of impoundment to the owner and, if unsuccessful, shall <br />mail written notice to the last known address of the owner advising of the impoundment and the date <br />by which redemption must be made. <br /> 2. Any animal not wearing a current license shall be held for seventy-two hours (three days) from <br />time of impoundment before any disposition may be made of such animal.