<div class="chunk-title">Sec. 6-73. - Animal housed or restrained near public way.</div>
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               (a)
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               In addition to any penalties prescribed by <a href="" data-chunk-id="COOR_CH6AN_ARTIINGE_S6-10SAPE" class="section-link" data-product-id="13891">section 6-10</a>, when it has been determined that an animal housed or restrained less than five feet
               from a public street, road or sidewalk constitutes a nuisance, but the animal is not
               in the street, road, or on the sidewalk, the animal control officer may issue a notice
               to the owner directing the owner to move the animal. If the animal is found in the
               public street, road or sidewalk and the owner is not at home or refuses to remove
               the animal from the street, road or sidewalk, the animal may be seized and impounded.
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               (b)
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               When an animal has been impounded three times or the owner has been cited three times
               for housing the animal less than five feet from the public street, road or sidewalk,
               the animal control officer shall seize and impound the animal, and the animal shall
               become the property of the county.
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               (Ord. of 8-17-2009; Ord. No. 2014-04, 6-16-2014; Ord. No. 2023-02, 3-6-2023)
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