<div class="chunk-title">Sec. 6-72. - Sanctions, penalties, fines, and remedies.</div>
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               (a)
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               Upon determining that a violation of this article has occurred, the animal control
               officer may issue a written warning instructing the owner of the animal(s) to abate
               the nuisance.
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               (b)
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               If an additional violation of this article occurs after the owner of the animal(s)
               has been issued a written warning, the animal control officer may issue a declaration
               of nuisance to the owner of the animal(s) along with a civil penalty in accordance
               with <a href="" data-chunk-id="COOR_CH6AN_ARTIINGE_S6-10SAPE" class="section-link" data-product-id="13891">section 6-10</a>. The owner must cause the animal(s) to abate the nuisance immediately and may be
               required by animal services to physically restrain the animal(s). If the nuisance
               for which the warning is issued is a condition which is offensive to sight or smell,
               the owner shall have 72 hours within which to abate the condition before a written
               declaration of nuisance is issued.
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               (c)
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               Subsequent violations of this article may be punishable as a criminal misdemeanor
               as defined by state law, subject the owner of the animal(s) to civil penalties in
               accordance with <a href="" data-chunk-id="COOR_CH6AN_ARTIINGE_S6-10SAPE" class="section-link" data-product-id="13891">section 6-10</a> and, in the discretion of the director of emergency services, certain preventive
               measures may be prescribed.
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               (d)
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               Any animal found off of the property of its owner after having been declared a nuisance
               or any animal creating a nuisance for whom an owner is unknown and cannot be determined
               may be seized and impounded. A notice of impoundment shall be served upon the owner
               or affixed to the owner's premises, if known. The animal may be redeemed pursuant
               to article VII.
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               (e)
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               Nothing in this article shall prevent a private citizen from bringing an action to
               abate a nuisance or from bringing an action for damage, loss or injury to the private
               citizen or his property resulting from the animal(s) being a public nuisance.
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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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