§ 4-228. Reasons to.

In addition to any other remedies provided in this chapter, an animal control officer or a police officer may seize, impound and humanely confine to an animal shelter or hospital any of the following animals:

(1)

Any dog or cat without a valid license tag;

(2)

Any animal at large;

(3)

Any animal constituting a public nuisance or considered a danger to the public;

(4)

Any animal that is in violation of any quarantine or confinement order of the city's chief health officer;

(5)

Any unattended animal that is ill, injured, or otherwise in need of care;

(6)

Any animal that is reasonably believed to have been abused or neglected;

(7)

Any animal that is reasonably suspected of having rabies;

(8)

Any animal that is charged with being potentially dangerous, or dangerous where an animal control officer determines that there is a threat to public health and safety;

(9)

Any animal that a court of competent jurisdiction has ordered impounded or destroyed;

(10)

Any animal that is considered unattended or abandoned, as in situations where the owner is deceased, has moved, has been arrested or evicted from his regular place of residence;

(11)

Any exotic or wild animal that is kept illegally;

(12)

Any animal that is in violation of this chapter or whose owner is in violation of this chapter.

(Code 1990, ch. 2, § 18(A))