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An Ordinance amending Sections 4-14 and 4-21 of the Lexington-Fayette Urban County Code of Ordinances to increase the boarding fee for dogs, cats, livestock, or fowl held by the Lexington-Fayette County Animal Control Officer or the Lexington-Fayette County Animal Shelter from $8.00 per day to $10.00 per day. [Council Office, Maynard]
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BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE LEXINGTON-FAYETTE URBAN COUNTY GOVERNMENT:
Section 1 - That subsections 4-14(b) and (c) of the Code of Ordinance of the Lexington-Fayette Urban County Government be and hereby is amended to read as follows:
Sec. 4-14. - Vicious dogs.
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(b) Any Lexington-Fayette County animal control officer May immediately take temporary possession of any dog that he or she has probable cause to believe has bitten a human being or domestic animal without provocation, and May cause the dog to be held at the Lexington-Fayette County animal shelter for no longer than ten (10) days, after which time the dog shall be returned to its owner if no civil or criminal complaint seeking to have the dog declared vicious has been filed in a court of competent jurisdiction. If a civil or criminal complaint seeking to have the dog declared vicious has been filed in a court of competent jurisdiction, the urban county animal control officer May retain temporary possession of the dog until the court enters a final determination that the dog is or is not vicious under KRS 258.235 or LFUCG Code of Ordinances Section 4-14, or until the court otherwise orders the dog released to its owner. The owner of any dog held under this section shall be liable to the urban county animal control officer for a boarding charge of ten dollars ($10.00) per day, including the first and last day of impoundment. The urban county animal control officer May withhold release of the dog until all boarding charges incurred by the dog's impoundment hereunder have been paid in full. Any owner of a dog held hereunder that fai...
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