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impoundment notice within 24 hours after impoundment that the animal will be destroyed within 120 hours after such notification. The impoundment notice shall advise the owner of the place where the animal is kept, the procedures required for the redemption of the animal, the fees for the impoundment, . daily care and redemption, and the consequences of failure to redeem the an i ma1. ~3} Any animal unclaimed within 24 hours of a court order author- izing the redemption or release shall be destroyed, adopted or sold, . ~4} If an order is entered by the municipal judge or the hearings aff~c~al for an animal to be destroyed, execution of the order may be stayed for up to five years from the date of said order, providing that the do owner and the dire g ctor, within ten days of the order, present an agreement for approval to the municipal judge ar the hearings official signed by both parties and providing: .~a} Far restitution to be paid to the person injured, if appl ~ cabl e, ~ nc1 ud~ ng damages resulting from the injury to or des- truction of livestock, and fib} For safeguards that will help to ensure that the animal does not engage in such conduct again, including, but not limited to,,requirements that the owner build a run for the animal before ~t ~s released, fence his or her yard or have the animal live else- where in a secure setting, and agree not to own any other animal on the property where the owner resides, and ~c} That if the animal is found in violation of the safe- guards that have been imposed, that it may be immediately impound- ed by an anima] control officer, a peace officer or any other er- p son and destroyed by the animal regulation authority without a further hearing, unless the animal owner requests a hearin in g writing to the animal regulation authority within ~4 hours after the animal owner is notified that the animal is impounded. If the owner cannot be personally notified that the animal has been im- pounded, the animal may be destroyed four days after a notice of impound is mailed to the owner's last known address, unless the own- er requests a hearing before then. The hearing will be limited to a determination as to whether the agreement has been violated. ~5} 1f an order is entered by the municipal judge or the hearin s official for an animal to be g destroyed, execution of the order shall be stay- ed for ten days to all ow the filing of a noti ce of appeal yr a wri t of review. 1n the event a notice of appeal is filed within ten days, the animal shall not be destroyed until the disposition of the appeal. ~6} Notwithstanding the previous subsections, any animal given to the animal regulation authority by the owner for disposition ma be destro ed immediatel or i y y y, n the al ternat~ ve adopted or sold to any person, unless the owner of the an ~ mal spec ~ f ~ cal 1 y requested the animal be destroyed, i n which case it shall be destroyed. Section 10. Section 4,390 of the Eugene Code, 1911, is amended to ro- p vide: Ordinance - 4