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89'+5 Section 3. Section 4.380 of the Eugene Code, 19?l, is hereby amended to read and provide: 4.380 Abandoned Animals. ~l} Na person in charge of an animal may abandon the animal, and no owner of an animal may allow it to be abandoned. ~~} Any peace officer or dog control officer, upon finding an abandoned animal not impounded by the dog control authority, may: ~a} Provide food and water and arrange for needed medical service far the animal at the cost of the owner or person in charge of the animal. The owner or person in charge of the animal shall pay for such services; or, ~_b} Impound the animal. As soon as practical, notice of impoundment under this section shall be posted at the house or an the structure where the animal was found or be mailed to the owner or person in charge, of if the owner or person in charge is unknown, to the address at which the animal was found and impounded. Section 4 . The caption, and subsections ~ 2 } and ~ 3 } of Section 4.40D of the Eugene Cade, 19'1., are hereby amended to read and pra- vide.: 4.400 Impoundin Re ulations and Disposition of Impounded Animals. ~ ~ } Except as .provided in section ~ 1 } ~ a } , the dog con- trol authority shall notify the owner by telephone or by the mailing of an impoundment notice as soon as practicable after impoundment. 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 animal. ~3} A dog owner whose dog is impounded under sections 4.410 and 4.435 of this code, within the time described in sec- tions ~l} ~a} ar ~l} ~.b} , whichever is applicable, believing to have been aggrieved by the seizure and impounding of the dog, may apply to the municipal judge for release of the dog, and the municipal judge shah, thereupon set a time and place for hearing the application and notify the impounding officer, and. upon a summary hearing the municipal judge shall have full power to determine whether the dog has been wrongfully im- pounded, whether it shall be returned to its owner, and upon what terms and whether it should be humanely destroyed and the cost of impoundment, care and destruction assessed to the owner of the dog. Ordinance - ~