(1) For any reason provided for in this chapter;

(2) With consent of the owner or any adult occupant of any premises, an officer may enter and inspect the premises where an animal lives to determine compliance with the provisions of this chapter;

(3) An animal control authority may use reasonable force to forcibly enter the private property or vehicle of another in the absence of the owner or occupant when, in the officer’s judgment, an animal on such premises needs emergency assistance to prevent an animal’s death or serious injury;

(4) An animal control authority may enter the private property of another to enforce this chapter with a search warrant or when authorized by law;

(5) An animal control authority is authorized to remove and impound any animal left in a motor vehicle at any location when the officer reasonably believes the animal is confined in conditions that endanger its health or safety. Notice of the impounding and disposition of the animal will be left in plain view with the vehicle;

(6) An animal control authority in hot pursuit may enter the private property of another, with or without a warrant, to take possession of an animal observed to be at large;

(7) A police officer in pursuit of a dog known to be a dangerous or potentially dangerous dog or reasonably suspected of being dangerous to persons other than wrongful trespassers upon his or her owner’s premises may enter the premises of the owner and demand possession of such animal and if, after request therefor, the owner or keeper of the dog shall refuse to deliver the dog to the officer and the officer cannot with reasonable safety catch the animal, he or she may then obtain a search warrant authorizing the seizure and impoundment of the dog; except as set forth herein, the officer shall not enter the residence of the owner without permission or a warrant. (Ord. 1389 § 2, 2015; Ord. 1033, 1998).