6.38.060 Enforcement and penalties.
A. In enforcing this section, the division may:
1. Issue an order of probation;
2. Issue a cease and desist order;
3. Suspend or revoke a license; or
4. Seek other injunctive relief as may be necessary to enforce this section and its regulations, including impounding and seizing dogs where the division determines there is significant threat to the health or safety of the dogs harbored or owned by the licensee. Costs incurred for the care of animals impounded or seized under this section shall be recoverable from the owner of the animal who is found to have violated provisions of this section.
B. Each act committed against an individual animal in violation of this chapter or division regulations, and each day during which a violation continues, shall constitute a separate offense for purposes of this section.
C. A failure to comply with this chapter shall constitute a Class B misdemeanor. The attorney’s office may bring an action to collect unpaid license fees and/or unpaid civil penalties.
D. It shall be a violation of this section for any person to:
1. Deny access to any inspector or offer any resistance to, thwart, or hinder an inspector by misrepresentation or concealment;
2. Interfere with, threaten, verbally or physically abuse, or harass any inspector in the course of carrying out inspection duties;
3. Fail to disclose all dog housing locations owned or controlled by a licensee; or
4. Violate an injunction order or order of compliance issued pursuant to this section.
E. Proceedings undertaken under this section shall not preclude the division from seeking other civil or criminal actions. This section does not prohibit the division from assisting a law enforcement agency in a criminal investigation. Nothing in this section shall be construed to prohibit prosecution under state statute or county ordinance. (Ord. 2018-06 § 1 (Exh. A (part)); Ord. 2012-12 § 2 (Exh. A (part)))