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(1) In place of impoundment under the provisions of Section 9.20.120, a code enforcement officer or a city police officer may issue a warning notice of infraction, or a violation notice of infraction to an animal's keeper for a first offense of letting an animal, except a domestic cat, run at large in the city.

(2) A code enforcement officer or a city police officer may issue a warning notice of infraction, or a violation notice of infraction to an animal's keeper for a first offense of any civil infraction set forth as such in Section 9.01.030.

(3) For all subsequent offenses of the same civil infraction a code enforcement officer or city police officer shall issue a violation notice of infraction.

(4) A warning notice of infraction or a violation notice of infraction shall be given either directly to the animal's keeper, or to a person of suitable age and discretion who is a resident of the household of the keeper. If, however, after making a reasonable attempt within a five-day period after the date of the occurrence for which the notice of infraction is issued the officer is unable to give the notice of infraction to the animal's keeper or to a person of suitable age and discretion who is a resident of the household of the keeper, the officer may then cause the notice of infraction to be served by mailing a copy thereof by certified mail, return receipt requested, to the animal's keeper at the keeper's last known address.

(5) Copies of all violation notices of infraction shall be filed with the Whitman County District Court. (Ord. 14-13 §3, 2014; Ord. 00-25 §2, 2000; Ord. 87-4 §4, 1987).