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A. It is unlawful for any vehicle owner, passenger, or operator to place or confine an animal or to allow the animal to be placed, confined, or to remain in an unattended vehicle without sufficient ventilation or under conditions or for such period as may reasonably be expected to endanger the health or well being of such animal due to heat, cold, lack of water, or such other circumstances as may reasonably be expected to cause suffering, disability, or death to the animal.

B. Any enforcement officer who finds an animal in a vehicle in violation of this section may enter the vehicle by using the amount of force reasonably necessary to remove the animal. The officer is authorized to impound and dispose of such animal in the manner provided for in sections 6-2-21 and 6-2-22 of this chapter. (Ord. 28, Series 2014)