The employees or agency authorized by the City to enforce animal control laws shall impound dogs constituting the public nuisance described by LMC 6.06.070. Upon impounding the dogs, the employees or agency shall ascertain whether any of them are licensed, and if so, shall as soon as practicable notify the person to whom the licenses were issued that the dog or dogs have been impounded and can be redeemed. Any dog impounded pursuant to LMC 6.06.070 through 6.06.100 shall be held 48 hours. If not redeemed by its owner within that time, it shall be held an additional 48 hours, during which time any person may redeem it. In case any such dog is not redeemed within 96 hours, it shall be humanely destroyed or otherwise disposed of by the impounding agency. [Ord. 149 § 9, 1997; Ord. 40 § 3, 1996.]