A chief animal control officer shall be appointed by city council and may be removed
by council or the city manager. The city manager may appoint one or more deputy animal
control officers, who may be removed by the manager, to assist the chief animal control
officer in the performance of her duties. The chief animal control officer and deputy
animal control officers shall, within the city and subject to any limitations imposed
as a condition of their appointment, have the powers of an animal control officer
as conferred by the Code of Virginia (1950), as amended, the powers of a state game
warden as conferred by the city charter in the enforcement of the dog laws of the
city, and the power to enforce the provisions of this article and section 6-1-2.2 of this code. (Ord. No. 4520, 2/23/08, Sec. 1)
