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P. I immediate family who will then become the owner or keeper and will be subject +� to all of the provisions of this section The owner or keeper shall notify the Town Clerk within five days in the event that the pit bull is lost, stolen, dies, or has a litter. In the event of a litter, the owner or keeper (i) must deliver the puppies to the Town Kennel for destruction or (ii) shall permanently remove the puppies from the Town and provide sufficient evidence of such removal by the time the puppies are weaned. In no event shall the owner or keeper be allowed to keep in the Town a pit bull puppy born after the date of enactment of this Section that is more than eight weeks old. Any pit bull puppies kept contrary to the provisions of this subsection are subject to immediate impoundment and disposal pursuant to this Section (1) The owner or keeper shall haveposted at each possible entrance to the owner's or keeper's property where the pit bull is kept a conspicuous and clearly legible sign. Such sign must be at least eight and one-half(8 Y2) inches by eleven q (11) inches in rectangular dimensions and shall contain only the words "WARNING - PIT BULL DOG" in lettering which is not less than two inches in height and which is in sharp contrast with the background of the sign. Section 5. Impoundment (a) Any pit bull found by the Animal Control Officer or any member of the Town tj Police Department to be on the loose, at-large, or unconfined, or which has been observed by the Animal Control Officer or any member of the Town Police , Department to have mauled, bitten, attacked, threatened, or in any way menaced another animal or human shall be presumed to be in violation of this by-law and shall be subject to immediate impoundment; �N (b) The Animal Control Officer is authorized to immediately impound any Pit Bull 41 ' ws which is in violation of this by-law and which does not fall within the exceptions Listed therein. The Animal Control OfFder is authorized to house and/or dispose of any impounded Pit Bull at his/her sole professional discretion. h Section 6. Impoundment Procedure and Enforcement (a) The Animal Control Officer is empowered to make whatever inquiry or investigation is deemed necessary to ensure compliance with the provisions of this by-law. The Animal Control Officer is empowered to seize and impound any pit bull found to be in violation of this by-law or any pit bull for which the owner or # ,,f keeper has failed to comply with the provisions of this Section ,w (b) The Animal Control Officer shall not release a pit bull from impoundment i+ unless the owner or keeper (i) provides proof of registration and license satisfactory to the Animal Control Officer, (ii) provides adequate proof that any " violations of this by-law have been corrected in a manner satisfactory to the ' Animal Control Officer; (iii) remits payment to the Animal Control Officer of all .fines issued pursuant to violations under this by-law; and (iv) remits payment to the Animal Control Officer for the costs associated with the impounding of the pit + bull and the term of impoundment of the pit bull; (c) The Animal Control Officer and the Town Police Department shall each have the authority and shall cooperate with each other to the greatest extent possible " ,,