The chief of police or the animal control officer shall impound all animals found running at large, tethered or being grazed as prohibited by ACC 6.12.010 and shall safely keep the same and provide the same with food and water until the possession of such animals has been obtained by the owners thereof, or until the same have been sold as provided in ACC 6.12.030. (Ord. 2965 § 1, 1976; 1957 code § 6.06.020.)