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serious threat to public health,safety or welfare, or the health,safety or welfare of residents of the property where the animal resides, the animal shall be impounded immediately by the Animal Control Authority and held until final determination of Nuisance Ownership is made. §3. Determinations and Appeals. I. The owner may accept the Notice of Nuisance Ownership as a final determination, or the owner may appeal the Notice of Nuisance Ownership pursuant to Article XII of this Resolution. 2. Upon either acceptance of a Nuisance Ownership determination or after appeal and a determination by the Animal Advisory Board of Nuisance Ownership, the disposition of the animal will be at the discretion of the Animal Control Authority and what it determines appropriate. 3. The owner will be responsible for payment of all impoundment fees as adopted and set by the Animal Control Authority. 4. Nuisance owners shall be prohibited from owning or residing with any animal outside of the corporate limits of any city or village within Hall County for a period of two (2) years from the date of determination. Owners found to be in violation of this subsection shall be subject to the Animal Control Authority immediately impounding and disposing of said animal(s). Ultimate disposition of the animal will be at the discretion of the Animal Control Authority by any humane means allowable under the Revised Statutes of Nebraska. 5. If a violation is of a continuing nature, i.e., each day after the deadline that the animal is in the possession of a prohibited owner, each day of the violation shall constitute a separate violation. Article XII: Appeals Procedure. §1. Dangerous and Potentially Dangerous; Nuisance Owner; DeclarationnAppeal; Disposition. 1. If it shall appear to a Sheriff or an Animal Control Officer that any animal conforms to the definition of a dangerous animal or potentially dangerous animal, or an owner is a Nuisance Owner pursuant to this Resolution, written notice declaring the animal a dangerous or potentially dangerous animal or an owner a Nuisance Owner shall be delivered to the animal's owner either by personal service or by Certified U.S. mail addressed to the last known address of said owner. 2. In the case of a dangerous animal, within five (5) days of personal service or mailing of a notice of declaration to the animal's owner said owner shall deliver said animal to the Animal Control Authority for impoundment and disposition. In the case of a potentially dangerous animal, within five (5) days of personal service or mailing of a notice of declaration to the animal's owner said owner shall either provide reasonable proof of compliance with this Resolution and/or the applicable state or federal law(s) or shall deliver said animal to the Animal Control Authority for impoundment and disposition. Refusal or failure by the owner of any animal declared a dangerous animal or potentially dangerous animal to comply with this subsection shall be a violation of this Resolution and shall be subject to abatement as a public nuisance pursuant to provisions of this Resolution. 3. The owner of any animal declared a potentially dangerous animal or dangerous animal by an animal control officer, or declaration of a Nuisance Owner pursuant to this Resolution 17