(A) Violations. The Animal Control Officer is hereby authorized, upon witnessing of violation of this chapter, in addition to seizing and impounding the dog, to issue to the owner, possessor, or harborer of the dog, an ordinance violation which shall include the date, time, and location of the offense, and shall include the applicable section number of the ordinance of which the owner, possessor, or harborer of the dog is in violation, wherein the Animal Control Officer has determined that the owner, possessor, or harborer of the dog has been in violation of the same offense one or more times within the previous one-year period. All further proceedings shall be held in accordance with the rules and practices of the District Court of Michigan.
(B) Penalties. Any person or persons violating any of the provisions of this chapter shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction thereof be subject to the provisions of this code of ordinances.
(Am. Ord. 179, passed 8-26-02)