(A) Any dog which has bitten or attacked any person shall be considered vicious and shall be impounded for a period of 10 days, or so long as the Clay County Board of Health shall otherwise determine.
(B) In lieu of impounding at the animal shelter, the owner, at his or her expense, may provide for the dog to be delivered by the Humane Officer to a commercial kennel operated by a licensed veterinarian, for that period.
(C) After that period, the animal shall be released or disposed of, pursuant to the rules and policies of the impounding facility. No person shall keep or permit any vicious animal within the city unless the same shall be secured by a chain on his or her or muzzled to prevent him or her from biting.
(D) Any animal believed to be vicious found running at large, unmuzzled, may be destroyed by law enforcement authorities.
(1982 Code, § 90.08) (Ord. 26-1980, passed 11-10-1980)