A. A dangerous animal is one that:
1. Maliciously bites any human being, inflicting serious bodily injury or harm.
2. Aggressively attacks any human being with the apparent intent to do serious harm or injury; or
3. Shows overly aggressive and uncontrollable behavior consistent with an animal that would seriously injure any human being.
B. Any animal charged with being dangerous through the city court shall be placed under strict confinement until a verdict is reached. The owner may, at the owner's expense, have the dog impounded at the city shelter until a verdict is reached. At no time shall a charged animal be removed from confinement unless it is under the direct physical control of the owner or person responsible for the animal.
C. Any animal found to be dangerous, as described in subsection A of this section, by the city court shall be impounded in the city shelter and humanely destroyed by a licensed veterinarian. The dangerous animal's owner shall be subject to the penalty set forth in Section 7.04.150.
D. Exempt status. No animal may be found to be a dangerous animal when the victim was causing injury to person or damage to property, or when it is determined by the city court judge or jury that the degree of provocation of the animal by the victim justified such a response from the animal.
(Ord. 526 §6(part), 2017).