(A) It shall be unlawful for any person to own, or to allow to be upon any premises occupied by that person or under that person’s charge or control any animal that in any manner damages or destroys any real or personal property of any description belonging to another or inflicts personal injury upon another. If upon the trial of any offense mentioned in this chapter it shall appear to the court that the person is guilty as charged in the complaint, the court may, in addition to the usual judgment of conviction, order the person so offending to make restitution to the party injured in an amount equal to the value of the property so damaged or destroyed.
(B) Any owner of any animal which injures a party resulting in medical treatment, examination or medications shall be responsible for the restitution of any and all medical or physician’s bills incurred as a result of the animal’s action.
(Prior Code, § 90.035) (Ord. 97-16, passed 8-4-1997; Ord. 13-01, passed 3-4-2013; Ord. 17-14, passed 8-7-2017) Penalty, see § 90.999