It shall be unlawful for any person to own, keep or harbor, within the corporate limits of the municipality, or within territory adjacent to the corporate limits within one mile thereof, any dangerous or ferocious animal which habitually snaps or manifests a disposition to bite, or commits injury to persons or property, or is offensive or unhealthy. If any vicious or dangerous animal is allowed to run at large within said area, the municipal police shall have the authority to put the said animal to death. If any animal bites or injures any person, or kills a domesticated animal, while said animal is outside the boundaries of the property occupied by its owner, the court shall as part of any judgment of conviction for either animal running at large or vicious animal order that said animal shall be destroyed. The cost of destroying said animal shall be the obligation of the owner. At the direction of the police, said animal can be placed in the municipal animal shelter pending determination of the court proceeding instituted pursuant to this provision and the costs of any placement shall be borne by the owner.
(1976 Code, § 6-111) (Ord. 896, passed 5-5-1986; Ord. 1395, passed 6-4-2007; Ord. 1400, passed 12-17-2007) Penalty, see § 90.99