For the purpose of this chapter the following definitions shall apply unless the context clearly indicates or requires a different meaning.
LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICER. Any person employed or elected by the city, whose duty it is to preserve peace, to make arrest, or to enforce the law.
LEADER DOG. Any dog defined under Public Act 207 of 1970, as amended, being M.C.L.A. 287.291.
OWNER. When applied to the proprietorship of an animal means every person having a right of property in the animal, every person who keeps or harbors the animal or has it in his or her care, or any person who shall permit any domestic animal to remain about any premises owned or occupied by him for a period of five days shall be deemed the owner of such domestic animal for the purpose of this chapter.
VICIOUS ANIMAL. Any animal which has caused a bite to a person or domestic animal without provocation, or which by its actions gives indication that it is likely to bite any person or domestic animal without provocation.
(Ord. 278, passed 5-6-96; Am. Ord. 278, passed 8-7-00)