For the purpose of this subchapter, the following definition shall apply unless the context clearly indicates or requires a different meaning.
DANGEROUS DOG.
(1) Any dog that bites or attacks any person or has attempted to bite or attack any person. A dog may be found to have attempted to attack or bite if while restrained by a leash, fence, or other means, it is clear from the dog’s actions that only the presence of the leash, fence, or other means of restraint prevented the dog from making an immediate attack;
(2) Any dog with a propensity, tendency, or disposition to attack, to cause injury, or otherwise threaten the safety of domestic animals; or any dog which attacks a person or domestic animal without provocation or without justification;
(3) Any dog whether leashed or not, which, in a vicious or terrorizing manner, approaches any person in a public place including sidewalks, or any public grounds and in reasonable fear of imminent physical harm;
(4) Any dog that exhibits an unreasonably aggressive pattern of behavior including, but not limited to: charging a person or a domestic animal from within or outside its enclosure, snarling, or growling excessively at a person or creating alarm and appears to Animal Control that the dog may readily escape its enclosure or confinement; or
(5) Any dog used in the commission of a crime as provided in the Kentucky Penal Code including, but not limited to dog fighting, threatening or menacing, or guarding the conduct of unlawful activity.
(Ord. KOC 1010.7 (2008), passed 2-26-2008)