Sec. 4-27. - Dangerous dogs; vicious dogs; definitions.
   (a)   Definitions. The following terms, when used in this section, shall have the meanings ascribed to them in this subsection:
   Complaint means notification to the city of a potentially dangerous or vicious dog by filing a report with the police department.
   Dangerous dog means:
      (1)   Any individual dog anywhere other than upon the property of the owner or custodian of the dog that behaves in a manner that a reasonable person would believe poses a serious and unjustified imminent threat of serious physical injury or death to a person or a companion animal; or
      (2)   A dog that, without justification, bites a person and does not cause serious physical injury.
   Owner means a person, firm, or corporation keeping, possessing, harboring or having the care or custody of a dog.
   Vicious dog means a dog that, without justification, attacks a person or a companion animal and causes serious physical injury or death or any individual dog that has been found to be vicious under sec. 4-27A(b)(2)(i).
(Ord. No. 90-488, 5-15-90; Ord. No. 11-1308, 1-4-11)
State Law reference— Rules for control of rabies and the disposition of nonhuman agents carrying disease, including rabid animals, MCL 333.511; regulation of dangerous animals, MCL 287.321 et seq.