(A) If it is determined by the Animal Control Administrator, his or her agent, or the Sheriff that an animal is a dangerous animal, that person shall notify the property owner to immediately and securely confine the dangerous animal indoors or in a securely enclosed and locked pen. If the property owner fails to comply, or if the property owner is not available and it is determined that the animal is endangering the well-being of others, the animal may be removed from the property by the Animal Control Administrator, his or her agent, or the Sheriff, and impounded.
(B) Where a dangerous animal has caused serious physical harm or death to any person or animal, or has escaped and is at large, or causes a threat to any person or animal, the Animal Control Officer or the Sheriff shall cause the animal to be immediately seized and impounded, or killed if seizure or impoundment are not possible without risk of serious physical harm or death to any person.
(C) No person owning or harboring or having the care or custody of a dangerous dog shall allow or permit the dog to go unconfined on the premises of the person. Any dangerous dog is unconfined, as the term is used in this section, if the dog is not securely confined indoors or confined in a securely enclosed and locked pen or a dog run area upon the premises of the person. The pen or dog run area must also have either sides six feet high or a secure top. If the pen or dog run area has no bottom secured to the sides, the sides must be imbedded into the ground no less than two feet.
(D) No person owning or harboring or having the care of a dangerous dog shall suffer or permit the animal to go beyond the premises of the person unless the dog is securely muzzled and restrained with a chain having a minimum tensile strength of 300 pounds and not exceeding three feet in length.
(E) No person shall own or harbor any dog for the purpose of dog fighting, or train to torment, badger, bait or use any dog for the purpose of causing or encouraging the dog to unprovoked attacks upon human beings or domestic animals.
(F) (1) Any person owning or harboring or having the care of any dangerous dog shall maintain a policy of insurance in an amount not less than $50,000 insuring the person against any claim, loss, damage or injury to persons, domestic animals or property resulting from the acts, whether intentional or unintentional, of the dangerous dog.
(2) The person shall produce evidence of the insurance upon the request of a law enforcement agent.
(Prior Code, § 90.51) (Ord. passed 1-17-1991)