The following words and phrases, when used in this chapter, shall have the meanings respectively ascribed to them in this section:
(a) "Dangerous Animal" shall mean any animal which has bitten any person(s) or domestic animal(s) and poses the threat of future attacks, but does not qualify as a "Vicious Animal" as defined below.
(b) "Health Commissioner" shall mean the Health Commissioner of the Grandview Heights City Health District, or his/her authorized representative, which includes an employee and/or the Vicious and Dangerous Animal Review Board of the Franklin County Health Department.
(c) "Owner" shall mean any person(s) owning, keeping, possessing, harboring, maintaining, or having the care, custody, or control of an animal.
(d) "Police Dog" means a dog that has been trained, and may be used, to assist one or more law enforcement officers in the performance of their official duties.
(e) "Premises" shall mean any building, land, house, apartment, or office in which an animal is kept.
(f) "Vicious Animal" shall mean any animal, other than a police dog, domestic or wild, which poses a danger to any person(s), or to any other domestic animal(s), for any of the following reasons:
(1) Any animal that kills or maims any person(s) or domestic animal(s).
(2) Any animal that inflicts multiple injuries during the course of an unprovoked attack on a person(s) or domestic animal(s).
(3) Any animal which bites or causes physical harm to a person(s) or domestic animal(s) off premises on more than two (2) occasions within one year of the first occasion.
(Res. 97-01. Passed 8-21-97.)