(A) It is unlawful for any owner to maintain or harbor unconfined or unrestrained any dangerous dog or potentially dangerous dog (based upon designation by Greene County animal control or other counties or states, or designation by owner due to previous attacks or bites by their dog or dogs, whether previously documented by other counties or states).
(B) Whether notified in writing by Greene County Animal Control or based upon previous designation in another county or state due to previous attacks or bites (whether or not designated by other counties or states), the dangerous dog or potentially dangerous dog shall be confined in a secure enclosure. The owner shall post a plainly visible sign upon the secure enclosure warning that a dangerous dog is on the premises. Said sign shall not exceed one foot by two feet or two square feet in area; and, shall be deemed an incidental sign for the purposes of the Greene County Zoning Ordinance.
(C) The owner shall have 30 days from the date of notification to provide a humane, secure enclosure. The animal deemed "dangerous" shall be under constant restraint on the owner's property during this period.
(D) An animal control officer is empowered to confiscate the dog or potentially dangerous dog and harbor it at the owner's expense pending the owner's construction of a humane secure enclosure. If any dangerous dog is confiscated under this provision, the owner of the dangerous dog shall be given written notice at the time of confiscation that if the owner fails to provide a secure enclosure upon the expiration of 30 days from confiscation, the Animal Control Section is authorized to dispose of the dog. If the owner constructs a secure enclosure that is approved by animal control, the dog may be redeemed within 30 days from confiscation so long as all fees owed to animal control for harboring, caring and maintaining the dog are paid.
(E) Dogs trained or being trained in mode of attack are subject to this section.
(Ord. passed 1-21-20) Penalty, see § 90.99