(A) Any dog or other animal which is alleged to be vicious or dangerous may be proceeded against in the Municipal Court, after a complaint has been duly filed therein by any person having knowledge thereof.
(B) If the court shall find that, at such time:
(1) The dog or other animal has attacked a person and:
(a) The person so attacked was not at the time trespassing upon the property of the owner or person having control of such dog or other animal; or
(b) It cannot be proved beyond a reasonable doubt that the person so attacked was provoking or teasing such dog or other animal.
(2) The dog or other animal is of such vicious and fierce disposition as to attack human beings without provocation, then the court shall have the authority to order such dog or other animal kept muzzled or that such dog or other animal be kept within a sufficient enclosure. If such dog or other animal has bitten or attacked a human being on other occasions, the court may order that it be delivered to the Animal Control Officer and destroyed by him or her.
(Prior Code, § 4-124)
Cross-reference:
Municipal Court, see § 33.001