Any person owning, leasing, renting, occupying or having control of a lot, parcel or tract of land within the unincorporated area of Jessamine County or any incorporated area of Jessamine County shall be subject to the following provisions:
(A) Any person who is attacked by a canine without provocation may file a criminal complaint against the canine’s owner in district court for the purpose of declaring the canine as vicious.
(B) Any owner of a vicious canine shall keep the canine securely confined 24 hours a day in an enclosed pen of sufficient height and strength to prevent escape or under the owner’s personal control by leash when outside of its confined area.
(C) Any vicious canine found upon public or private property outside the premises of its owner, that is not restrained or controlled, may be impounded or destroyed by an Animal Control Officer or the owner upon whose property the canine is found running at large.
(Ord. passed 6-16-2015) Penalty, see § 90.99