Whenever any person is charged with harboring a vicious dog as defined in this subchapter, that person shall, to the satisfaction of the court, remove said dog from the city until the trial of the citation. If the owner fails to remove the dog within 48 hours of the service of the citation, the Police Department shall impound the dog until the trial on the citation. If the dog is determined by plea or trial to be a vicious dog provided by this subchapter, it shall not be returned to or kept in the city. Any dog returned to or kept in the city, after being determined to be a vicious dog, constitutes a public nuisance as pursuant to Chapter 94 of this code.
(1999 Code, § 3-3-9)