No fierce, vicious or dangerous animal shall be harbored or kept within the village, and any unspayed female dog not confined in a manner as to positively prevent it from coming in contact with other dogs or with a person not trespassing upon the person or property of the owner of the animal, and any animal which shall bite a person or another animal or so injure a person or animal as to cause an abrasion of the skin, whether or not the injured person or animal was trespassing upon the person or property of the owner of the animal, is hereby declared to be a nuisance, and may be impounded. An animal is declared to be fierce, vicious or dangerous within the meaning of this section when it shows a propensity to attack or bite human beings or animals or which causes reasonable fear of bodily injury to any person by attacking or threatening to attack the person.
(Ord. 812, passed 5-9-1994)