(A) Not later than the 30th day after a person learns that the person is the owner of a dangerous dog or dangerous animal:
(1) The person shall:
(a) Register the animal with the animal control authority for the city and maintain current registration at all times;
(b) Restrain the animal in a secure enclosure inspected and approved by the animal control authority;
(c) Not permit the animal to be outside the secure enclosure unless the animal is muzzled, in a manner that will not cause injury to the animal or interfere with its vision or respiration but shall prevent it from biting any person or animal, and restrained by a substantial chain or leash, no longer than six feet in length, and a capable person is in immediate physical control of the leash;
(d) Obtain and maintain liability insurance coverage that includes coverage for animal attacks in an amount of at least $100,000 to cover damages resulting from an attack by the animal and provide proof of the required liability insurance coverage animal control authority;
(e) Present proof to the animal control authority that the animal has been sterilized so as to prevent reproduction;
(f) Pay any cost or fee assessed by the city in the amount set by the City Council that is related to the seizure, acceptance, impoundment, compliance inspection or re-inspection, or destruction of the animal;
(g) Microchip the animal and register the animal for its life with a national registry, and present proof to the animal control authority;
(h) Provide the animal with a fluorescent yellow collar visible at 50 feet in normal daylight; and
(i) Comply with all applicable regulations, requirements, and restrictions on dangerous dogs or dangerous animals; or
(2) The person shall deliver the animal to the animal control authority and the animal control authority shall provide for the impoundment of the animal in humane and secure conditions.
(B) Once in compliance with division (A), the owner of a dangerous dog or dangerous animal shall maintain compliance with division (A) at all times thereafter.
(Ord. 0620-1, passed 6-15-2020)