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All required notices under this subchapter shall be personally delivered or deposited with the United States Postal Service, sent certified mail, return receipt requested. When the city mails a notice in accordance with this section and the United States Postal Service returns the notice as "refused" or "unclaimed," the validity of the notice is not affected, and the notice is considered delivered.
(Ord. 0620-1, passed 6-15-2020)
(A) The animal control authority shall annually register a dangerous dog or dangerous animal if the owner:
(1) Presents proof satisfactory to the animal control authority showing compliance with all the requirements contained in § 90.48(A)(1);
(2) Presents proof of current rabies vaccination of the dangerous dog or dangerous animal, if required by this chapter; and
(3) Pays the annual registration fee of $ 100.
(B) The animal control authority shall provide to the owner registering a dangerous dog or dangerous animal a registration tag. The owner of the dangerous dog or dangerous animal shall attach the current registration tag to the yellow fluorescent collar that is worn by the dangerous dog or dangerous animal. The current registration tag shall be displayed on the dangerous dog or dangerous animal in this manner at all times. The registration of a dangerous dog or dangerous animal shall be valid for one year from the date of issuance.
(C) If an owner of a dangerous dog or dangerous animal sells or moves the dangerous dog or dangerous animal to a new address, whether in the city or not, the owner, not later than the tenth day after the date of the sale or move, shall notify the animal control authority of the new address.
(D) If the owner of a dangerous dog or dangerous animal sells or gives a dangerous dog or dangerous animal to another person, the owner shall notify the other person at the time of the sale or gift that the animal has been determined to be a dangerous dog or dangerous animal.
(E) A person who buys or receives a dangerous dog or dangerous animal and continues to keep the animal in the city must register the animal within ten days after receiving the animal. The new owner shall be issued a registration tag upon compliance with the requirements of division (A).
(F) An owner of a dangerous dog or dangerous animal shall notify the animal control authority of any attack the dangerous dog or dangerous animal makes on a person or another animal within five days of the attack.
(G) An animal, which has been deemed dangerous in another jurisdiction, shall not be maintained, kept, or harbored in the city.
(H) In the event a dangerous dog or dangerous animal dies, the owner of the animal shall provide proof to the animal control authority or present written verification by a licensed veterinarian sufficient to verify the identity of the deceased animal as a dangerous dog or dangerous animal.
(Ord. 0620-1, passed 6-15-2020)
(A) The owner of a dangerous dog or dangerous animal that is ordered to be permanently removed from the city must provide to the animal control authority the plan for removal of the dangerous dog or dangerous animal from the city and the name, address, and phone number for the place where the dangerous dog or dangerous animal will be relocated outside of the city before the dangerous dog or dangerous animal will be released to the owner. Upon receipt of the required information, the animal control authority shall release the dangerous dog or dangerous animal to the owner to be removed from the city. A dangerous dog or dangerous animal ordered to be permanently removed from the city must be removed from the city within ten days of the date of the order.
(B) If the owner does not provide the information required by division (A) to the animal control authority and reclaim the dangerous dog or dangerous animal within ten days of the order of the municipal court of the city, the dangerous dog or dangerous animal shall be deemed abandoned by the owner and the city shall be deemed the owner of the dangerous dog or dangerous animal. A dangerous dog or dangerous animal ordered to be removed from the city under this subchapter must be removed from the city within ten days of the date of the order. Upon application by the animal control authority, without a hearing, the court shall order that a dangerous dog or dangerous animal deemed to be abandoned under this division be humanely destroyed.
(C) It shall be unlawful for a person to harbor, keep, or have possession of a dangerous dog or dangerous animal previously ordered to be removed from the city under this subchapter within the corporate limits of the city.
(D) The animal control authority or any officer enforcing this subchapter shall seize any dangerous dog or dangerous animal that has been previously ordered to be removed from the city and is found to be at any location within the corporate limits of the city. Upon seizure, the animal control authority shall provide for the impoundment of the dangerous dog or dangerous animal in humane and sanitary conditions.
(E) Upon application by the animal control authority, without a hearing, the court shall order that a dangerous dog or dangerous animal that was previously ordered to be removed from the city and later found to be in the city be humanely destroyed.
(Ord. 0620-1, passed 6-15-2020)
It is hereby declared to be a nuisance that an owner or other person harbors, keeps, or maintains a dangerous dog or dangerous animal in the city unless the owner complies with the requirements of this subchapter and, with respect to dogs, all state statutes regulating dangerous dogs.
(Ord. 0620-1, passed 6-15-2020)
(A) A person commits an offense if the person is the owner of a dangerous dog or dangerous animal and the dangerous dog or dangerous animal makes an unprovoked attack on another person outside the animal's enclosure and causes bodily injury to the other person.
(B) A person commits an offense if the person is the owner of a dangerous dog or dangerous animal and the dangerous dog or dangerous animal makes an unprovoked attack on another animal while the dangerous dog or dangerous animal is at large and the attack causes bodily injury or death to the other animal.
(C) A person commits an offense if the person is the owner of a dangerous dog or dangerous animal and performs an act prohibited or fails to perform an act required by this subchapter.
(D) A person commits an offense if the person is the owner or new owner of a dangerous dog or dangerous animal and the animal attacks a person or another animal and the owner fails to notify the animal control authority within five days of the attack.
(E) An offense under divisions (A), (B), (C), or (D) is a class C misdemeanor punishable by a fine up to but not more than $2,000. Each day that a violation is committed or continues is a separate offense.
(F) If a person is found guilty of an offense under this section, the court may order that the animal be humanely destroyed immediately, that the animal be permanently removed from the city, or that the animal be returned to its owner upon proof of compliance with all of the requirements of § 90.48. If a person is found guilty of an offense under this section for a second time, the court may order that the animal be humanely destroyed immediately or that the animal be permanently removed from the city.
(Ord. 0620-1, passed 6-15-2020)
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