Any person aggrieved by the order of the Police Department, hereunder may appeal such order in writing to the Safety Director, which decision shall be the final decision of the City. Such appeal shall be filed within five (5) working days of the date of notice, and heard within twenty (20) working days of the date the appeal is filed. The filing of a notice of appeal hereunder shall stay the requirements of Section 618.01, but shall not preclude the Police Department or the Cuyahoga County Board of Health from impounding the dog if otherwise permitted by this chapter or other provision of law and shall not in any way relieve the owner or other person harboring or having care or control of the dog from civil or criminal liability for injury or damage caused by the dog or for violations of this chapter.
(Ord. 2007-12. Passed 3-5-07.)