(a) No person shall possess, harbor or keep any animal designated by the Municipal Court after a hearing to be a vicious animal.
(b) Any animal designated by the Court after a hearing to be a vicious animal, if not already impounded by the City, shall be immediately surrendered to the Animal Warden or any police officer.
(c) Any animal declared by the Court after a hearing to be a vicious animal shall be humanely destroyed at the owner's expense (at a veterinary clinic) or banished permanently from the City.
(d) If the Court determines that such animal shall be destroyed, then the destruction of the vicious animal shall take place not earlier than five days following the written decision by such Court designating the animal to be a vicious animal. If the owner or custodian of the vicious animal within such period files a notice of appeal, the City shall stay the order of destruction pending the appeal.
(Ord. 1988-53. Passed 11-14-88.)