A biting dog is hereby defined to be a dog which has bitten, scratched or otherwise injured any person so as to cause abrasion to the skin of such person. Whenever complaint shall be made, under oath, and filed with the police department setting forth that a dog has bitten, scratched or otherwise injured a person within the village, so as to cause an abrasion of the skin, and that the person so injured was not at the time unlawfully trespassing upon the person or property of the owner of such dog, process shall issue and be served upon the owner of such dog.
If the defendant is found guilty, he shall be fined for said offenses as provided for under section 1-4-1 of this code, or the court may stay execution or issuance of a mittimus and continue the cause for a further day and order the defendant to have the dog disposed of within the time for which the case is continued. Upon satisfactory showing to the court that said dog has been disposed of, the court may, in its discretion, dismiss the action. (1981 Code)