6.09.020 Definitions

   A.   "Potentially dangerous dog" means any of the following:

      (1)   Any dog which, when unprovoked, on two separate occasions within the prior 36-month period, engages in any behavior that requires a defensive action by any person to prevent bodily injury when the person and the dog are off the property of the owner or keeper of the dog.

      (2)   Any dog which, when unprovoked, bites a person causing a less severe injury than as defined by Vicious Dog in Subsection B..

      (3)   Any dog which, when unprovoked, attacks and inflicts a severe injury on another domestic animal when off the property of the owner or keeper of the dog or any dog when unprovoked, on two separate occasions in a 36 month period, has bitten or injured a domestic animal when off the property of the owner or keeper.

      (4)   Any dog off the property of the owner or keeper of the dog, when unprovoked, has killed a domestic animal.

   B.   "Vicious dog" means any of the following:

      (1)   Any dog seized under Penal Code § 599aa and upon the sustaining of a conviction of the owner or keeper under Penal Code § 597.5(a).

      (2)   Any dog which, when unprovoked, in an aggressive manner, inflicts severe injury on or kills a human being.

      (3)   Any dog previously determined to be, and currently listed as, a potentially dangerous dog which, after its owner or keeper has been notified of this determination, continues the behavior described in § 6.09.020 or is maintained in violation of Section 6.09.080, 6.09.090, or 6.09.100.

   C.   "Severe injury" means any physical injury to a human being that results in muscle tears or lacerations or requires multiple sutures, or corrective surgery

(Ord. MC-1264, 2-19-08)