(A) Determination of potentially dangerous dog. The Animal Control Authority shall determine that a dog is a potentially dangerous dog if the Animal Control Authority believes, based upon the Animal Control Authority’s professional judgment, that a dog:
(1) Has, when unprovoked, inflicted bites on a human or domestic animal on public or private property;
(2) Has, when unprovoked, chased or approached a person, including a person on a bicycle, upon the streets, sidewalks, or any public or private property, other than the dog owner’s property, in an apparent attitude of attack; or
(3) Has a known propensity, tendency, or disposition to attack unprovoked, causing injury or otherwise threatening the safety of humans or domestic animals.
(B) Notice of potentially dangerous dog. Upon a determination by the Animal Control Authority that a dog is potentially dangerous, the Animal Control Authority shall provide a notice of potentially dangerous dog to the owner of the dog by personally serving the owner or a person of suitable age at the residence of the owner. Service upon any owner shall be effective as to all owners. The notice shall include the following:
(1) A description of the dog deemed to be potentially dangerous;
(2) The factual basis for that determination;
(3) The identity of the officer who has made the determination;
(4) An order that the owner have a microchip implanted in the dog for identification in accordance with § 90.15(D) and provide the Animal Control Authority with proof thereof within 30 days of the date of service;
(5) An order that the owner provide the Animal Control Authority with written notice of any relocation of the dog from its current residence, providing any new owner’s full name, address, daytime and evening telephone numbers, and the relocation address at least ten days prior to any relocation or new ownership; and
(6) The criminal penalties for violation of the requirements pertaining to potentially dangerous dogs.
(C) Requirements. It shall be the joint and several responsibility of each owner of any dog kept or harbored within the city and determined to be potentially dangerous under this section or state law to have a microchip implanted in the dog for identification and provide the Animal Control Authority with proof thereof, including the name of the microchip manufacturer and its serial identification number, within 30 days of any owner’s receipt of the notice of potentially dangerous dog or within ten days of the dog’s location within the city, whichever occurs first. It shall also be the joint and several responsibility of each owner of any potentially dangerous dog kept or harbored within the city to provide the animal control authority with written notice of any intended relocation of the dog from its current residence and provide any new owner’s full name, address, daytime and evening telephone numbers, and the relocation address at least ten days prior to any relocation or new ownership.
(Ord. 185, passed 6-20-2017)