(A) Any person who has been pursued or attacked by an allegedly dangerous animal, or anyone on behalf of such person, may make a complaint before the Dangerous Animal Officer or District Court, charging the owner, possessor, or custodian of such animal with harboring a dangerous animal. A copy of such complaint shall be served upon the person so charged in the same manner and subject to the laws regulating the service of summons in civil cases, or by any law enforcement officer of the city with a return receipt, directing such person to appear before the District Court for a hearing of such complaint at a time fixed.
(B) If upon a hearing of the parties and their witnesses, the court finds the person so charged is the owner, possessor, or guardian of the animal in question, and that such animal has without cause, pursued, wounded, or attacked a human being or other domestic animal, the court shall declare such animal a dangerous animal and order the owner, possessor, or guardian to henceforth keep such dangerous animal securely confined as set forth in this subchapter, and impose the penalties set forth in § 90.99.
(C) If a subsequent complaint is filed against the same owner, possessor, or guardian for an animal previously determined or found to be a dangerous animal, and the court finds the person so charged is in violation hereof, the court shall order the owner, possessor, or guardian of said dangerous animal to immediately remove the animal from the city or order the animal humanely euthanized.
(2005 Code, 90.32) (Ord. 93-0602, passed 7-6-1993)