(A) Any person owning, keeping, or having possession of any animal, who allows the animal to damage, destroy, mutilate, ravage, or deface (not including a violation of § 6-3-11) any property or animal, is guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon proper complaint and conviction, shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor.
(B) Upon the conviction of a violation of this section, the court may, following a hearing in which evidence must be produced to show that the individual has repeatedly kept animals which have viciously attacked other animals or livestock, forthwith revoke the owner’s privilege to own any animal within the town limits.
(C) Any individual who owns an animal after having their privilege to do so revoked, will be guilty of a misdemeanor. Further, following a conviction of a violation of this section, if it appears to the court that the animal is still living, the court may, in addition to punishment of the owner, order the animal control officer to forthwith cause such animal or dog to be humanely destroyed.
(Prior Code, § 6-3-12) (Ord. 352, passed 10-4-2007) Penalty, see § 6-3-18