(A) Not later than the thirtieth day after a person learns that the person is the owner of a dangerous dog, the person shall:
(1) Register the dangerous dog with the animal control authority for the area in which the dog is kept;
(2) Restrain the dangerous dog at all times on a leash in the immediate control of a person or in a secure enclosure; and
(3) Obtain liability insurance coverage or show financial responsibility in an amount of at least $100,000 to cover damages resulting from an attack by the dangerous dog or dangerous animal causing bodily injury to a person and provide proof of the required liability insurance coverage or financial responsibility to the animal control authority for the area in which the dog or animal is kept.
(B) The owner of a dangerous dog or dangerous animal who does not comply with division (A) of this section shall deliver the dog or animal to the animal control authority not later than the thirtieth day after the owner learns that the dog or animal is a dangerous dog or animal.
(C) If, on application of any person or upon a finding by the municipal court, after notice and hearing as provided by § 90.42, that the owner of a dangerous dog or dangerous animal has failed to comply with division (A) or (B) of this section, the court shall order the animal control authority to seize the dog and shall issue a warrant authorizing the seizure. The authority shall seize the dog or order it seizure and shall provide for the impoundment of the dog in secure and humane conditions.
(D) The owner shall pay any cost or fee assessed by the municipality related to the seizure, acceptance, impoundment, or destruction of the dog or animal. The fees shall be prescribed by the City Council and shall be made available at City Hall.
(E) The court shall order the animal control authority to humanely destroy the dog or animal if the owner has not complied with division (A) of this section before the eleventh day after the date on which the dog or animal is seized or delivered to the authority. The court shall order the authority to return the dog or animal to the owner if the owner complies with division (A) of this section before the eleventh day after the date on which the dog or animal is seized or delivered to the authority.
(F) The court may order the humane destruction of a dog or animal if the owner of the dog or animal has not been located before the fifteenth day after the seizure and impoundment of the dog or animal.
(G) For purposes of this section, a person learns that the person is the owner of a dangerous dog or animal when:
(1) The owner knows of an attack described in § 90.01;
(2) The owner receives notice that the municipal court has found that the dog or animal is a dangerous dog or dangerous animal at the hearing hereinafter provided; or
(3) The owner is informed by the animal control authority that the dog is a dangerous dog or animal is a dangerous animal as described in § 90.41.
(Ord. 14-09, passed 10-12-2009)