(A) A dog shall be deemed fierce/vicious dangerous under the following conditions: Fierce/vicious/ dangerous dog:
(1) A dog that without provocation has killed or inflicted severe injury on a person,
(2) A dog that has killed or inflicted severe injury upon a domestic animal when not on the real property of the owner of the dog,
(3) A dog that has approached a person when unrestrained and not on the owner’'s property in a vicious or terrorizing manner in an apparent attitude of attack, or
(4) A dog that has been declared dangerous or potentially dangerous, either under state law or local ordinance.
(B) If any dog, fierce, dangerous or vicious, or having vicious propensities, or any female dog in heat is found running-at-large in any public place in the town, or on any private property without the permission of the owner or occupant of the private property, and the dog cannot be safely taken up and impounded, the dog may be slain by any law enforcement official of the town, county or the state.
(1992 Code, § 91.22) (Ord. O-47-12108485, passed 12-10-1984; Ord. 20-O-031, passed 3-9-2020) Penalty, see §
91.99