§ 7-217. Vicious animals.

It shall be unlawful to keep, possess, or harbor a vicious animal within the city limits. A vicious animal means any animal which has caused great bodily harm, disfigurement, or death to any person.

(a)

A vicious animal does not include an animal that has caused great bodily harm to any person while a person was committing a criminal offense on the property of the owner, keeper, or harborer of the animal. The provisions of this article shall not apply to a police dog being used to assist one or more law enforcement officers acting in an official capacity.

(b)

Upon conviction, the court shall order that the animal be removed from the city or humanely euthanized, and direct the director of animal control to ensure that the order is enforced.

(Ord. No. O-8-15 , §§ 2, 3, 1-29-2015)

Editor's note

Ord. No. O-8-15 , §§ 2 and 3, adopted Jan. 29, 2015, repealed and reenacted § 7-217, as herein set out. The former § 7-217 pertained to vicious dogs, determination, notice and hearing, confinement and destruction, and derived from the Code of 1988, § 7-128, and Ord. No. O-22-03, § 1, adopted June 5, 2003.