§ 6-56. Dangerous dog or dangerous animal ordered removed from the city.  


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  • (a)

    The owner of a dangerous dog or dangerous animal that is ordered to be permanently removed from the city must provide to the animal control authority the plan for removal of the dangerous dog or dangerous animal from the city and the name, address, and phone number for the place where the dangerous dog or dangerous animal will be relocated outside of the city before the dangerous dog or dangerous animal will be released to the owner. Upon receipt of the required information, the animal control authority shall release the dangerous dog or dangerous animal to the owner to be removed from the city. A dangerous dog or dangerous animal ordered to be permanently removed from the city must be removed from the city within ten days of the date of the order.

    (b)

    If the owner does not provide the information required by subsection (a) to the animal control authority and reclaim the dangerous dog or dangerous animal within ten days of the order of the municipal court of the city, the dangerous dog or dangerous animal shall be deemed abandoned by the owner and the city shall be deemed the owner of the dangerous dog or dangerous animal. A dangerous dog or dangerous animal ordered to be removed from the city under this division must be removed from the city within ten days of the date of the order. Upon application by the animal control authority, without a hearing, the court shall order that a dangerous dog or dangerous animal deemed to be abandoned under this subsection be humanely destroyed.

    (c)

    It shall be unlawful for a person to harbor, keep, or have possession of a dangerous dog or dangerous animal previously ordered to be removed from the city under this division within the corporate limits of the city.

    (d)

    The animal control authority or any officer enforcing this division shall seize any dangerous dog or dangerous animal that has been previously ordered to be removed from the city and is found to be at any location within the corporate limits of the city. Upon seizure, the animal control authority shall provide for the impoundment of the dangerous dog or dangerous animal in humane and sanitary conditions.

    (e)

    Upon application by the animal control authority, without a hearing, the court shall order that a dangerous dog or dangerous animal that was previously ordered to be removed from the city and later found to be in the city be humanely destroyed.

(Ord. No. 2017-04, § 3, 4-4-17)