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Animal Control Ordinance <br />(Ord. of 6 -16 -1987, ,¢XI, eff. 1 -1 -88; Amend. of 11 -18 -2008, eff. 11- 19 -09) <br />Sec. 4 -42. - Control of vicious animals; security <br />20 <br />Comment [AM7]: Many of the changes in this <br />section are to align the requirements for vicious <br />(a) In General. It shall be unlawful for any person to keep any vicious animal within the dogs under this Ordinance with the requirements <br />Il <br />County, unless under restraint and on the premises of the owner or keeper. for a dangerous dog under the State Statute. <br />do a „t„oet to all athoff)4 sJA -4,IS A- -f #44 „ffi; !2.- ,741 .,44,. o..,l„lo () 9 the, „F <br />rho; . h @@P@, Comment [AM8]: Moved to (e)(5) below. <br />(b) Vicious Animal. Any animal, , on or off the premises of its <br />owner or keeper, which is three (3) months of age or older and who: <br />(1) Without provocation has bitten, killed or caused physical harm through bite(s) to <br />a person; or <br />(2) Without provocation has attempted to bite a person or cause physical harm <br />through bite(s) to a person; or <br />(3) Without provocation has injured, maimed or killed a pet or domestic <br />livestock, except where such animal has bitten or killed *n-qR4H+4 a pet or <br />domestic livestock that is not ...ho, 44@io o4s) h. .,o h-oor t-Aia ls ,,.h <br />—Aniffl-RAI(s) efflifflot h- _@ %seassii; q on the land of another without Dermission or is <br />defending a person, or <br />(4) <br />(c) Declaration of Vicious Animal. <br />Comment [AM9]: Deleted: "Any dog that is <br />owned or harbored for the purpose of dog fighting <br />or training for dog fighting is also defined as a <br />vicious animal.” This covered by this statute. <br />(1) Upon observation by an Animal Control or law enforcement officer or receipt of a <br />written complaint that an animal is behaving or has behaved viciously and is at <br />large or is off the premises of its owner or keeper and is not restrained by a <br />competent person, an Animal Control Officer may impound the animal and <br />investigate the complaint and, upon a fmding that there is probable cause to <br />believe a violation of this Ordinance or other applicable law or regulation has <br />occurred, shall take any action allowed by this Ordinance or State law as the <br />circumstances may �equirel. Comment [AMlo]: Section 4-42 (b) and (c) have <br />lbeen combined. <br />(2) Any animal who, after investigation by an Animal Control officer, is found by the <br />Animal Services Director to have committed any act described in (b) above may, <br />in the Animal Services Director's sole discretion, be declared vicious and is <br />subiect to this Section of the Ordinance. <br />(d) Effect of Declaration. <br />(1) Permitted Locations. A vicious animal shall be permitted at the following <br />locations only: <br />DRAFTv.3 - 5/30/2013 Page 16 <br />