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Animal Control Ordinance violation of this Ordinance. The Animal CR4;#R1 Services Director shall post a notice at the place of the illegal restraint, or at such other location, that is designed to reasonably apprise the Owner or Keeper of the dog, the place, date and time the dog was seized along with the location where the dog was taken. Such notice shall clearly state that the dog may be returned to the Owner or Keeper upon providing reasonable assurances to the Animal Cs4;#e1 Services Director that the dog will not be subject to restraint in violation of this Ordinance. (Ord. of 6- 16- 1987, §X1, eff. 1 -1 -88; Amend. of I I -18 -2008, eff. 11- 19 -09) Sec. 4 -42. - Control of vicious animals; security W Comment [AM7]: Many of the changes in this section are to align the requirements for vicious (a) In General. It shall be unlawful for any person to keep any vicious animal within the dogs under this Ordinance with the requirements Il 11 County, unless under restraint and on the premises of the owner or keeper. �y for a dangerous dog under the State Statute. rh °" h' ° ° ^° Comment [AM8]: Moved to (e)(5) below. (b) Vicious Animal. Any animal, seen ity a^^ exel „a °a on or off the premises of its owner or keeper, which is three (3) months of age or older and who: (1) Without provocation has bitten, killed or caused physical harm through bite(s) to a person; or (2) Without provocation has attempted to bite a person or cause physical harm through bite(s) to a person; or (3) Without provocation has injured, maimed or killed a pet or domestic (4) livestock, except where such animal has bitten or killed *H-apim4 a pet or domestic livestock that is r^* ' °r° is i*° me r` ^ °F -(s4 h T"°'-° °r *^fa s J^'_ *rter ° on the land of another without permission or is defending a person, or Gen. Stat. Chanter 67. Article IA. (c) Declaration of Vicious Animal. Comment [AM9]: Deleted: "Any dog that is owned or harbored for the purpose of dog fighting or training for dog fighting is also defined as a vicious animal.” This covered by this statute. (1) Upon observation by an Animal Control or law enforcement officer or receipt of a written complaint that an animal is behaving or has behaved viciously and is at large or is off the premises of its owner or keeper and is not restrained by a competent person, an Animal Control Officer may impound the animal and investigate the complaint and, upon a finding that there is probable cause to believe a violation of this Ordinance or other applicable law or regulation has occurred, shall take any action allowed by this Ordinance or State law as the circumstances may �equirc�. Comment [AM10]: Section 4 -42 (b) and (c) have lbeen combined. DRAFTv.5 - 9/25/2013 Page 16