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26 <br /> Animal Control Ordinance <br /> (4) The Animal Services Director has the authori . at any time to require that a <br /> vicious animal not be kept in the owner's or keeper's home. The animal must stay <br /> confined through any legal appeals. The owner or keeper shall be responsible for <br /> the costs incurred in the animal's confinement. If the animal is found not to be a <br /> vicious animal, the County shall be responsible for the cost of animals kept at the <br /> Animal Services facility for that purpose. <br /> (h) Effect of Citation. <br /> (1) Upon payment of a citation or the conviction of the owner or keeper for <br /> having an animal which without provocation has committed any of the acts <br /> described in subsection (b) above, said animal is declared a vicious animal. <br /> (2) Upon the payment of a citation or the conviction of the owner or keeper for <br /> having an animal which on or off the property of the owner or keeper and <br /> without provocation has killed or caused life threatening injuries through <br /> bite(s) to a person, the animal will be seized by the animal control officer and <br /> destroyed in a humane manner. <br /> (3) Any animal previously declared vicious upon the payment of a citation or by <br /> conviction of the owner or keeper for a violation of this subsection, that <br /> commits a subsequent violation of the subsection, will cause the owner or <br /> keeper to be charged with that violation. Upon the owner or keeper's <br /> conviction of that violation, the animal will be destroyed in a humane manner. <br /> (4) Any violation of this section may be a misdemeanor and subject to a fine of <br /> five hundred dollars ($500.00) or imprisonment of not more than thirty (30) <br /> days. <br /> (5) All persons owning security dogs that ^i-7e ^lass°a as patfol degs of entfy dogs <br /> as defined by this Ordinance shall register such animals with the Animal <br /> Services Director; the owner or keeper of any such dog that is elassea as <br /> patfol dog of entfy dog tinder-this Ofdi,anee shall place signs or placards on <br /> his premises noting "Beware of Dog" or other information noting the presence <br /> Of Security d0g(S�[AMM11]). <br /> (j) Appeal. Any declaration that an animal is "vicious"may be appealed to the Orange <br /> County Animal Services Advisory Board as provided in this Chapter. <br /> Sec. 4-43. - Impoundment of animals. <br /> Any animal found at large, found not to be wearing a currently valid rabies tag, has been <br /> declared vicious and is outside not in a secure pen or on a restraint, that is a danger to the <br /> public or for any other reason designated in this Chapter is a public nuisance and may be <br /> impounded and confined in the Animal Shelter in a humane manner for a period hereinafter <br /> prescribed: <br /> DRAFTv.9 - 12/10/2015 Proposed Unified Animal Control Ordinance Page 22 <br />