§ 95.04. DANGEROUS DOG DEFINITIONS.

For the purpose of this chapter, the following definitions shall apply unless the context clearly indicates or requires a different meaning.

DANGEROUS DOG. Any dog which is capable of inflicting death or serious injury on a person or another animal and which:

(1) Has, without provocation, attacked or bitten a person engaged in a lawful activity; or

(2) Has, while off the property of its owner and without provocation, killed or seriously injured another animal; or

(3) Has exhibited a propensity, tendency or disposition to attack, bite, scratch, or otherwise inflict or cause injury or threaten the safety of persons or other animals without provocation; or

(4) Has a propensity to approach human beings, without provocation, in a menacing or terrorizing manner so as to confine movement of or instill fear in a reasonable person; or

(5) Has acted in a manner that causes or should cause its owner to know that the dog is potentially dangerous; and

(6) Is declared dangerous after a hearing before a San Luis City municipal judge.

(7) This definition does not apply to dogs utilized by law enforcement.

DOG. Includes a dog of any age, both the male and female sex of the Canis familiaris family.

(Ord. 380, passed 3-14-2018)