<div class="chunk-title">Sec. 6-119. - Definitions.</div>
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               <span class="ital">Attack trained</span> means any dog that has been specifically trained by a person to take a command to
               attack or injure a person or animal, or any dog that has been specially trained or
               disciplined or conditioned to protect persons or property. "Attack trained" does not
               include dogs possessed and used by law enforcement or military in performance of official
               duties.
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               <span class="ital">Behavior.</span> Three categories of behavior are defined as follows:
               
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                  (1)
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                  Vicious dog means one which, when unprovoked, inflicts severe injury on a human being.
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                  (2)
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                  Dangerous dog means:
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                  a.
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                  One which, when unprovoked, engages in any behavior that requires a defensive action
                  by any person to prevent bodily injury when the person and the animal are off the
                  property of the owner or keeper; or
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                  b.
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                  One which, when unprovoked, bites a person causing less severe injury than that defined
                  as severe; or
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                  c.
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                  One which has been trained in attack methods; or
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                  d.
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                  One which has been trained or is kept primarily or in part for the purpose of fighting,
                  or any dog trained for fighting.
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                  (3)
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                  Potentially dangerous dog means:
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                  a.
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                  One which causes any person being chased or approached by the dog to reasonably believe
                  that the animal will cause physical harm to the person when off the property of the
                  owner or keeper; or
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                  b.
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                  One which when off the property of its owner or keeper of the animal has killed, seriously
                  bitten, inflicted injury or otherwise caused injury by attacking a domestic animal
                  when the dog was unprovoked by the actions of the other animal.
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               <span class="ital">Direct control</span> means that a dog is within sight or hearing of the owner and will respond instantly
               to the commands or signals to come, sit, or stay.
               
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                  (1)
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                  Come means that the dog shall immediately leave the position where it is located and
                  return to its owner:
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                  (2)
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                  Sit means that the dog shall immediately cease movement in any direction and assume
                  a sitting position;
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                  (3)
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                  Stay means that the dog shall immediately cease movement in any direction and remain
                  at the spot in which the command was heeded until released by its owner.
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               <span class="ital">Dog</span> means any member of the Canidae family, or any hybrids of such Canidae, thereof,
               including, but not limited to, wolf hybrids, which are a cross between a wolf or a
               wolf hybrid and a domestic dog (Canis familiaris).
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               <span class="ital">Owner</span> means any person or entity that has possessory rights of the dog. Owner means any
               person handling, keeping, possessing, harboring, maintaining or having the care, custody
               or control of the dog except licensed veterinarian clinics, animal control shelters,
               or licensed boarding kennels. Minor children are not to be considered owners. The
               parent(s), legal guardian or person(s) acting in Loco Parentis will be considered
               owner, and as such will be considered the individual responsible for the dog.
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               <span class="ital">Provocation or location of attack irrelevant</span> means any dog that causes a person's death by attacking, biting or mauling the person,
               regardless of whether the dog was provoked and regardless of where the incident resulting
               in the person's death occurred.
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               <span class="ital">Severe injury</span> means any physical injury to a human being that results in muscle tears, disfiguring
               lacerations, multiple sutures, corrective surgery, cosmetic surgery, broken bones
               or hospitalization; either individually or in any combination thereof.
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               <span class="ital">Tethering/tie-out cable or chain</span> will be used for tethering and will be of sufficient quality and strength to restrain
               the dog. A tethered dog will be muzzled at all times. Tether will not exceed 20 feet
               in length.
               
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                  (1)
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                  Tethering is permitted only for dogs of dangerous or potentially dangerous designation.
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                  (2)
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                  Tether will be attached to a collar or harness designed specifically for the control
                  of dogs.
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                  (3)
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                  Dogs declared vicious are not permitted to be tethered at any time.
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               <span class="ital">Without provocation</span> means that the dog was not teased, tormented, abused, threatened, chased, or in any
               other way set upon or antagonized. This also means that the animal was not coming
               to the aid or defense of a person not engaged in illegal or criminal activity and
               who was not using the dog as a means of carrying out such activity.
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               <span class="ital">Wolf</span> means any canine classified as Canis lupis or Canis rufus.
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               <span class="ital">Wolf hybrid</span> means any canine which has a wolf ancestor within the previous four generations.
               This definition shall include a wolf or wolf hybrid as either a sire or dam, grandsire
               or dam, great-grandsire/dam or great-great grandsire/dam. An animal shall also be
               considered a wolf hybrid if it has been represented by its owner as having wolf ancestry.
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               (Ord. of 8-20-2007; Ord. of 8-19-2019)
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