<div class="chunk-title">Sec. 4-57. - Regulation of dangerous and vicious dogs; security and restraint requirements.</div>
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               No person shall own, keep or harbor a dangerous, potentially dangerous, or a vicious
               dog except in compliance with all provisions of this article, including:
               
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                  (1)
                  
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                  <span class="ital">Dangerous dogs and potentially dangerous dogs.</span> Dangerous dogs and potentially dangerous dogs shall be subject to the following regulations:
                  
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                  a.
                  
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                  Such dog shall be kept, secured and restrained while on the real property of the person
                  owning, keeping or harboring it only in the following ways:
                  
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                  1.
                  
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                  In a building with doors, windows, and other exits securely fastened shut, under the
                  supervision and control of a responsible adult person capable of such supervision
                  and control.
                  
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                  2.
                  
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                  Securely kept in a locked enclosure which has secure sides, top and bottom and is
                  constructed out of materials and in a manner which will preclude escape by the dog
                  and prevent entry by small children.
                  
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                  3.
                  
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                  While outside a building or enclosure described in subsections (1)a1 and (1)a2 of
                  this section, securely leashed with a leash no longer than four feet in length in
                  the hands of, and under the control of, a responsible, competent person capable of
                  such control, and muzzled by a muzzling device sufficient to prevent such dog from
                  biting persons or other animals.
                  
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                  b.
                  
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                  No person owning, keeping, or harboring such a dog shall remove such a dog from the
                  real property of such person except to bring such dog to a veterinarian or to the
                  animal shelter, to remove such dog permanently from the territorial jurisdiction of
                  this article, or to provide bona fide exercise necessary for the dog's continued good
                  health. In the event of such removal, such dog shall be securely restrained or enclosed,
                  as set forth in subsection (1)a of this section, for dogs being maintained outside
                  buildings.
                  
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                  c.
                  
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                  Such dog shall be sterilized within 30 days of the date that the dog was declared
                  dangerous or potentially dangerous by the animal control director, or if the declaration
                  by the director is timely appealed, then such sterilization shall occur within 30
                  days of the date that the animal control board determines that the dog is dangerous
                  or potentially dangerous.
                  
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                  (2)
                  
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                  <span class="ital">Vicious dogs.</span> No person shall keep or harbor a vicious dog within the territorial jurisdiction
                  of this article, except as follows:
                  
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                  a.
                  
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                  In the care and custody of a veterinarian for the purposes of treatment or quarantine
                  or pending appeal, as herein provided, of the determination that the dog is vicious,
                  in which case the dog shall be kept and secured by the veterinarian, as provided herein,
                  for a dangerous dog.
                  
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                  b.
                  
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                  In the custody of the animal shelter pending disposition in accordance with the provisions
                  of this article or lawful instructions of the person owning or previously keeping
                  or harboring such animal.
                  
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                  c.
                  
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                  Pending appeal as herein provided, of the determination that the dog is vicious, in
                  which case the dog shall be kept and secured by the animal shelter, as provided, herein,
                  for a dangerous dog.
                  
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                  (3)
                  
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                  <span class="ital">Signage.</span> Any owner of a dangerous, potentially dangerous, or vicious dog shall erect a sign
                  (two feet by two feet) on the enclosure housing said dog which shall read:
                  
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               BEWARE OF DOG.
               
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               THIS DOG IS DANGEROUS.
               
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               STAY AWAY!
               
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               (Ord. No. 2008-5, Â§ VII, 6-11-2008)
               
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