RECOMMENDATION(S):
INTRODUCE Ordinance No. 2020-04, revising procedures for designating an animal as potentially dangerous or dangerous; WAIVE reading; and FIX March 10, 2020, as the date for adoption.
FISCAL IMPACT:
The Department does not project any fiscal impact due to the proposed ordinance.
BACKGROUND:
Ordinance No. 2020-04 will amend the Ordinance Code governing dangerous animals to revise the procedures for designating an animal as potentially dangerous or dangerous (PDA/DA). It authorizes the Animal Services Director to designate an animal as PDA/DA and specifies the criteria the Director must apply to designate an animal as PDA/DA. An animal may be designated potentially dangerous if it, on two separate occasions within a 36-month period while off the owner’s property, engages in any unprovoked behavior that requires a defensive action by a person to prevent bodily injury, bites a person without causing a severe injury, or seriously injures a domestic animal. An animal may be designated dangerous if it inflicts severe injury on a person or attacks livestock while off the owner’s property.
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