Chapter 9.10
PUBLIC PROTECTION FROM DOGS

Sections:

9.10.010    Public protection requirements.

9.10.010 Public protection requirements.

(a)    Every owner or possessor of a dog shall at all times prevent such dog from biting or physically harassing any person engaged in a lawful act and from interfering with the lawful use of public or private property.

(b)    Every owner or possessor of a dog shall at all times prevent such dog from causing substantial injury to another domestic animal while such domestic animal is lawfully upon public or private property. "Substantial injury" means any injury which results in veterinarian treatment or death.

(c)    Every owner or possessor of a dog shall desist from commanding or provoking such dog to attack, sic or threaten a person when such person is peaceably and lawfully upon public or private property.

(d)    Any person who violates any provision of subsections (a), (b) or (c) of this section is guilty of a misdemeanor. A trained dog assisting a peace officer engaged in law enforcement is excluded from this section.

(e)    Nothing in subsection (a) of this section shall authorize the bringing of a criminal action arising out of the biting or physical harassment of members of the dog owner’s or possessor’s household. (Ord. 758 § 1 (part), 1987).