HomeMy WebLinkAbout05762ORDINANCE NO. 576
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING SECTION 14 OF CHAPTER 4,
TITLE XI OF THE 1971 CODE OF ORDINANCES RELAT-
ING TO VICIOUS DOGS
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF PUEBLO, that:
(Brackets indicate material being deleted; underscoring indicates
new material being added.)
SECTION 1.
Subsection 1 of Section 14, Chapter 4, Title XI of the 1971
Code of Ordinances relating to vicious dogs is hereby amended to
read as follows:
(1) As used in this Section, "vicious dog" shall mean
and include:
(a) any dog which, without provocation, approaches
in a threatening or terrorizing manner, any person in
apparent attitude of attack upon the streets, sidewalks,
or any public ground or place; or
(b) any dog with a known propensity, tendency or
disposition to attack unprovoked, to cause injury or to
otherwise endanger the safety of human beings or
domestic animals; or
(c) any dog which bites, inflicts injury, assaults
or otherwise attacks a human being or domestic animal
without provocation on public or private property; or
(d) any dog owned or harbored primarily or in part
for the purpose of dog fighting or any dog trained for
dog fighting[.] or
(e) any dog which was the subject of a conviction
under this section or §18 -9 -204.5 C.R.S., or which was
adjudicated to be a vicious do under this section
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dangerous dog under §18 -9 -204.5 C.R.S.
No dog may be declared a vicious dog if the dog was
protecting or defending a human being within the immediate
vicinity of the dog from an unjustified attack or assault.
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This Ordinance shall become effective upon final passage.
INTRODUCED: July 13_ , 19 92
By JOYCE LAWRENCE
Councilperson
ATTEST: APPROVED:
C y Clerk Pre si nt of the City Council
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