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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 o_ra_ 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. 11 L'l T AT 7 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 TJ 61.2 -2-