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result in a determination that the animal is vicious and subject to additional restraint requirements. The determination shall be made a matter of record in the central data system. B. Upon complaint, investigation, and finding by the Animal Control Authority that the animal has committed a second offense within eighteen (18) months of the first offense, said animal shall be determined to be a vicious animal. The Authority shall promptly make a record of such determination with the central file and shall again notify the owner in writing by certi- fied letter of this determination. C. Upon a third offense within the eighteen (18) month period, the owner shall be again notified and shall forthwith voluntarily forfeit the animal to the Animal Control Authority for disposition as it determines most humane and beneficial to the community. D. Every owner of an animal subject to proceedings under this section shall have the right to an evidentiary hearing on the alleged offense before the Code Enforcement Board. Notice of the right to this hearing shall be delivered to the owner as part of the written notice of the dangerous or vicious animal determination. The owner shall have seven (7) days from the date of receipt of the determination in which to request such hearing by delivering a written request to the Animal Control Authority. Any appeal taken shall stay application of this rection until final resolution of the matter by the Code Enforcement Board. E. This section shall not apply to animals trained for security or guard purposes, provided the incident involved occurred during the course and scope of such duty. Nor shall any incident be deemed an offense if it occurs within the real prop- erty limits of the owner, provided the property is conspicuously marked as to the presence of the dangerous or vicious animal. F. It shall be the lawful duty of every person who has observed an unprovoked attack or biting incident involving an animal subject to this section to report such information to the Animal Control Director. -12-