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ORDINANCE NO. 90 - <br />confiscated by an -officer -and disposed -of in humane manner <br />after written notice is provided-_o—the ownertha-"-uc�d__ <br />has been confiscated. <br />(f)-- If any_ vicious dog shall, ---------- _unprovoked, <br />kill or wound or assist in killing or wounding any domestic <br />ar+imal or_atxack, -ass-au wound bite_ or_otherwise injure <br />or kill a human being, the officeris_ empowered to _issue -a <br />citation or to impound the _dog-and_after written notice to <br />the owner and expiration of the 120_ hour waiting period to <br />dispose of such vicious dog in-ahumane manner_ <br />--------------------- <br />( ) No person shall be charged under this section <br />- ------------------------------------------- <br />unless_ the clog,. -prior --to theoffense_alleged_- shall have <br />been declared vicious pursuant _to the _provisions_ of -this <br />section. <br />— M (h) If the owner or keeper o�a clog_ which -has <br />been impounded under this section shall believe that there <br />has not been a violation of such sections hereof, - the -owner <br />or keeper may file apetition -for injunctive -relief-in_the <br />_ <br />Circuit -Court -o -f t-he-Nineteent-h _Jud_-i-c-t_a-1 Circuit __11- for <br />Indian River County,_ Florida,- that the impounded dog -------------- <br />not <br />destroyed_The petition must be-filed_within- the _five_(5) <br />-_ <br />days of owner's_ receipt -------- of impoundment of the -dog, <br />and ^_notice of the petition must be timely -served- upon. the <br />Animal -Control -Division.— The officer or the Division shall <br />Lave the right to declare _a_dog_to_be-vicious for -any action <br />of the dog -subsequent -to-.the date -of--the violation -in <br />question__ If the circuit_court shall -find -that there -has <br />been no violation of this chapter, _such -dog _shall- be <br />released—to—the—custody of -the owner -or keeper_ <br />-- (i) In the event that the owner or keeper of a <br />vicious dog is a minor, _the parent-------- or guardian_of_such _minor <br />---- <br />shall�e respoTTs-ible_for_c-ompl-i-ng_w�t-h_thhe_�-rav-is-ions_Of <br />CODING: Words inil�/V�fffiype-are-detemons-fror+r <br />existing law; words underlined are additions. <br />10 <br />SmeadSoft Reprint Date: Wednesday, August 14, 2013 - 15:50:09 - OfficialDocuments:655, Attachment Id 0, Page 10 <br />