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ORDINANCE NO. 90 - <br />confiscated by an officer and disposed_of_in_a humane manner <br />after written notice is rovided to the owner that such dog <br />—__--L------------------------------ <br />has been confiscated. <br />(f)if anY vicious dog_shall,__when _unprovoked_ <br />kill or -wound -or assist in ktllinq or toundLlnq_22Y domestic <br />animal or attack_ assault_ wound__ bite or otherwise_injure <br />or kill a human bean , theofficer is 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_a humane manner. <br />(g- No person shall be charged under this section <br />unless the dog_ prior to the offense alleged_ shall have <br />been declared vicious pursuant to ------ the provisionsof this <br />section_ <br />(h) If the owner or keeper of a do_q_ 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 kc3per mry file a petition -for injunctive relief in the <br />Circuit Court of the Nineteenth Judicial Circuit in and -for <br />Indian River County, Florida_ that the _impounded dog_not be <br />destroyed.The petition must be_filed -within the five (5) <br />days of owner's receipt -of -notice -of impoundment of the dog, <br />and notice of the petition_ must be_ttmelv_served upon the <br />Animal Control Division. The officer or the Division shall <br />have the right to_deciare a dog_to be vicious for any action <br />of the_doq_subseguent 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 _doh 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 dgq_is_a_minor, the parent_or guardtan_of such minor <br />shall <br />------b--e --r-e-sponsible for complyinqwiththepii-of <br />___ s--- <br />CODING: <br />Words in $ttURI ifh6001A type are deletions from <br />existing law; words underlined are additions. <br />10 <br />