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AMENDED ORDINANCE NO 54-1987
AN ORDINANCE RELATING TO CONTROL OF DANGEROUS/ MCIOUS DOGS
BE IT ORDAINED by the Common Council of the City of Richmond as follows:
DEFINITION OF DANGERO NI IO DOG-
1 . Any dog which because of its individual temperament or because of its breed has a
known propensity, tendency or disposition to cause injury or to otherwise endanger
the safety of human beings or domestic animals; or
2. Any dog which according to the records of the appropriate authority, has inflicted
severe injury on a human being without provocation on public or private property;
or
3. Any dog which, according to the records of the appropriate authority has killed a
domestic animal without provocation; or
4. Any dog owned or harbored primarily or in part for the purpose of dog fighting or
any dog trained for dog fighting; or
5. Any dog not owned by a governmental or law enforcement unit used primarily to guard
public or private property.
DETERMINATION OF A DANGERO cntl IO DOG -
Upon a sworn complaint signed by one or more residents of the Community made under
oath it will be the responsibility of the Richmond Police Department to investigate the
complaint to determine if in fact the animal is dangerous or vicious. A dog may be
determined a dangerous or vicious in the following manner:
1. Upon a sworn complaint signed by a police officer or one or more residents of the
community, made under oath, and it will be the responsibility of the Richmond Police
Department to investigate the complaint to determine, if in fact, the animal is dangerous
or vicious.
2. For a Police Officer to believe that a dog is dangerous or vicious, the Police Officer
shall complete a notice of dangerous or vicious dog and shall deliver or mail a copy of the
notice to the owner of the dog, along with a copy of the ordinance setting forth the
requirement for the owner to comply with in order to keep the dog. In the event the
owner of the dog wishes to appeal the determination that the dog is dangerous or vicious,
the owner shall within fifteen (15) days after date of notice of a dangerous or vicious dog
is given, file his appeal with the Board of Public Works and Safety, which shall then
consider at a hearing whether the dog is indeed dangerous or vicious.
LEA
No person owning, harboring or having the care of a dangerous or vicious dog may suffer
or permit such dog to go outside its kennel or pen unless the dog is securely leashed with
a leash no longer than four (4) feet in length. No person may permit a vicious dog to be
kept on a chain, rope or other type of leash outside its kennel or pen unless a person is
in physical control of the leash. The dog may not be leashed to inanimate objects such as
trees, posts and buildings. A dangerous or vicious dog on a leash outside the dog's kennel
shall be muzzled by a muzzling device sufficient to prevent the dog from biting persons
or other animals. A dangerous or vicious dog shall not be required to be muzzled when
shown either in a sanctioned American Kennel Club Show or upon prior approval of the
Health Department.
PROHIBITED IN MULTIPLE DWELLINGS:
No dangerous or vicious dog may be kept within any portion of any multiple dwelling.
PRESENTED by me to the Mayor of the City of Richmond, Indiana ,this �� day of
i PiA oti �ce•� 1987.
City Cle
APPROVED by me, Frank H. Waltermann, Mayor of the City of Richmond, Indiana, this L`Y
day of L���� rt 0r1.,<_ 1987.
Mayor
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