Ordinance 2782-04 - Laserfiche WebLink

A Section 2: Section 3 of Ordinance No. 2393-99 (EMC 6.08.015), which reads as follows: Potentially dangerous dog or dangerous dog outside enclosure. It is unlawful for an owner of a potentially dangerous dog or dangerous dog to permit the dog to be outside the proper enclosure unless the dog is muzzled and restrained by a substantial chain or leash and under physical restraint of a responsible person. The muzzle shall be made in a manner that will not cause injury to the dog or interfere with its vision or respiration but shall prevent it from biting any person or animal; provided, however, that a dog declared to be potentially dangerous due to attacking another animal only, and not a human, shall not be required to be muzzled when outside the proper enclosure; and provided, further, that a dog declared to be potentially dangerous under Section 6.08.010 (B)(3) of this chapter shall not be required to be muzzled when outside the proper enclosure. Be and the same is hereby amended to read as follows: Potentially dangerous dog or dangerous dog outside enclosure. A. It is unlawful for an owner of a potentially dangerous dog or dangerous dog to permit the dog to be outside the proper enclosure unless the dog is muzzled and restrained by a substantial chain or leash and under physical restraint of a responsible person. The muzzle shall be made in a manner that will not cause injury to the dog or interfere with its vision or respiration but shall prevent it from biting any person or animal. B. The muzzle requirement described in Subsection A of this section shall apply only to a dog declared to be potentially dangerous under Section 6.08.010(B)(1), or declared to be potentially dangerous under Section 6.08.010(B)(2) if there was any bite on a human or a bite on a domestic animal that resulted in severe injury. Section 3: Section 5 of Ordinance No. 2393-99 (EMC 6.08.020), which reads as follows: Dangerous dogs - Certificate of registration required- Prerequisites. A. It is unlawful for an owner to have a dangerous dog in the city of Everett without a certificate of registration issued under this section. This section shall not apply to police dogs. B. The Everett animal control may issue a certificate of registration to the owner of a dangerous dog upon payment of a one-hundred-dollar registration fee if the owner presents to the Everett animal control sufficient evidence of: 1. A proper enclosure to confine a dangerous dog and the posting of the premises with a clearly visible warning sign that there is a dangerous dog on the property. In addition, the Page 5