§ 10-113. Vicious dogs; definitions.

A vicious dog definition as used for purposes of this chapter shall mean the following:

(1)

Any dog that, when unprovoked, inflicts bites on or attacks a human being or another animal either on public or private property, or in a vicious or terrorizing manner, approaches any person in an apparent attitude of attack upon the streets, sidewalks, or public grounds or places of this town; or

(2)

Any dog with a known propensity, tendency, or disposition to attack unprovoked, to cause injury or to otherwise endanger the safety of human beings or domestic animals; or

(3)

Any dog which attacks a human being or domestic animal without provocation; or

(4)

Any dog owned or harbored primarily or in part for the purpose of dogfighting or any dog trained for dogfighting; or

(5)

Any pit bull terrier dog which, for purposes of this chapter, shall be defined as the American Pit Bull Terrier, the American Staffordshire Terrier, the Staffordshire Bull Terrier, the Bull Terrier, or any other dog of mixed breed which contains as an element of its breeding any of the aforementioned breeds of dogs and which is, due to its size, color or conformity, identifiable by a veterinarian licensed to practice veterinary medicine by the state being partially of any of the aforementioned breeds of dog.

(Ord. No. 1/01, § II, 1-8-01)