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. . • X .' X w:r; SCR:amt ~s 03/30/88 ' ` ~' ~i ~i,a 4{ ~..°i'~'~'~i i.~t ii~'~+~~i~~ Animal • rol Advisory Board 10-28-87 San Antonio Metropolitan Health District Board 1/19/88 Public Hearing City Council AN ORDINANCE V 6 $ ~ 8 AMENDING CHAPTER 5 OF THE CITY CODE OF THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO BY ADDING SEC. 5-146 THROUGH SEC. 5-153 ENTITLED "VICIOUS DOGS", PROVIDING DEFINITIONS, PROVIDING FOR THE DECLARATION OF A D0~ AS VICIOUS, AND THE NOTIFICATION OF DECLARATION OF A VICIOUS DOG, PROVIDING FOR A DETERMINATION HEARING AND APPEAL, PROVIDING FOR A DEFENSE TO THE DECLARATION OF VICIOUS DOGS, PROVIDING REQUIREMENTS FOR OWNERS OF VICIOUS DOGS, PROVIDING FOR NOTIFICATION BY OWNER OF CHANGE OF STATUS OF VICIOUS DOG, PROVIDING A SEVERABILITY CLAUSE, PROVIDING FOR PUBLICA- TION IN THE OFFICIAL NEWSPAPER, PROVIDING A CRIMINAL PENALTY, AND PROVIDING FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE. WHEREAS, vicious dogs have become a serious and widespread threat to the safety and welfare of the citizens of the City; and WHEREAS, in recent years vicious dogs have assaulted without provocation and have seriously injured numerous individuals, particularly children, and have killed numerous cats and dogs; and WHEREAS, many of these attacks have occurred in public places; and WHEREAS, the number and severity of these attacks are attributable to the failure of owners to register, confine and properly control vicious dogs; and WHEREAS, the necessity for strict regulation and control of vicious dogs is an immediate problem, and existing laws are inadequate to deal with the threat to public health and safety posed by vicious dogs and irresponsible dog owners; and WHEREAS, it is further declared that the owning, keeping or harboring of a vicious dog is now governed by this ordinance; and