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File #: 0006-24    Version: 1 Name: Vicious Dog Ordinance
Type: Ordinance Status: Approved
File created: 12/29/2023 In control: Urban County Council
On agenda: 1/23/2024 Final action: 1/23/2024
Enactment date: 1/23/2024 Enactment #: O-011-2024
Title: An Ordinance amending Section 4-14(a)(2) of the Code of Ordinances of the Lexington-Fayette Urban County Government to clarify the definition of vicious dog as including any dog that has bitten a human being or animal, excluding wildlife, without provocation. [Dept. of Public Safety, Armstrong]
Attachments: 1. Blue Sheet Memo 0006-24, 2. 0006-24 4866-1078-5946 v.1.pdf, 3. O-011-2024

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An Ordinance amending Section 4-14(a)(2) of the Code of Ordinances of the Lexington-Fayette Urban County Government to clarify the definition of vicious dog as including any dog that has bitten a human being or animal, excluding wildlife, without provocation. [Dept. of Public Safety, Armstrong]

Summary

Authorization to amend Section 4-14(A)(2) of the Code of Ordinances of the Lexington Fayette Urban County Government to clarify the definition of vicious dog as including any dog that has bitten a human being or animal, excluding wildlife, without provocation. (0006-24) (Armstrong)

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BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE LEXINGTON-FAYETTE URBAN COUNTY GOVERNMENT:

                     Section 1 - That Section 4-14(a)(2) of the Code of Ordinances of the Lexington-Fayette Urban County Government be and hereby is amended to read as follows:

Sec. 4-14. - Vicious dogs.

 

(a)                     A "vicious" dog is defined to include:

(1)                     Any dog owned or harbored primarily or in part for purposes of fighting, or any dog trained for fighting;

(2)                     Any dog that has bitten a human being or animal, excluding wildlife, without provocation; or

(3)                     Any dog declared by a court to be a vicious dog.

 

                     Section 2 - That this Ordinance shall become effective on the date of its passage.

                     PASSED URBAN COUNTY COUNCIL:

 

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                                                                                                                              MAYOR

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CLERK OF URBAN COUNTY COUNCIL

PUBLISHED:

0006-24:GET:4866-1078-5946, v. 1