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.. ORDINANCE NO. 875 AN ORDINANCE AMENDING SECTION 6.12.020 CONCERNING "VICIOUS DOGS" CONTAINED IN THE LOUISVILLE MUNICIPAL CODE. WHEREAS, the City Council has determined that the current Section 6.12.020 "Vicious Dog" contained in the Louisville Municipal Code is outdated; and, WHEREAS, the City Council has determined that a need exists to update and expand the definition of "vicious dog" to include other animals and include specific defenses in the ordinance. NOW THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF LOUISVILLE, COLORADO, as follows: Section 1. Section 6.12.020 of the Louisville Municipal - Code is hereby repealed. Section 2. The following section is added to Chapter - 6.12, Title 6, of the Louisville Municipal Code: 6.12.020 Vicious Animals A. It shall be unlawful for any owner, possessor, or person who keeps any vicious animal to permit the same to be or run at large. It shall be the duty of the code enforcement officer and his assistants to take up and impound any such animal that is found running at large. B. For purposes of this section, a "vicious animal" is any animal that bites, claws, or attempts to bite or claw any person, or bites another animal, whether or not the attack is consummated or capable of being consummated. C. It is a specific defense to the charge of owning or keeping a vicious animal if: 1. The animal was acting in self defense or in defense of its young. 2 . The person attacked or bitten was engaging in con- duct reasonably calculated to provoke the animal to attack or bite. 3 . The person attacked or bitten was unlawfully engag- ing in entry into or upon a fenced or enclosed portion of the premises upon which the animal was lawfully kept or upon a por- tion of the premises where the animal was lawfully chained.