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AN ORDINANCE TO AMEND ORDINANCE NO.1266, PROVIDING FOR PENALTIES AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES.
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WHEREAS, the population of domestic animals has increased substantially in the City of Jonesboro, and there is a need for increased control of vicious animals for the public’s safety:
IT IS ORDAINED by the City Council of the City of Jonesboro, Arkansas:
SECTION 1: Section 1, Subsection (E) is amended as follows:
A vicious animal as the term is used in this section means:
(A) Any animal with a demonstrated propensity, tendency, or disposition to attack, to cause injury, or to otherwise endanger the safety of Human Beings or domestic animals; or
(B) Any animal which attacks a Human Being or a domestic animal on two (2) or more occasions without provocation.
SECTION 2: Section 1, Subsection (C) is amended as follows:
A vicious animal is “unconfined” as the term is used in this section if such animal is not securely confined indoors or confined in a securely enclosed and locked pen, as described hereinafter, or structure upon the premises of the owner.
SECTION 3: Section 2 is amended as follows:
It shall hereafter be unlawful for any person to keep within the corporate limits of the City any vicious animal unless the side animal is securely confined indoors or confined within a pen upon the premises of the owner. The pen shall have secure sides and a secure top. If the pen has no bottom secured to the sides, the sides must be embedded in the ground no less than twelve (12) inches.
No person owning, harboring, or having the care of a vicious animal shall allow or permit such animal to go unconfined on the premises of such person. No person own, harboring, or having the care of a vicious animal shall allow or permit such animal to be loose unless it is securely leashed with a leash no longer than four (4) feet in length. No person shall permit a vicious animal to be kept on a chain, rope, or other type of leash outside its kennel o...
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