8.02.050 PUBLIC PROTECTION FROM DOGS (County Code § 6.04.050).

(a) No Owner or possessor of a dog shall cause or allow such dog to bite, or physically threaten or harass any Person unless necessary to protect the physical safety of a Person.

(b) Every Owner or possessor of a dog shall prevent such dog from causing injury to another animal while such animal is lawfully upon public or private property. The failure of the Owner of a victim animal to have the animal on a leash shall not, in itself, constitute a mitigating factor in any attack.

(c) No Owner or possessor of a dog shall command or provoke such dog to attack, sic or threaten a Person unless such action is necessary to protect the physical safety of a Person.

(d) No Owner or possessor of a dog that resides in another county and is found to have violated this section shall thereafter allow such dog to be brought into the County unless the dog is fully enclosed in a vehicle and passing through to another location without stopping at any public or private premises within the County.