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1) Seizing and impounding the dog (with the owner being responsible for <br />costs and expenses of confining the dog); <br />2) Setting up a hearing with the Code Enforcement Housing Advisory <br />Appeals Board to determine whether the dog is potentially dangerous <br />or vicious; <br />3) Notifying the dog's owners of the hearing and allowing them to present <br />evidence as to why the dog should NOT be declared vicious <br />potentially dangerous or vicious; <br />4) Admitting into evidence all relevant reports, witnesses and documents; <br />and <br />5) Making a determination regarding the dog, even if the owners do not <br />appear at the hearing. <br />Owners must comply with the Board's order regarding the animal, or can appeal the <br />Board's decision to the San Bernardino County Superior Court. <br />The proposed ordinance also requires that the regulated dogs must be properly licensed <br />and vaccinated and their designation must be included in the dog's registration records. <br />The proposed ordinance also requires that vicious and potentially dangerous dogs must <br />be kept indoors or in securely fenced yards and restrained by a substantial leash, under <br />the control of a responsible adult, when off the owner's property. In addition, the proposed <br />ordinance authorizes the destruction of vicious dogs if the Board determines that releasing <br />the dog would create a significant threat to the public health, safety and welfare. Owners <br />who fail to comply with orders issued by the Board can be fined criminally up to $1,000 and <br />may be issued administrative citations as well. <br />ALTERNATIVES: <br />Adopt Ordinance amending Sections 7.08.100 and 7.08.150 of the Colton Municipal <br />Code and adding Chapter 7.10 of Title 7 of the Colton Municipal Code regarding <br />vicious dogs. <br />Take no action. <br />FINANCIAL IMPACT: <br />RVPUBWGS\629150 _2_ <br />