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> They are talking about increaseing the insurance to >300,000.00 instead of 100,000.00 > >If they are using Des >Moines, Iowa as an ordinance as >>an example here it is...only the want to include Rotts >>and Dobermans. This is only a portion of their >>ordinance. >> >> Vicious dog means: >> >> (1) Any dog which has attacked a human being or >>domestic animal one or more times, without >provocation; >> (2) Any dog with a history, tendency or >>disposition to attack, to cause injury or to otherwise >>endanger the safety of human beings or domestic >>animals; >> (3) Any dog that snaps, bites, or manifests a >>disposition to snap or bite; >> (4) Any dog that has been trained for dog >>fighting, animal fighting or animal baiting or is >>owned or kept for such purposes; >> (5) Any dog trained to attack human beings, upon >>command or spontaneously in response to human >>activities, except dogs owned by and under the control >>of the police department, a law enforcement agency of >>the state or of the United States or a branch of the >>armed forces of the United States; >> (6) Staffordshire terrier breed of dog; >> (7) The American pit bull terrier breed of dog; >> (8) The American Staffordshire terrier breed of >>dog; or >> (9) Any dog which has the appearance and >>characteristics of being predominately of the breeds >>of Staffordshire terrier, American pit bull terrier, >>American Staffordshire terrier. >> >> Sec. 18-42. License required. >> >> The owner of every dog six months old or over, except >>dogs owned by the operator of a state or federally >>licensed kennel and kept in that kennel, shall >>annually obtain a license as provided in this article. >> >> Sec. 18-43. License fee. >> >> (a) The annual license fee for each dog shall be >>$10.00 if such dog has been spayed or neutered and >>$25.00 if such dog is not spayed or neutered or if >>satisfactory evidence of spaying or neutering is not >>presented with the application for the license. An >>applicant claiming that such dog is spayed or neutered >>shall present as evidence a certificate from a >>qualified veterinarian which contains the name and >>address of the owner and the name, color, sex and >>breed of the dog. The proper fee shall be presented or >>sent with the application. No license shall be issued >>until the fee is paid in full. >> >> (b) A dog owner who is 65 years of age or older >>may, upon application for a dog license, be issued a >>license for one dog per household for a fee of $2.00. >>The fee for additional dogs shall be as provided in >>subsection (a) of this section. >> >> Sec. 18-44. License application; form. >> >> (a) The owner of a dog for which a license is >>required shall, on or before January 1 each year, >>apply to the city clerk or his or her designee for a >>license for each dog owned by him or her. >> >> (b) Such application for a license may be made >>after January 1 and at any time for a dog which has >>come into the possession or ownership of the applicant >>or which has reached the age of six months after >>January 1. >> >> (c) The owner of any dog defined as vicious >>under section 18-41 of this article shall comply with >>section 18-56 of this article at the time an >>application for license is made under this section. >> >> (d) Such application shall be in writing on >>blanks provided by the city clerk or his or her >>designee and shall state the breed, sex, age, color, >>markings, and name, if any, of the dog and the address >>and signature of the owner and shall be signed by the >>owner. Such application shall also state the date of >>the most recent rabies vaccination, the type of >>vaccine administered, and the date the dog shall be >>revaccinated. >> >> (e) An application to license a vicious dog must >>include, in addition to the information required in >>subsection (d) of this section, presentation by the >>applicant of a certificate of insurance issued by an >>insurance company licensed to do business in this >>state, providing personal liability insurance coverage >>as in a homeowner's policy, with a minimum liability >>amount of $100,000.00 for the injury or death of any >>person, for damage to property of others and for acts >>of negligence by the owner or his or her agents, in >>the keeping or owning of such vicious dog. The >>certificate shall require notice to the city, in >>conformity with general city standards for >>certificates of insurance, if the underlying policy of >>insurance is cancelled for any reason. In lieu of such >>a certificate, a copy of a current homeowner's policy >>designating these requirements shall be sufficient >>proof of insurance for purposes of this subsection. If >>a certificate of insurance or policy is not >>immediately available, a binder indicating the >>coverage may be accepted for up to 30 days subsequent >>to the determination that a dog is vicious; however, >>if after 30 days a certificate of insurance or a >>policy has not been submitted, the dog shall be deemed >>unlicensed and subject to sections 18-58 and 18-59, as >>applicable.

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