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PROPOSED ORDINANCE
BOARD OF SUPERVISORS OF RAPPAHANNOCK COUNTY, VIRGINIA PROPOSED ORDINANCE TO REGULATE AND CONTROL THE RUNNING AT LARGE OF VICIOUS OR DESTRUCTIVE DOGS PURSUANT TO TITLE 29, CHAPTER 9, OF THE 1950 CODE OF VIRGINIA, AS AMENDED, FOR ADOPTION AT ITS MEETING ON JUNE 7, 1973, COMMENCING AT 10:00 A.M.
BE IT ORDAINED by the Board of Supervisors of Rappahannock County that:
SECTION 1. It shall be unlawful for any person to keep within the County any dog which is known by such person to be vicious or which has evidenced a disposition to attack human beings without provocation; provided, that such dog may be kept where adequate provisions to protect persons from such dog have been made. An actual attack by such dog upon any person conducting himself in a lawful manner at the time of such attack, whether such attack occurs on or off the property of the owner or custodian of such dog, shall be deemed prima facie evidence that there was not such adequate provisions made, in any prosecution under this section.
SECTION 2. Conviction of a violation of the section shall be deemed a misdemeanor offense, and shall be punishable as provided by Title 18.1, Chapter 1, Article 2 of the 1950 Code of Virginia, as amended.
SECTION 3. In the event any person is charged with a violation of the foregoing Section 1, the dog allegedly kept in violation thereof may be impounded by the dog warden until such time as the owner or custodian thereof shall provide evidence of the adequate provisions made to protect other persons from such dog, which provisions may include, but not be limited to securing of such dog on the premises of the owner or custodian, with defined limitation of access, or muzzling, or both; any dog released under such Conditions shall be kept under such securing provisions, and any person failing to so keep such dog shall be deemed guilty of a separate violation of the foregoing Section 1. The owner or custodian redeeming such dog from impoundment as provided above shall also pay the cost of impoundment, but not exceeding Ten Dollars and furnish the dog license as provided by local ordinance. Any dog not redeemed within 10 days of disposition of the original charge by the Court shall be dealt with by the dog warden in the same manner as provided for the disposition of unlicensed dogs.
SECTION 4. An emergency exists and this ordinance . is in force from its passage.
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