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F. Rental Property - Disclosure Required. A person who owns a potentially dangerous animal or a dangerous animal, and will reside in rental property must disclose whether such an animal will be kept on the premises for any period of time. The animal owner must notify the rental property owner that a designated animal will be kept on the premises and shall also disclose all conditions imposed by the City related to that designation. This disclosure must occur immediately upon an animal designation imposed by the City, or before the animal owner enters into a lease or begins residing at such a premises. Proof of this disclosure must occur before the owner's animal registration with the City will be granted or renewed. G. Stopping an Attack. If any police officer or Animal Control Officer is witness to an attack by an animal upon a person or another animal, the officer may take whatever means the officer deems appropriate to bring the attack to an end and prevent further injury to a victim. H. Notification of New Address. The owner of an animal which has been identified as dangerous or potentially dangerous shall notify the Animal Control Officer in writing if the animal dies or is to be relocated from its current address or given or sold to another person. The notification shall be given in writing within 30 days of the death or at least 14 days prior to the relocation or transfer of ownership. The notification shall include the current owner's name and address, the relocation address and the name of the new owner, if any. I. Animals Transported Into The City. No person shall bring into the City an animal which has previously been declared by another jurisdiction to be dangerous. No person shall bring into the City an animal which has previously been declared by another jurisdiction to be potentially dangerous, without first securing a permit from the City to register the animal. The City may seize and destroy, at the owner's expense, any animal brought into the City in violation of this provision. J. Attack By An Animal. It shall be deemed an unlawful act by any animal owner in the event their animal inflicts or attempts to inflict bodily injury upon any person or other animal. The owner is held strictly liable for the actions of its animal whether or not the owner is present. This section shall not apply to an attack by a dog under the control of an on -duty law enforcement officer or to an attack upon an uninvited intruder who has entered the owner's home. K. Dangerous Animal or Potentially Dangerous Animal, Designation Review. In accordance with State law, beginning six (6) months after an animal is declared a potentially dangerous animal or dangerous animal; an owner may annually request that the animal control authority review the designation. The owner must provide evidence that the animal's behavior has changed due to the animal's age, neutering, environment, completion of obedience training that includes modification of aggressive behavior, or other factors. If the animal control authority finds sufficient evidence that the animal's behavior has changed, the authority may rescind designation or modify the conditions of an order imposing conditions related to a designation. The request shall be considered in the same manner as an appeal from designation of the Animal Control Officer. 90.11 SUMMARY DESTRUCTION. Whenever an Animal Control Officer or police officer determines that any animal presents an immediate threat to the safety of any person, after making reasonable attempt to impound the animal, the officer is hereby authorized to destroy the animal in the interests of public safety. 90.12 -90.19 RESERVED 90.20 Civil Actions. In addition to the other remedies and penalties provided in this chapter, city officials, after approval of the city council, are authorized to file appropriate civil actions for a temporary restraining order, temporary injunction or permanent injunction against any person violating this section. These civil remedies and Page 9 of 11