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(6) No person shall harbor an animal after it has been found to be dangerous and ordered into custody for destruction. (7) The animal owner shall bear all of the costs of these proceedings, board and care for an animal taken into custody, and other related expenses incurred by the City. (E) Exemptions to Animal Designation. Animals may not be declared potentially dangerous or dangerous if the threat, injury, or damage was sustained by a person: (1) Who was committing, at the time, a willful trespass or other tort upon the premises occupied by the owner of the animal; (2) Who was provoking, tormenting, abusing, or assaulting the animal or who can be shown to have repeatedly, in the past, provoked, tormented, abused, or assaulted the animal; or (3) Who was committing or attempting to commit a crime. (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 ownerÓs 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 ownerÓs 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 ownerÓs 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 81΋tğŭĻ