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(e) Evidence justifying designation. The court or environmental health officer shall have the authority to designate any animal as a dangerous animal upon receiving evidence of the following: (1) That such animal has, when unprovoked, bitten, attacked, or threatened the safety of a person or domestic animal as stated in subparagraph (c)(1). (2) That such animal has been declared potentially dangerous and such animal has then bitten, attacked, or threatened the safety of a person or domestic animal as stated in subparagraph (c)(1). (f) Authority to order destruction. The court or animal control officer, upon finding that an animal is dangerous hereunder, is authorized to order, as part of the disposition of the case, that the animal be destroyed based on a written order containing one (1) or more of the following findings of fact: (1) The animal is dangerous as demonstrated by a vicious attack, an unprovoked attack, an attack without warning or multiple attacks; or (2) The owner of the animal has demonstrated an inability or unwillingness to control the animal in order to prevent injury to persons or other animals. (g) Procedure. The court or animal control officer, after having determined that an animal is dangerous, may proceed in the following manner: (1) The animal control officer shall cause one (1) owner of the animal to be notified in writing or in person that the animal is dangerous and may order the animal seized or make such orders as deemed proper. This owner shall be notified as to dates, times, places and parties bitten, and shall be given fourteen (14) days to appeal this order by requesting a hearing before the animal control officer for a review of this determination. . a. If no appeal is filed, the orders issued will stand or the animal control officer may order the animal destroyed. b. If an owner requests a hearing for determination as to the dangerous nature of the animal, the hearing shall be held before the animal control officer, who shall set a date for hearing not more than three (3) weeks after demand for said hearing. The records of the animal control or city clerk's office shall be admissible for consideration by the animal control officer without further foundation. After considering all evidence pertaining to the temperament of the animal, the animal control officer shall make such order as he /she deems proper. The animal control officer may order that the animal control supervisor take the animal into custody for destruction, if such animal is not currently in custody. If the animal is ordered into 79