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• i <br /> determination, affirm, repeal, or modify the Chief's order. The <br /> Council shall also establish a date for compliance with the order <br /> as affirmed or modified, which date shall be not less than five (5) <br /> days thereafter. Upon expiration of the time limit, the dog <br /> catcher shall abate the nuisance. <br /> 6 -119 Insurance Required. Evidence of a surety bond issued <br /> by a surety company authorized to conduct business in this state <br /> in a form acceptable to the County in the sum of at least $50,000, <br /> payable to any person injured by the dangerous dog, or a policy of <br /> liability insurance issued by an insurance company authorized to <br /> conduct business in this state in the amount of at <br /> least $50,000, insuring the owner for any personal injuries <br /> inflicted by the dangerous dog must be filed with the City Clerk <br /> each year upon renewal of the dog license in the following <br /> instances: <br /> (1) Nuisance abatement. For a period of two (2) years after <br /> having been ordered to abate any nuisance pursuant to this Chapter. <br /> (2) Conviction of failure to restrain an attack by a dog, <br /> pursuant to City Code Section 6 -120 where the Court failed to order <br /> destruction of the dog. <br /> (3) Where the dog has been declared dangerous pursuant to <br /> this Chapter. <br /> 6 -120 Failure to Restrain an Attack by an Animal. It shall <br /> be unlawful for an owner to fail to restrain an animal from <br /> inflicting or attempting to inflict bodily injury to any person or <br /> other domestic animal. Violation of this section shall be a <br /> misdemeanor. The Court upon a finding of the defendant's guilt <br /> hereunder, is authorized to order, as part of the disposition of <br /> the case, that the animal be destroyed based on a written order <br /> containing one or more of the following findings of fact: <br /> (1) The animal is dangerous as defined in the City Code <br /> Section 6- 102(4) or <br /> (2) The owner of the animal has demonstrated an inability or <br /> unwillingness to control the animal in order to prevent unprovoked <br /> injury to persons or other domestic animals. <br /> If the Court does not order the destruction of the dog, the Court <br /> shall, as an alternative, order the defendant to provide, and show <br /> proof to the Court of insurance as set forth in the City Code <br /> Section 6 -119. <br /> 6 -121 Destruction of Dangerous Animals. The Chief of Police <br /> or his designate shall have the authority to order the destruction <br /> of dangerous dogs as defined by City Code Section 6- 102(4). <br /> 6 -122 Procedure. The Police Chief or his designate after <br /> having been advised of the existence of a dangerous dog as defined <br /> by City Code Section 6- 102(4) shall proceed as follows: <br /> (1) The Police Chief or his designate, shall notify the <br /> owner or keeper of the dog, by registered mail, that the dog <br /> 6 -100 -5 <br />