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LAR 2/21/17 <br />ORDINANCE NO, NS-XXX <br />AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE, <br />CITY OF SANTA ANA AMENDING SANTA ANA <br />MUNICIPAL CODE SECTION 5-72.1, DEFINTIONS <br />REGARDfNG POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS AND <br />VICIOUS DOO <br />THE CITY CO3UNQIL OF THE CITY OF SANTA ANA DOES ORDAIN AS <br />FOLLOWS: <br />Section 1, The City Council of the City of Santa Ana hereby finds, <br />determine$ and declares as follows: <br />A. On July 25, 2010, 1 the California Legislature amended section: <br />31003 of the Food and Agriculture Code to remove dogs seized. <br />pursuant to specified animal cruelty laws- from the definition of a <br />vicious dog. The amendment became, effective January 1, 2Q17. <br />B. Santa Ana Municipal Code section 6-72.1 includes the same <br />definition of vicious dog that waa contained In California Food and <br />Agriculture section 31603, As of January 1, 2047, , such <br />provisions are no longer consistent with state law, <br />C. The City Council of the City of Santa A-he wants to amend Santa <br />Ana Municipal Code section 572,11 to be consistantw,,ith state law, <br />Section Z Chapter 5, Article 11, Section 5-712.1 is hereby amended to read <br />as follows (old language is stricken):' <br />Sec. 6-72.1 -Definitions <br />(a) Potentially danger,ous dog means any of the following., <br />(1 ") Any dog which, when unprovoked, after two (2) separate <br />documented bites withlry the prior 36-month period, engages In any <br />behavior that requires, a defensive action by any person to prevent <br />bodily Injury whether the person and the dog are on or off the <br />property of the owner or custodian of the dog. <br />(2) Any dog which, when unprovoked, bites -,a parson causing any <br />Injury less severe than a ",severe injury.," Severe injury means any <br />physical injury to a human being that results in muscle tears or <br />11 A -3 <br />