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2/13/2006 applicant, applicant's address, the applicant's home and business phone numbers, the address and description of the proposed location of where the animal will be kept, if different from applicant's, a complete description and a photograph of the animal. The permit shall contain all of the requirements of Section 6.04.100 and any additional conditions or requirements deemed necessary by the Animal Control Officer of Peace Officer to protect the public health or safety. (f) Should the owner of the animal wish to contest the dangerous animal designation, the owner may request a hearing, to be conducted according to the procedures set forth in Section 6.04.095 of this Chapter. The owner shall submit a written request for a Dangerous Animal Hearing to the Animal Control Officer and/or Peace Officer within five (5) calendar days of written notification by the Animal Control Officer and/or Peace Officer that the animal has been declared dangerous. Should the owner not submit a request for a hearing within five (5) calendar days of notification, the hearing process shall be deemed waived by the owner, and the dangerous animal declaration will be considered final by the County Director of the Environmental Services Agency, or the Town. In that event, the County Director of the Environmental Services Agency or the Town may allow the dangerous animal permit to be issued without a hearing. Unless a dangerous animal permit is immediately obtained, the animal shall be impounded at the owner's expense pending appropriate disposition as determined by the Animal Control Officer and/or Peace Officer." SECTION 3. A new Section 6.04.085 is hereby added to Chapter 6.04 to read as follows: "6.04.085 Declaration of vicious animals. (a) No person shall keep, have, maintain, sell, trade or let for hire an animal which has been designated as vicious pursuant to this Chapter. (b) If an Animal Control Officer and/or Peace Officer has investigated and determined that an animal is vicious, the Animal Control Officer and/or Peace Officer shall deliver to the owner of the animal written notice of that determination. The Animal Control Officer and/or Peace Officer shall immediately impound or cause to be impounded the animal and shall cause the animal to be humanely destroyed unless the owner requests a hearing under subsection (c) of this section. (c) If the owner of the animal disputes the designation of an animal as a vicious animal by the Animal Control Officer and/or Peace Officer he may submit a written request for a hearing to the Animal Control Officer and/or Peace Officer within five (5) calendar days of notification. Such hearing shall be conducted according to the procedures set forth in Section 6.04.095 of this Chapter. Failure of the owner to request a hearing shall result in the animal being declared vicious and humanely destroyed. The vicious animal declaration will be considered final by the County Director of the Environmental Services Agency, or the City. Atty/Ord.248 final 022106 4 Ord 2292 (formerly muff# 305)