Section 7.10.040 Exceptions.

1. Pit bulls currently and continuously registered, licensed, confined and cared for pursuant to Section 7.10.020 of this Chapter shall be exempt from Section 7.10.030. Failure to register or license a pit bull pursuant to 7.10.020(1) immediately removes this exemption from the pit bull. Failure to confine and care for the pit bull pursuant to 7.10.020(2) shall result in a written warning. Failure to confine and care for a pit bull after a warning has been previously issued for the pit bull shall immediately remove the exemption from the pit bull.

2. Offspring of registered pit bulls shall be exempt from Section 7.10.030 for the first six months of life. Within ten days of their birth, owners of offspring of registered pit bulls shall send a certified letter to the poundmaster announcing their birth. Failure to properly notify the poundmaster shall remove the exemption from the offspring.

4. Pit bulls temporarily transported and held in the City for the purpose of showing the pit bull in a place of public exhibition, contest or show sponsored by a dog club association or similar organization shall be exempt from Section 7.10.030. Pit bulls may not be temporarily transported or held in the City for the above referenced purpose for more than thirty days.

5. Pit bulls held in the City’s animal shelter, transported by City personnel or transported by persons contracted by the City for animal control services shall be exempt from Section 7.10.030. (Ord. 2009-0051; 2008-0763)