(1) Any person or entity which violates the provisions of sections:

9.10.010 Dogs – Licenses Required;

9.10.012 Miniature Pigs – Licenses required;

9.10.035 Lifetime Licenses and Rabies Vaccinations;

9.20.010 Animal Control – Generally;

9.20.020 Animals not permitted in city parks or cemeteries – Exception;

9.20.030 Dog and Miniature Pig Control – Specifically – Leash required – Exception;

9.20.110 Animal Sanitation in Public Places;

9.30.010 Rabies control – Vaccinations required;

9.30.020 Rabies control – Quarantine of animals;

9.30.030 Rabies control – Killing of animals suspected of rabies prohibited;

of this Title shall be deemed to have committed Class 3 civil infraction as classified in PCC 1.02.020. The amount of the penalty shall be $100.00 as classified in PCC 1.02.020.

For a second infraction of the same provision occurring within a twelve-month period, the amount of the penalty shall increase to $150.00 for a Class 2.5 infraction as classified in PCC 1.02.020.

For a third and all subsequent infractions of the same provision within a twelve-month period. The amount of the penalty shall increase to $200.00 for a Class 2 infraction as classified in PCC 1.02.020.

(2) Any person or entity which violates the provisions of sections:

9.20.060(3) Attempting to bite pedestrians; or

9.20.130 Other acts prohibited;

of this Title shall be deemed to have committed a Class 2.5 civil infraction as classified in PCC 1.02.020. The amount of the penalty shall be $150.00 as classified in PCC 1.02.020.

(3) Any keeper having a dog or a miniature pig which violates the provisions of subsections:

9.20.060(1) Biting pedestrians; or

9.20.060(2) Biting persons other than pedestrians;

of this Title shall be deemed to have committed a Class 2 civil infraction as classified in PCC 1.02.020. The amount of the penalty shall be $250.00 as classified in PCC 1.02.020. For subsequent offenses, mandatory appearance before the Whitman County District Court is required to determine in addition to the violation whether the dog should be destroyed. Any dog that bites a person shall be immediately confiscated, impounded, and quarantined for the time necessary to determine if it has any condition that is a threat to the person bitten, pursuant to PCC 9.30.020. In the event the dog bites for a second time, it shall thereafter be destroyed in an expeditious and humane manner. All costs of impoundment and destruction, if applicable, shall be paid by the keeper.

(4) Any person or entity which violates the provisions of sections:

9.20.050 Dangerous animals – Defined – Regulated;

9.20.137 Dangerous Dog Certificate – Requirements – Violation;

of this Title shall be deemed to have committed a Class 2 civil infraction as classified in PCC 1.02.020. The amount of the penalty shall be $250.00 as classified in PCC 1.02.020. For subsequent offenses, mandatory appearance before the Whitman County District Court is required to determine in addition to the violation whether the animal should be destroyed. Any animal that is a dangerous animal in violation of PCC 9.20.050 shall be immediately confiscated, impounded, and quarantined for the time necessary to determine if it has any condition that is a threat to the person attacked, pursuant to PCC 9.30.020. In the event of a second occurrence, the animal shall thereafter be destroyed in an expeditious and humane manner. All costs of impoundment or destruction, if applicable, shall be paid by the keeper.

(5) Any person or entity which violates the provisions of section:

9.20.040 Animal disturbance noises;

of this Title shall be deemed to have committed a Class 3 civil infraction as classified in PCC 1.02.020. The amount of the penalty shall be $100.00 as classified in PCC 1.02.020. (Ord. 23-19 §1, 2023; Ord. 14-13 §2, 2014; Ord. 13-19 §1, 2013; Ord. 99-41 §1, 1999; Ord. 90-20 §1, 1990; Ord. 87-4 §3, 1987).