7.20.095 Removal, reduction or modification of classification.
A. An owner of a classified animal, including an animal classified under a repealed classification scheme, may apply to the chief animal care and regulation officer, in writing, to have the classification reduced, modified, or removed in accordance with this section upon payment of outstanding fees, including a review fee of $35.00, and showing that:
1. A Level 1 or Level 2 animal has been classified for one year without any further incident, including any violation of this title; or
2. A Level 3 or Level 4 animal has been classified for two years, or a minimum of 18 months if recommended by the hearing officer after a hearing on the classification, without any further incident, including any violation of this title;
a. The owner has attended and presents evidence of the owner’s and animal’s satisfactory completion of an obedience training course;
b. Notwithstanding the two-year time provision of subsection (A)(2) of this section, the chief animal care and regulation officer must review the classification of an animal upon an application presented after 18 months if advised to do so by the hearing officer. The advisement by the hearing officer must be in writing made after a hearing on the classification and must specify the facts and circumstances which support the advisement.
B. Restrictions for Level 3 and Level 4 animals may not be reduced, modified, or removed by the chief animal and care regulation officer, except the requirement for the use of a secure enclosure.
C. Requests for termination, modification, or reduction of a classification may be submitted to the chief animal care and regulation officer upon proof of compliance with requirements which were set by the chief animal care and regulation officer, hearing officer, or this title, but no more than once each year. All requests for reclassification shall be accompanied by a review fee of $35.00. (Ord. 09-69(AM) § 6, 2009)