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3. The records of the animal control or the City Clerk's office shall be admissible for ' — consideration by the animal-central-hearing officer without further foundation. 4. After considering all evidence . - • _ - - - •• - • , the City Council hearing officer shall make an order it deem° prepe :ejecting, upholding or amending the determination. The order must be issued within 10 days of the hearing and shall be delivered to the owner in person or by registered mail. If the declaration that the animal is dangerous is upheld by the hearing officer, the actual expense of the hearing, including attorney's fees, up to a maximum of $1,000 will be the responsibility of the animal's owner.—The City Council may order that the animal control officer tak - • - - destruction, if the animal is not currently in custody. If the animal is ordered into custody for destruction, the owner shall immediately make the animal available to the animal control officer. 3. No person shall harbor an animal after it has been found to be dangerous and ordered into custody for destruction. (6)(4) Authority to order destruction. The animal control officer, upon finding that an animal is dangerous hereunder, is authorized to order, as part of the disposition of the case, that the animal be destroyed based on a written order containing one or more of the following findings of fact: (a) The animal is dangerous as demonstrated by a vicious attack, an unprovoked attack, an attack without warning or multiple attacks; or (b) The owner of the animal has demonstrated an inability or unwillingness to control the animal in order to prevent injury to persons or other animals. If the animal control officer orders destruction, the officer shall order that the animal be taken into custody for destruction if the animal is not currently in custody. If the animal is ordered into custody for destruction, the owner shall immediately make the animal available and failure to do so shall be a misdemeanor. (85) Stopping an attack If any police officer or animal control officer is witness to an attack by an animal upon a person or another animal, the officer may take whatever means the officer deems appropriate to bring the attack to an end and prevent further injury to the victim. $ 503.18 APPEAL PROCESS. An order by a hearing officer may be appealed by writ of certiorari to the Court of Appeals. & 503.19 NOTIFICATION OF NEW ADDRESS. Forma Forma Custon width,