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3 premises occupied by the Owner of the animal; (2) Who was provoking, tormenting, abusing, or assaulting the animal or who can be shown to have repeatedly, in the past, provoked, tormented, abused, or assaulted the animal; or (3) Who was committing or attempting to commit a crime. (G) Registration Fee. The annual fee to obtain a certificate of registration for a dangerous dog or potentially dangerous dog shall be per fee schedule. (H) Potentially Dangerous Dogs (1) If a dog determined to meet the definition, per M.S. § 347.50, of a potentially dangerous dog repeats, at any point following the determination, any of the criteria established to make the determination, the dog shall be considered a dangerous dog. (2) Potentially Dangerous Dog designation review - Beginning six months after an animal is declared potentially dangerous; an Owner may request annually that the animal control authority review the designation. The Owner must provide evidence that the animal's behavior has changed due to the animal's age, neutering, environment, completion of obedience training that includes modification of aggressive behavior, or other factors. If the animal control authority finds sufficient evidence that the animal's behavior has changed, the authority may rescind the potentially dangerous dog designation. Section 2. Section §91.40 is hereby amended to read as follows: 91.40 APPEALS. (A) Any owner who feels aggrieved by a dangerous dog notice or order of the Chief of Police, or the Chief’s designee may request a hearing before the City Council, which serves as the city’s Hearing Officer, by filing an appeal in writing with the Chief of Police within 14 days after receipt of the notice or order. Upon the filing of such appeal, no further action shall be taken by the city until the matter has been decided by the City Council and all appeals or appeal opportunities have been exhausted. The owner may appear with or without legal counsel and present evidence in opposition to the notice or order. Following the appeals hearing, the City Council shall make a determination of facts and shall, based upon such determination, affirm, repeal, or modify the Police Chief’s notice or order. The City Council shall also establish a date for compliance with the order as affirmed or modified, which date shall be not less than ten (10) days thereafter, in compliance with M.S. § 347.541. Section 3. The City Clerk is hereby directed to make the changes required by this Ordinance as part of the Official St. Anthony City Code, and to renumber the tables and chapters accordingly as necessary to provide the intended effect of this Ordinance. The City Clerk is further directed to make necessary corrections to any internal citations that result from said renumbering process, provided that such changes retain the purpose and intent of the Ordinance as has been adopted. Section 4.This Ordinance shall take effect and be in full force from and after its passage and publication. This ordinance may be published by summary publication, per a duly adopted resolution of the City Council. The ordinance in its entirety shall be 42