Glasgow Nuisance Dog Owner's Right to Hearing ordinance (§ 205.070)

A. The owner shall have a right to a hearing before a board of three (3) members described below concerning the nuisance dog notice provided that a request is made for the hearing in writing to the City Clerk within ten (10) days of the day on which the notice was personally served on the owner or within thirteen (13) days of the day on which the notice was mailed by ordinary mail to the owner. In the event there is no request for a hearing, or a hearing is held and the decision of the board becomes final, the declaration of the dog as a nuisance shall be final.

1. A hearing board, consisting of the Mayor, the Chief of Police, or their delegates, and an appointed resident of the City, shall be convened within ten (10) working days after receipt of a bona fide written request.

2. Pending the outcome of such a hearing, the dog must be controlled in such a manner so as not to be an annoyance to any person.

3. The hearing board shall determine whether to declare the animal to be a nuisance dog based upon evidence and testimony presented at the time of the hearing by the owner, in addition to witnesses, Police or any other person possessing information pertinent to such determination.

4. The hearing board shall issue written findings within five (5) days after the hearing. The owner or possessor of the animal found to be a nuisance shall be required to maintain the animal as herein further provided in this Article.