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(1) Any owner of a dog which has been declared potentially dangerous or dangerous by the animal control agency pursuant to SCC 9.10.020 or confiscated under SCC 9.10.090 may appeal the declaration or confiscation to the Snohomish county hearing examiner pursuant to the provisions of SCC 2.02.125.

(2) The enforcement stay contained in SCC 2.02.125(3) shall not apply to the declaration that a dog is potentially dangerous or dangerous, except that no dog declared potentially dangerous or dangerous shall be destroyed as provided by this chapter during the pendency of an appeal as provided herein.

(3) At the hearing, the animal control agency shall have the burden of proving by a preponderance of the evidence that the dog declared dangerous or potentially dangerous falls within the definition of SCC 9.01.030 (10) and (15) or that the dog was in violation of SCC 9.10.090 when confiscated.

(4) The decision of the hearing examiner shall be final and conclusive with an optional right of reconsideration as provided in SCC 2.02.167 and may then be reviewable by an action for writ of review filed in Snohomish County superior court as provided in chapter 2.02 SCC. (Added by Ord. 95-098 § 2, Dec. 20, 1995; Amended by Amended Ord. 06-134, Feb. 28, 2007, Eff date Mar. 16, 2007; Amended by Ord. 10-069, Sept. 8, 2010, Eff date Sept. 19, 2010).