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Docket 17-07: KCC Title 9 2017 | Page 3 of 17 19. "Person" means any individual or natural person at least 18 years of age, association, firm, partnership, corporation or other legal entity. 20. "Physical Injury" means impairment of physical condition or substantial pain which is directly caused by a dog’s behavior, and includes scratches, scrapes, cuts, punctures or other evidence of physical injury, but not to include dog bite or bites. 21. "Potentially Dangerous Dog" means: (a) Any dog that without provocation: (i) Bites or otherwise injures a human person or a domestic animal on either public or private property; or (ii) Chases or approaches a person upon the streets, sidewalks, or any public grounds in a menacing fashion or apparent attitude of aggression or attack; or (b) Any dog which reasonably should be known by its owner to be disposed: (i) To attack or chase or approach persons in a menacing fashion or apparent attitude of aggression or attack without provocation; or (ii) To cause injury, or otherwise threaten the safety of humans or domestic animals. 22. "Premises" means the area of land to which a person has legal or equitable rights of possession, use and control. 23. "Quarantine area" means any area defined by, but not limited to, a veterinarian, physician, public health official, or Animal Control Officer, where, for a specified period of time, a dog is to be kept separated from other animals or people. 24. "Secure enclosure" means secure confinement of a dangerous dog or a potentially dangerous dog on its owner's premises, either indoors or in a securely enclosed and locked pen or structure, suitable to prevent the entry of young children and designed to prevent the animal from escaping. Such pen or structure shall have secure sides, a secure top and a secure bottom, and shall also provide protection from the elements for the dog. 25. "Serious physical injury" means any physical injury which creates a substantial risk of death or causes permanent loss or protracted impairment of any bodily organ or function, or substantial disfigurement. 26. "Severe injury" means any physical injury that results in broken bones or disfiguring lacerations requiring multiple sutures or cosmetic surgery. 27. "Tag" means a pre-numbered metal or plastic identification license sold to an owner/custodian for a specific pet animal. Rabies identification or other identification may not be substituted or accepted in lieu of a license tag. 28. "Tattoo" means a pre-designated identification number inked into the inside of the ear, lip or flank of the dog. 6.01.030 Dog control zone established. Pursuant to RCW Chapter 16.10, the unincorporated territory of Kittitas County is hereby declared to a dog control zone subject to the regulations of this chapter.