Burbank imposes no breed-specific restrictions. Its potentially-dangerous and vicious-animal rules are based on behavior, and California Food and Agricultural Code section 31683 prohibits any dog-control program from being breed-specific.
Burbank Municipal Code Article 16 (Potentially Dangerous and Vicious Animals) defines 'potentially dangerous' and 'vicious' animals solely by behavior - e.g., an unprovoked animal that bites or that, on two occasions in 36 months, requires defensive action - not by breed (BMC 5-1-1602). This conforms to California Food and Agricultural Code section 31683, which provides that 'no program regulating any dog shall be specific as to breed' (with a narrow exception in Health and Safety Code section 122331 allowing breed-specific spay/neuter or breeding programs only). Accordingly, no breed (including pit bulls) is banned or restricted in Burbank; any dog may be declared potentially dangerous or vicious only through the behavior-based hearing process in BMC 5-1-1603, after which the hearing officer may impose enclosure, microchip, licensing, and other requirements.
An animal adjudicated potentially dangerous or vicious must meet the hearing officer's conditions (licensing, rabies vaccination, secure enclosure conforming to Penal Code 597t, microchip, etc.) within 30-35 days; a vicious animal may be ordered destroyed if its release would significantly threaten public safety (BMC 5-1-1603).
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