Kent County's Animal Control Ordinance is breed-neutral; it targets a dog's behavior, not its breed. Michigan has no statewide breed ban either. Any breed-specific rule would come from an individual city or township.
The Kent County Animal Control Ordinance regulates dangerous behavior -- menacing, attacking, or biting -- rather than any particular breed. Section 11(c) prohibits an owner from allowing a dog to menace, attack, or bite a person or animal, defining 'menace' to include charging, snapping, growling, or other predatory mannerisms. Michigan's dangerous-animal statute (MCL 287.321) likewise defines a dangerous animal by conduct, not breed. There is no pit bull or other breed ban at the county or state level. If a specific breed is restricted where you live, that rule comes from your city or village ordinance, not Kent County.
Behavior-based violations are municipal civil infractions ($100 first, $200 repeat within five years). Dangerous-animal cases may be prosecuted under state law with far higher penalties.
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