WHITE OAK — The White Oak City Council on Tuesday tabled an ordinance allowing golf carts to be driven in the city and voted to remove a vicious dog from the town.

Council members will vote in August whether to let licensed drivers operate modified golf carts on neighborhood streets. They voted to table the ordinance during their regular meeting Tuesday because the proposed ordinance lacked specification that golf carts can be driven only in neighborhoods and that they must have certain equipment: headlights, brake lights, parking brakes, reflectors, mirrors and license plates. Golf cart license plates can be obtained from the county tax assessor-collector’s office.

Golf carts wouldn’t be permitted on highways or roads with speed limits above 35 mph, including White Oak Road. The ordinance comes in response to a large number of children who have been driving golf carts in the city.

The council also approved an ordinance requiring companies installing fiber-optic internet equipment within the city limits to obtain permits before they begin their work.

This year, several internet service providers have sent crews to White Oak to install fiber-optic internet cables in city rights-of-way, and city water lines and other internet providers’ lines have been damaged. Companies would have to pay a deposit to obtain their permits, and the city would keep the deposit if the company damages White Oak property.

The council also voted unanimously to remove from the city limits a large dog deemed to be a vicious animal. The dog, a white female named Koda, was owned by Amber Cannon. The dog is a Dogo Argentino, a breed that specializes in hunting large game animals.

On June 13, the dog bit a 13-year-old girl living next door. A video from a home security system shows the girl was walking to her family’s mailbox to retrieve mail, and she was making funny noises to call her own dog. Koda became aggressive and ran through an open gate, biting the girl in her family’s driveway. The girl screamed and ran into her home. Her skin was punctured in four places, and she received medical treatment.

Police Chief Brannon Robertson made the determination that the dog is a vicious animal and needed to be removed from the city limits, though he did not require it to be euthanized. Cannon appealed his ruling, so Mayor Kyle Kutch and Robertson conducted a hearing with Cannon in accordance with city ordinance.

Kutch said he agreed the dog “didn’t need to be in White Oak.” Cannon appealed that decision, so the matter went to the City Council for consideration.

Cannon spoke to council members Tuesday night, saying her dog had been harassed by children and hit with objects.

“My dog is not aggressive,” she said.

Cannon said she told parents and children to stop hitting her dog with objects, but it did not stop. Cannon said her dog is a “sweetheart” that had never bitten anyone before and was often around children.

“If I, in my mind, would ever think she was vicious, I would not have her,” Cannon said.

The parents of the child who was bitten, Rena and Trent Cunningham, disagreed.

“I don’t want kids in White Oak in my neighborhood to be in fear of this dog if it attacks somebody else,” Trent Cunningham said. “It could tear their face or tear their neck.”

“What if the dog bites her again? What if it bites somebody else?” Rena Cunningham asked.

Robertson said the dog attacked the child without being provoked.

“[Amber Cannon] told us during the hearing that this dog has never been out of her control outside of the yard at any point — that this was the first time,” Robertson said. “The first time that dog got out of the fence, away from its owners, away from their control — the first thing it did was bite a child, the first child it saw. That’s my concern.

“This dog could have killed the child if it wanted to.”

Council members and Robertson stepped into a nearby room to watch a security camera video of the dog attacking the girl. After returning to the main meeting room, Kutch told council members that they had a decision to make based on public safety and liability.

They voted unanimously to remove the dog from the city limits, and Robertson said the dog already had been taken to a new home in Longview.