(a) No person being the owner or having charge of dogs, cattle, horses, swine, sheep, geese, ducks, goats, turkeys, chickens or other fowl or animals shall permit them to run at large upon any public place, or upon any unenclosed lands or upon the premises of another.
(b) No owner, keeper or harborer of any dog shall fail at any time to keep it either physically confined or restrained upon the premises of the owner, keeper or harborer by a leash, tether, or adequate fence, supervision or secure enclosure to prevent escape, or under reasonable control of some person.
(c) The running at large of any such animal in or upon any of the places mentioned in this section is prima facie evidence that it is running at large in violation of this section.
(d) Any person having charge of any dog while away from the premises of the owner or person in charge of the animal shall have on their person the appropriate container to hold dog feces.
(e) The feces deposited by the defecation of any animal upon any public land, street or right of way or upon the land of any private property owner other than the owner of the animal or the person in charge thereof, and which creates an unsanitary and unhealthy condition is hereby declared a nuisance. Where the owner or person in charge or in control of the animal immediately, and before taking such animal from the area where the defecation occurred, cleans the area and removes the feces and disposes of it in a sanitary manner in a proper receptacle, the nuisance shall be considered abated.
(f) No person shall dispose of dog feces on any property other than the property of the owner or person in charge of the animal.
(g) Whoever violates subsection (a) hereof is guilty of a misdemeanor of the fourth degree.
(h) Whoever violates subsections (b), (c), (d), (e) or (f) hereof is guilty of a minor misdemeanor for a first offense and a misdemeanor of the fourth degree for each subsequent offense.
(i) In addition to the penalties prescribed in subsection (h) hereof, if the offender is guilty of a violation of subsections (b), (c) or (d) hereof, the court may order the offender to personally supervise the dog that he owns, keeps or harbors, to cause that dog to complete dog obedience training, or to do both.
(Ord. 02-09. Passed 1-28-02.)