(a) No person shall keep or harbor any animal, livestock or poultry in the Municipality so as to create offensive odors or unsanitary conditions.
(b) No person owning, keeping or harboring any animal, livestock or poultry shall permit such animal, livestock or poultry to dig, urinate, defecate or otherwise damage any public property or private property other than the sublot or parcel owned or occupied by such owner, keeper or harborer of such animal, livestock or poultry; provided that this prohibition shall not apply to private property onto which the owner, keeper or harborer shall have permission of the owner of the private property to walk the animal, livestock or poultry, and also provided the person owning, keeping or harboring the animal, livestock or poultry shall immediately removal all feces deposited by such animal, livestock or poultry and dispose of same in a sanitary manner.
(c) No person shall keep or harbor any animal, livestock or poultry within the Municipality which, by frequent and habitual howling, yelping, barking or other activity, creates unreasonably loud and disturbing noises of such a character, intensity and duration as to disturb the peace and quiet of the community or as to annoy, disturb or endanger the comfort, repose or health of persons occupying property in the neighborhood.
(d) No person shall keep or harbor any animal, livestock or poultry in or about an animal shelter adjoining to or abutting upon any lot upon which another person resides, or any street or highway, or so near thereto as to constitute a threat to the preservation of the health, safety or general welfare of the public. All places maintained for the harboring or keeping of an animal, livestock or poultry shall be maintained in a clean and sanitary condition, free from rats, mice, filth, vermin, rubbish or collection of feces.
(e) No person owning, keeping or harboring any animal, livestock or poultry shall take, lead or carry such animal, livestock or poultry into any store or place of business, or permit or allow such animal, livestock or poultry to enter any store or place of business within the City except the office of a veterinarian or pet shop or other place of business for the purpose of obtaining services therein offered to such an animal, livestock or poultry, provided, however, this subsection shall not apply to a disabled person accompanied by a dog trained to assist such disabled person.
(f) No person shall own, keep or harbor within this Municipality any animal, livestock or poultry which is vicious, or a perennial or continued nuisance or which constitutes a threat to the health or safety of the public. The owner, keeper or harborer of any animal, livestock or poultry determined by a court of appropriate jurisdiction to be vicious or a perennial or continued nuisance, or a threat to the health or safety of the public, shall forthwith remove such animal, livestock or poultry from the Municipality and if such animal, livestock or poultry is not forthwith removed from the Municipality, the Chief of Police may cause the animal, livestock or poultry to be impounded and destroyed.
(g) No owner or rider shall ride, lead or permit a horse to travel on or traverse any sidewalk, treelawn or lawn area within the City.
(h) No person shall do any of the following:
(1) Own, keep or harbor more than three dogs, excepting puppies under three months old, in or on the premises of any dwelling unit within the City, unless the zoning lot upon which the dogs are kept have a minimum area of 4,000 square feet for each dog kept on such zoning lot regardless of the number of persons keeping or harboring dogs on such lot.
(2) Regularly keep or harbor more than two dogs outside of a fully enclosed structure between the hours of 10:00 p.m. and 7:00 a.m.
(3) Regularly keep or harbor one or more puppies under age three months outside of a dwelling unit.
(Ord. 90-158. Passed 9-17-90.)