945.06 PROTECTION OF ANIMALS.
   (a)   No person, without privilege to do so, in a park shall hunt, trap, or in any way abuse, molest, injure, pursue or destroy any animal.
   (b)   No person, without privilege to do so, in a park shall move, injure, or destroy any bird nest or an animal habitation.
   (c)   No person in a park shall have in his possession an animal of any kind unless the animal is controlled or unless the animal is kept in a vehicle or suitably caged, except as may be specifically permitted otherwise.
   (d)   No person in a park shall abandon an animal.
   (e)   No person shall herd, graze, drive, or permit to run at large within a park, any cattle, horse, mule, donkey, goat, swine or other animal, any poultry or fowl.
   (f)   Any person bringing into a park, having, or keeping in a park, a dog, cat, or domesticated animal shall keep such dog, cat or animal under control at all times and on a leash not more than eight feet long, except in areas designated for animals to roam without leashes. No person shall bring into a park, have, or keep in a park any dog, cat, household pet, wild animal, or any other animal that may be destructive, harmful, or present a threat or be dangerous to any person, bird, or wildlife.
   (g)   No person shall leave behind, or otherwise abandon any domestic animal within or adjacent to any park.
   (h)   No person shall release any wild or exotic animal within the confines of a park without a written permit from the Administrator.
   (i)   It shall be the duty of any person who owns, possesses, or controls a dog to remove and dispose of any feces or solid excrement left or created in a park by that person's dog. If any such dog of any such person creates or leaves feces or solid excrement in a park, then such person shall immediately and promptly remove and dispose of all such feces with tools, implements or other devices carried by that person for such purpose.
   (j)   No person who owns, possesses, or controls a dog shall bring such dog to a park or allow such dog to be in a park without that person having immediately available the means to remove and dispose of any feces or solid excrement left or created by that person's dog. For the purposes of this section, the means of removal shall be by any tool, implement or other device carried for picking up and containing such feces or solid excrement in a manner that such feces or solid excrement shall be unexposed to said person, any park user, and the public. In this section, a person shall dispose of dog waste by transporting such feces or solid excrement to a place suitable and regularly used for the disposal of human feces, specifically designated for the disposal of canine feces, or otherwise designated as appropriate by the Administrator.
   (k)   Subsections (i) and (j) hereof shall not apply to any person with disabilities who owns, possesses, or controls an assistance or companion dog in a park.
(Ord. 2007-02. Passed 2-5-07.)