A. A nuisance animal is one that:
1. Frequently frightens, annoys, barks at, or chases any person or vehicle;
2. If a female dog or cat is in heat (i.e., in the estrous period), is not continually confined in a house, garage or other enclosed area or under direct supervision by its owner. (The confinement shall prevent the female from contact with a male except for planned breeding);
3. By loud and frequent yelping, barking, meowing or howling, annoys any person;
4. Damages any property not the property of its owner;
5. Is an unclaimed or stray animal;
6. Causes any offensive odor through the accumulation of excrement or other wastes or by any other means that attracts vermin or creates a hazard or danger to the health or welfare of any person; or
7. Deposits excrement on property other than that of its owner, unless such excrement is immediately picked up and properly disposed of by the animal’s owner or caretaker.
B. The owner of an animal judged to be a nuisance animal is subject to the fines outlined in subsection B of Section 7.04.060.
C. Repeat offenders are those nuisance animals convicted of more than three violations described in subsection A of this section during a one-year period.
(Ord. 526 §6(part), 2017).