(A) It shall be unlawful for a dog owner to permit his dog to run at large. A dog owner must keep a dog owned, controlled, sheltered, or harbored by him in a secure enclosure, or else the dog must be accompanied by a person who has the dog firmly restrained.
(B) A dog owner may utilize an electric underground fence to confine his dog within the real property limits of the dog owner provided, however, that:
(1) The electric underground fence utilized by the dog owner is approved for purposes of confining a dog by Underwriters Laboratory or any other testing laboratory approved by the state;
(2) The dog owner clearly displays a sign at least seven inches in width and nine inches in height that warns the public that the dog owner is utilizing an electric underground fence to restrain a dog;
(3) The failure of an electric underground fence to confine a dog within the real property limits of the dog owner shall constitute a violation of this section; and
(4) An electric underground fence may not be used to confine or control an aggressive dog and any attempt to do so shall constitute a violation of this section.
('71 Code, § 3-8) (Ord. passed 9-23-75; Am. Ord. passed 2-18-02) Penalty, see § 91.99