(A) Except when a dog is under the immediate personal supervision and command of its owner or handler, every dog, whether licensed or not, shall be kept physically restrained from leaving the premises of the owner.
(B) Under the following circumstances, employees of the Police Department are authorized and empowered to enter upon any land or premises and to take up and impound any dog which is not then and there under the immediate personal supervision and command of its owner or handler, and which is not then and there being kept physically restrained from leaving the premises of its owner:
(1) When the safety of any human or the safety of any other animal is being jeopardized by a dog;
(2) When a dog is being pursued by employees of the Police Department who began such pursuit when the dog was not under the immediate personal supervision and command of the owner or handler and was not being kept physically restrained from leaving the premises of its owner; or
(3) When any dog is the third time found running at large in violation of this section.
(C) In order for a dog to be under the immediate personal supervision and command of its owner or handler, the dog must either be under the control of its owner or handler by a leash or other similar device attached to a collar or harness on the dog; under the actual physical control of the owner or handler; or located in or on a pick-up truck.
(D) The city will provide a designated area in the park where dogs are permitted to run at large as long as the owner is present. The perimeter of the area will be marked with signs. All dogs are required to have current vaccinations.
(2012 Code, § 10-41) (Ord. 191101, passed 11-12-2019) Penalty, see § 90.99