(A) It shall be unlawful for the owner or keeper of any dog, regardless of the age of the dog, to allow the dog to be at large and unattended or to run in any street, park, lawn, garden, schoolyard, playground, or on any other public or private property.
(B) No person shall keep or harbor any dog within the city which by frequent and habitual barking, howling, or yelping, creates unreasonably loud and disturbing noises of such a character, intensity, and duration so as to disturb the peace, quiet, and good order of one or more of the inhabitants of two or more separate residencies. Any person who shall allow any dog habitually to remain, be lodged, or fed within any dwelling, yard, or enclosure which he or she occupies or owns shall be considered as harboring the dog.
(C) Every police officer, peace officer, or other authorized official shall have the authority to apprehend any dog running at large in the city in violation of any of the city’s ordinances relating to animals and to impound such dog or have such dog impounded in the appropriate place.
(Prior Code, § 90.16) (Ord. 840.101, passed 3-10-1986; Ord. 2011.11-01, passed 9-19-2012) Penalty, see § 90.99