(A) The owner of any dog, cat or other animal shall keep the dog, cat or other animal confined to the premises and property of the owner and shall not allow the dog, cat or other animal to run at large, except as provided in the subchapter.
(B) No owner of a dog, cat or other animal shall permit or allow the animal to run or be at large, as defined in § 90.01 of this chapter, or to go about or on the premises or property of any other person within the city without the permission of the other person.
(C) No owner of any cattle, horse, mule, swine, sheep, goat, geese, ducks, chickens or any other animal shall allow these animals to run at large within the city. Herding any such animals or tying it for grazing in any street or other public place shall be deemed running at large within the meaning of this section, unless otherwise allowed pursuant to § 90.28 of this chapter. To permit any running at large is declared to be a public nuisance and dangerous to the public health and safety.
(D) No operator or owner of a meat packing plant or slaughter house or any other facility that receives animals for butchering shall permit these animals the opportunity to escape from the facility. Any owner or operator of such a facility shall cause to be constructed at the facility adequate fences and enclosures and shall supervise the loading or unloading of animals from vehicles to assure that no animals escape from the facility.
(E) Any animal led or permitted to run at large in violation of this section shall be impounded at the owner’s expense until the penalty for the violation, any impoundment charges and any other charges required by this subchapter are paid.
(F) Any animal control officer, enforcement agent or other officer designated by the city is authorized to capture and impound any animal found at large in accordance with this subchapter.
(1984 Code, § 90.30) (Ord. O-37-86, passed 7-1-1986; Ord. O-14-97, passed 6-10-1997; Ord. O-33-03, passed 6-24-2003; Ord. O-23-05, passed 5-17-2005; Ord. O-4-12, passed 3-20-2012; Ord. O-12-15, passed 5-12-2015) Penalty, see § 90.99
Statutory reference:
Regulations regarding animals running at large, see KRS 259.110 through 259.990