(A) It shall be unlawful for person owning or having possession, charge, care, custody or control of any animal to knowingly cause, permit or allow the animal to stray or in any manner to run at large in or upon any public street, sidewalk or park or upon the property of another, if such animal is not under sufficient restraint as to allow the animal to be controlled.
(B) DOMESTIC ANIMAL means any dumb creature including, but not limited to, dogs, cats, warm blooded mammals, birds, reptiles and fish.
(C) DIRECT CONTROL means immediate and continuous physical control of an animal (excluding herding dogs, dogs in the process of hunting, police dogs, and dogs participating in organized field competition) at all times such as by means of a fence, leash, cord, or chain of sufficient strength to restrain the animal.
(1989 Code, § 10-206) (Ord. 1499, passed 1-18-2016)