Every owner of any animal shall exercise proper care and control of his animal to prevent it from becoming a public nuisance. It shall be deemed a nuisance and therefore unlawful to permit the following:
A. To allow any animal to run at large in the village at any time.
B. To allow excessive or untimely noise causing annoyance and discomfort to surrounding neighbors so that their rest is broken and their sleep interrupted and the reasonable use and enjoyment of their property is disturbed.
C. To enter, even if on a leash, upon any school, public hall, restaurant, confectionery shop, coffee shop, ice cream parlor, office, store, grocery, meat market, bakery or any store or shop for the sale of food, except any shop for the sale of animal pets, anywhere within the village during the time that any of said places or establishments are open for use by the public or persons entitled to use the same. This shall not apply to any blind person using a trained seeing eye dog.
D. To permit any animal, except when on a leash controlled by the owner or his or her agent, to use or be upon any public street, sidewalk, parkway or public area within the village.
E. To allow the use of a leash longer than eight feet (8') in length on an animal.
F. To allow any place where any animal is or may be kept to become unclean or unsanitary. "Unsanitary", when used herein, shall mean a condition which is likely to attract vermin or rodents or endanger the public health or welfare of the surrounding area.
G. To allow any animal to, without the consent of the owner of the property concerned, injure, destroy or carry away any vegetable, plant, fruit, shrub, tree, flower or other thing which may be on said premises or which may be planted or seeded there.
H. To allow any animal to deposit excretory matter on property other than that of the owner.
I. To allow any animal to molest passersby, attack persons or animals, damage or impair the value of property, detrimentally affect the public health, safety and welfare.
J. If any person fails to abate an animal nuisance after being given notice of such nuisance, the following action shall be taken by the village in order to abate such nuisance:
1. If the animal creating the nuisance is a domestic animal owned and/or licensed by the property owner, the village shall issue applicable citations and proceed accordingly, including, if necessary, citations with an established court date for a judicial hearing.
2. If the animal creating the nuisance is a nondomestic, feral animal which is being harbored by a property owner, the village, after giving the property owner ten (10) days' notice to abate any such nuisance, may proceed to abate the nuisance immediately, through such means as deemed necessary by the police department. Any expense incurred by the village in abating the nuisance shall be charged to the property owner harboring such animal or animals.
(Ord. 1069, 6-8-1976; amd. Ord. 2582, 8-12-1997; Ord. 3064, 1-10-2006; Ord. 3270, 6-21-2011)
Cross-reference:
See title 3, chapter 17 of this code