(a) No person owning, keeping, possessing, harboring, maintaining or having the care, custody or control of a dog shall suffer or permit such dog to:
(1) Be unsecured while on the premises of the owner;
(2) Be at large within the City unless securely attached upon a leash not more than three feet in length held in the hand of a person in a manner which continuously controls the dog;
(3) Snap at, attempt to bite or attempt to cause physical harm to any other person, domestic animal or feline while on premises not exclusively controlled by the owner; or
(4) Bite or otherwise cause physical harm to any other person, domestic animal or feline.
(b) No person shall own, keep, possess, harbor, maintain or have care, custody or control of a vicious dog in the City.
(Ord. 84-24. Passed 11-27-84.)
(c) Whoever violates paragraph (a)(1), (2) or (4) or subsection (b) hereof is guilty of a misdemeanor of the first degree. Whoever violates paragraph (a)(3) hereof is guilty of a misdemeanor of the third degree. The penalty shall be as provided in Section 698.02.
(Ord. 84-24. Passed 11-27-84; Ord. 85-11. Passed 2-12-85.)