(A) All persons owning or having custody of, or control over an animal or animals, whether licensed or unlicensed, which attack, bite, or attempt to bite a person or persons, or domestic animals or fowl, or is dangerous, or chases, maims, or kills domestic animals or fowl, are required to keep such animal or animals from running at large and from going into the streets and other public places within the city unless muzzled and on a leash, and shall keep such animal or animals under control and prevent such animal or animals from attacking or injuring persons lawfully on the premises of the owner.
(B) The City Administrator or his or her designee, upon being satisfied that there is a dangerous animal or animals at large, shall, if practicable, notify in writing the owner or person in control or in charge of such animal or animals to restrain the same from going at large and to control them on the premises of the owner and he or she may or may not at his or her discretion institute a prosecution for violation of division (A) above occurring before such notice is given. The right of the City Administrator or his or her designee to prosecute for the violation of division (A) above, shall not be exclusive.
(Prior Code, § 96.31) (Ord. 1372, passed 8-24-1987) Penalty, see § 96.99