(A) The owner or custodian of any dog shall prevent the dog(s) from committing within the city any act which constitutes a nuisance. It is a nuisance for any dog to run at large, to habitually or frequently bark or cry or howl, to frequent school grounds, parks or public places, to chase vehicles, to molest or annoy any person away from the property of his or her owner or custodian. No person having the custody or control of a dog shall permit the dog to damage any lawn, garden or other property, public or private, or to urinate or defecate on private property without the consent of the owner or possessor of the property. It shall be the duty of each person having the custody or control of a dog to remove any feces left by the dog on any sidewalk, gutter, street, park land or other public property, or on any public area, and to dispose of the feces in a sanitary manner.
(B) Failure of the owner or custodian of a dog to prevent the dog from committing a nuisance is a violation of this subchapter.
(C) This section shall take effect on the day following its publication in the official city newspaper.
(Ord. passed 1-28-1958; Ord. passed 5-16-1960; Ord. passed 2-17-1964; Ord. passed 5-15-1972; Ord. passed 8-6-1973; Ord. 26, passed 2-23-1976; Ord. 26.3, passed 2-13-1989) Penalty, see § 90.99