(A) Every owner of an animal shall provide his or her animal with proper and adequate food, water, shelter, protection from the weather, medical care and keep his or her animal in a clean, sanitary, healthy manner and not confine the animal so as to be forced to stand, sit or lie down in its own excrement.
(B) Every owner shall exercise due care and control of his or her animals to prevent them from becoming a public nuisance.
(C) Every owner shall have any dog over the age of six months vaccinated by a licensed veterinarian for rabies yearly in compliance with all state ordinances. Upon request by the Animal Bite and Neglect Officer, an animal owner shall provide all vaccination records for each animal possessed.
(D) Any animal that is tied, hitched or fastened on a rope, chain or cord must have a properly fitted collar, halter or harness made of leather or nylon, not of the choker type. This provision shall not prohibit the proper use of choker collars in the training of animals or other devices used in the training of animals. The tying device shall be at least six feet in length and away from any obstructions that could cause entanglement.
(E) Every owner shall provide care to any animal that is diseased or injured as necessary to prevent suffering and, if diseased, be segregated from other animals so as to prevent the transmittal of the disease to other animals.
(F) Any owner of a female dog in heat shall keep that animal in a building or some enclosure in a manner that the female dog in heat cannot come into contact with a male dog, except for planned breeding.
(G) Any person who owns an animal within the city or town limits or who keeps an animal within 200 feet from another dwelling shall not allow that animal to bark, whine or howl or make other sounds common to its species in excess.
(Ord. 1997-1, passed 2-5-1997; Ord. 2017-01, passed 2-7-2017) Penalty, see § 91.99