(A) It shall be unlawful for an owner or person having custody or control of any animal to permit such animal to wander, roam, or otherwise move at large.
(B) To allow such animal to repeatedly run at large, whether wearing a collar and tag or not, throughout the city, constitutes a public nuisance. Any and all animals found running at large, whether wearing a collar and tag or not, shall be immediately impounded by officers of the animal management or any police officer. The officers may pursue the animal onto private property to effect capture of such animal.
(C) All owners or persons having custody or control shall confine within a completely enclosed building or secure enclosure with no means of escape any dog, cat, or other animal when in heat or rutting.
(D) It shall be the duty of every owner or custodian of any animal to exercise reasonable care and take all necessary steps and precautions to restrain his or her animal so as to protect other people, property, and animals from injuries or damage which might result from the animal’s behavior. If the owner or custodian of any animal is a minor, the parent or guardian of such minor shall be jointly responsible for the minor’s violation of this chapter.
(E) It shall be the duty of every owner or custodian of any animal to ensure that the animal is kept under restraint and that reasonable care and precautions are taken to prevent the animal from leaving the real property limits of its owner, possessor, or custodian, and ensure that the animal is securely and humanely enclosed within a house, building, fence, pen, or other enclosure out of which it cannot climb, dig, jump, or otherwise escape on its own volition; and that such enclosure is securely locked at all times or anytime the animal is left unattended.
(Ord. 2019-25, passed on 5-13-2020) Penalty, see § 90.99