A person must not own or keep any animal that creates or constitutes a public nuisance. A public nuisance is defined as:
A. Owning or keeping animals that by virtue of the size, number, species, facilities for, and location is offensive because of, but not limited to, odor and noise or is dangerous to the public health, safety, or welfare;
B. Owning or keeping an animal in the City that unreasonably causes annoyance or disturbance to another person by habitually howling, yelping, barking, or crying. "Habitual howling, yelping, barking or crying" is defined as howling, yelping, barking, or crying for repeated intervals of at least three (3) minutes with less than one minute of interruption that can be heard at a location other than the animal keeper's property. Any such animal is hereby declared to be a public nuisance. No citation for public nuisance arising out of the above described behavior may be issued unless the animal control authority has personally observed such behavior and determined that a violation of this provision has occurred;
C. An animal that has been the subject of a violation of this chapter more than three (3) times in a twenty four (24) month period; or
D. Subject to the exceptions stated in section 5-4-12 of this chapter, an animal running at large within the City limits. (Ord. 1367, 4-8-2019, eff. 5-1-2019)