(a) No person being the owner or having charge of cattle, sheep, geese, ducks, turkeys, chickens or other fowl or animals shall permit them to run at large upon any public place, or upon any unenclosed lands, or upon the premises of another.
(b) No person being the owner of or having charge of any dog or cat, whether wearing a registration tag or not, shall permit it to run at large upon any public place or upon the premises of another. No owner, keeper or harborer of any female dog or cat shall permit such dog or cat to go beyond the premises of such owner or keeper at any time such dog or cat is in heat, unless such dog or cat is properly in leash. The owner or keeper of every dog or cat shall at all times keep such dog or cat either confined upon the premises of the owner or keeper, or under reasonable control of some person.
(c) Any animal which defecates in any public way or land or private property without permission of the owner of such private property is hereby declared a nuisance and prima facie evidence that such owners and keepers are in violation of this section. When the owner or keeper of any animal immediately removes all feces deposited by any animal, and disposes of the same in a sanitary manner, such nuisance shall be considered abated.
(d) The running at large of any such animal in or upon any of the places mentioned in this section is prima-facie evidence that it is running at large in violation of this section.
(e) Whoever violates this section is guilty of a minor misdemeanor.
(Ord. 76-93. Passed 9-13-93.)