(a) No person who is the owner of a dog or cat shall permit the dog or cat to run at large within a municipal park in the City, including Hillcrest Park, Edwin A. Jones Park and the Edwin A. Jones Field, except that the running at large of dogs shall be permitted within a fenced area designated by the City to be a dog park area. The running at large of any such dog or cat in or upon any municipal park, in the City, except for dogs in those areas designated as a dog park shall be prima-facie evidence that it is running at large in violation of this subsection. The owner, handler or caretaker of a dog must be present with his/her dog within the fenced area of the dog park and comply with the dog park regulations and failure to do so shall constitute a prima-facie violation of this subsection.
(b) No person who is the owner of a dog or cat shall walk the dog or cat whether under restraint by leash or not, within any part of a municipal park in the City used primarily for athletic activities or for children’s playgrounds.
(c) No person who is the owner of a dog or cat shall permit the animal to defecate in any municipal park in the City unless the dog is approaching or is within the fenced area designated as a dog park. The owner of a dog shall remove all feces deposited by his/her dog, and shall immediately dispose of same in a sanitary manner.
(d) Whoever violates any provision of this section is guilty of a minor misdemeanor, and shall be fined not less than twenty-five dollars ($25.00).
(Ord. 71-11. Passed 10-26-11.)