A. All dog owners shall be required to have a eash on their dogs when the dogs are outside the owner's place of residence or physical control and not inside a completely fenced and/or secured structure.
B. One written warning will be given to either purchase a leash or make sure the dog(s) is wearing the leash, or both, at all times. If a dog(s) is found a second time without a leash, the owner will be fined fifty dollars ($50.00) and warned that if the dog(s) is permitted to run at large a third time without a leash, the dog(s) may be destroyed by the enforcement officer.
C. Any dog whose owner refuses to pay the imposed fine or refuses to leash the dog(s) will be destroyed. Any dog(s) found not wearing a leash whose owner cannot be found or determined by the enforcement officer after a reasonable effort has been made will be destroyed.
(Ord. 92-6 (part), 1992; Ord. 94-5 § 3, 1994; Ord. 99-1 § 3, 10-1-98; 2000-01 § 1 (part), 1999; Ord. 2002-06, 2001; Ord. 2002-16, 2002)