(A) General. It shall be unlawful:
(1) Consent required. For the owner or any person who has in his or her custody or control, any dog, cat or other animal to enter upon the premises of another within the village without the consent of the owners;
(2) Public body of water. To permit any animal, whether licensed or not, to enter any public body of water, public pond, public fountain or public stream;
(3) Food establishment. To permit any animal to enter any place where food is stored, prepared, served or sold to the public, or any public building or hall; provided, however, that, this section shall not apply to any visually impaired or hearing impaired person using a trained guide dog, to veterinary offices or hospitals or to animal shows or exhibitions;
(4) At large/trespass. To permit any animal to run uncontrolled or trespass on private or public property;
(5) Damage. To permit any animal to damage or destroy any property;
(6) Vehicles. To permit any dog to chase, run after or jump at vehicles using the public thoroughfares;
(7) Threatening animal. To permit any dog to habitually snap, growl, snarl, jump upon or otherwise threaten persons lawfully using any common thoroughfare, sidewalk, passageway, bike path, play area, park or any place where people congregate or walk;
(8) Disturbance of the peace. To permit any dog or other animal to bark, whine or howl continuously, for a period longer than 15 minutes, intermittently for a period in excess of two hours, or between the hours of 10:00 p.m. and 6:00 a.m., so as to disturb the peace, quiet or repose, or be audible to another person of ordinary sensibility;
(9) Unsanitary conditions. To allow any places where any animal is or may be kept to become unclean or unsanitary or become offensive to those residing in the vicinity;
(10) Number of dogs or cats. To keep on a residentially-zoned premise more than three dogs and/or three cats over four months of age, with the exception of regularly established and zoned veterinary hospitals, pet shops, pounds or shelters;
(11) Excrement removal.
(a) For any person to cause or permit a dog to be on any property, public or private, not owned or possessed by such person unless such person has in his or her immediate possession a device for the removal of excrement and a depository for the transmission of excrement to a receptacle located upon property owned or possessed by such person.
(b) Removal required: for any person in control of, causing or permitting any dog to be on any property, public or private, not owned or possessed by such person to fail to remove excrement left by such dog to a proper receptacle located on property owned or possessed by such person.
(12) Bites. To fail to report an animal bite;
(13) Animals other than domestic pets. To keep or harbor within the corporate limits of the village any wild animal, including, but not limited to, any snake over six feet in length, any other life-threatening reptile, monkey, ape, raccoon, skunk, fox, leopard, panther, tiger, lion, lynx or any other animal or bird which can normally be found in the wild or to keep, harbor or maintain any animal which may endanger the safety of persons or property. It is no defense to a violation of this section that the keeper of such animal prohibited herein has attempted to domesticate such animal. Exceptions to this division (A)(13) are animals displayed or harbored in a zoo, carnival or circus; and
(14) Public street or highway.
(a) To permit any dog, cat or other animal upon a public street or highway, or upon any premises other than that of the person owning such dog, cat or other animal unless such dog, cat or other animal is on a leash securely fastened to a collar or harness.
(b) The overall length of the leash including the handle shall not exceed 12 feet and be held by its owner or other person able to control such dog, cat or other animal.
(B) Exemptions.
(1) Guide dogs for visually impaired or hearing impaired persons, support dogs for persons with physical disabilities and sentry, guard or police owned dogs are exempt from this section; provided, an attack or injury to a person occurs while the dog is performing duties as expected.
(2) To qualify for exemption under this section, each such dog shall be currently inoculated against rabies.
(3) It shall be the duty of the owner of such exempted dog to notify the Police Department of changes of address.
(4) In the case of a sentry or guard dog, the owner shall keep the Police Department advised of the location where such dog will be stationed.
(Ord. 09-O-16, passed 8-27-2009; Ord. 10-O-02, passed 1-28-2010)