(a) No person shall keep or harbor any animal or fowl in the Municipality so as to create noxious, or offensive odors or unsanitary conditions which are a menace to the health, comfort or safety of the public.
(b) No owner or keeper or person having custody or control of any dog shall allow or permit such dog to commit a nuisance on any public property or upon any private property other than that of the owner or keeper or person who has accepted custody or control of such dog, provided that the foregoing shall not apply to street gutters. It shall be the duty of all persons having control of a dog to curb such dog in order to carry out the intent of this section. The word "nuisance" as used herein shall be deemed to mean urination and defecation.
(c) No dog house, kennel or pen for the keeping of one or more dogs shall be maintained or suffered to exist or permitted nearer than thirty feet to any building used in whole or in part as a place of human habitation by persons other than the owner of such dog or dogs.
(d) No person shall feed, or cause to be fed, any animal outdoors except for a licensed dog while on the owner’s premises or unless as provided for in Section 1779.01(f), or unless while operating under the guidelines of a program approved by the Director of Public Safety providing for the trapping, spaying, or neutering, and releasing of cats and dogs with the purpose of reducing the unwanted stray-animal population in the City.
(e) Whoever violates this section is guilty of a minor misdemeanor.
(Ord. 44-04. Passed 6-21-2004; Ord. 27-11. Passed 7-18-2011.)