(A) From and after the effective date of this section, no person shall permit or allow any dog to run at large or loose, to run unattended, to roam or run free without being on a leash under the control of its owner or its owner’s agent, within any parts of the town.
(B) (1) Any dog found running at large or loose, running unattended, roaming or running free without being on a leash under the control of its owner or its owner’s agent, shall hereby be declared to be a public nuisance and it shall be the duty of every police officer within the town to cause the dogs to be captured and placed into the County Dog Pound.
(2) In case the owner of the dog is known, the Marshal shall give notice of the impounding to the owner.
(3) The dogs may be reclaimed by the owner upon payment of the fees as required by law.
(4) (a) In case the owner is unknown, the officer shall post notice at the Town Hall, that if the dog is not claimed within 20 days of the posting of the notice, it may be disposed of.
(b) In the event that the dogs impounded are not reclaimed within 20 days, they shall be sold or destroyed as the impounding officer or County Dog Warden may prescribe.
(C) The owner shall not allow his or her dog to disturb the peace and quiet of any person within the town by barking, howling or making noise of any kind for an unreasonable length of time.
(Ord. 1979-2, passed 3-21-1979; Am. Ord. 1993-3, passed 6-21-1993) Penalty, see § 90.99