(1) An owner must not cause or permit his or her animal to run at large within the city limits. This restriction does not apply to:
(a) Dogs that have been specially trained and certified to perform tasks to assist people, such as handicapped assistance, police canine duties or search and rescue;
(b) Pigeons that have been released for limited periods necessary for exercise, training or competition provided it is not within 12 hours following a feeding; or
(c) Dogs that are engaged in a lawful hunt while under the control of a licensed hunter through voice command.
(2) An owner must not permit any animal to be on park property, city trails, public property or the property of another without having in the owner's immediate possession a device for the immediate removal of feces material deposited by the animal as well as a container for the transport of the material to an appropriate disposal receptacle.
(3) A person must not abandon an animal within the city.
(4) A person must not keep, own, harbor or otherwise possess a public nuisance animal, as defined in § 503.01.
(5) A person must not allow an animal to create a habitual disturbance. Habitual disturbance shall be defined as howling, yelping, barking, crowing or other kinds of noise for repeated intervals of at least three minutes with less than one minute of interruption that is audible off of the owners' premises.
(6) A person must not permit an animal under his or her care, custody or control to damage another person's lawn, garden or other property.
(7) A person must not injure, harass or interfere with a police canine in the lawful performance of its duties, or attempt, permit or cause the same.
(8) An owner of an animal must not fail to restrain the animal from inflicting or attempting to inflict bodily injury on a person at any place or on a domestic animal off the owner’s property.
(9) A person, except police officers in the lawful performance of their duties using a police canine, must not cause or encourage an animal to engage in unprovoked attacks upon human beings or domestic animals.
(10) A person must not own, possess, harbor or train an animal for the purpose of fighting with other animals.
(11) It is unlawful for an owner to sell or cause to be sold any animal without first providing the purchaser with written certification as to the origin of the animal.
(Ord. 03-08, passed 5-27-2008; Am. Ord. 19-11, passed 10-10-2011)