(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) Any animal which destroys or damages any lawn, tree, shrub, plant, building or other public or private property, other than the property of the owner or the person in charge of or having control of such animal, by scratching, digging, running, defecating, urinating or otherwise, is hereby declared to be a nuisance. No person being the owner or having control of or being in charge of any animal shall permit such animal to be or create a nuisance as herein defined.
(c) No person, being the owner of or having control of or being in charge of any dog, shall allow or permit such dog to commit a nuisance on any school ground, municipal park or other public property or upon any private property, other than the property of the owner or person in charge of or having control of such dog, without the permission of the owner of such property. The restrictions in this division shall not be applicable to public property where the owner or person in charge of or having control of such dog immediately removes all feces deposited by such dog and disposes of the same in a sanitary manner.
(Ord. 18-1977, passed 7-8-1977)
(d) Whoever violates any of the provisions of this section is guilty of a minor misdemeanor. Punishment shall be as provided in § 698.02.