No person owning any dog or having the care, custody, control, or possession of any dog shall offer, allow, or permit such dog to run, be, or remain at large on any public street, road, alley, park, square, or other public place, or upon any private unenclosed property within the city, and all dogs may be deemed running at large within the meaning of this section unless tied, restrained by chain, strap, or cord attached to their collars and actually held by some person, or tied or restrained in an automobile or other vehicle, or unless such dog is staked or fastened. Any dog found running at large on any public street, road, alley, park, square, or other public place, or upon any private unenclosed property within the city, shall be subject to seizure and impoundment. In accordance with § 1-2.01 of the Madera Municipal Code, any second or subsequent violation of this section within a period of 18 months of a prior conviction of this offense shall be a misdemeanor.
('61 Code, § 5-1.28) (Ord. 125 C.S., passed 7-3-68; Am. Ord. 686 C.S., passed 7-15-98)