6-4-1-1: PURPOSE:
The purpose of this chapter is to promote the public health, safety, and general welfare of the citizens of the City of Marion and to ensure the humane treatment of animals by regulating the care and control of animals within the City by guarding against the annoyance and injury caused by animals and to protect them from neglect and abuse, and to discourage the unnecessarily excessive multiplication of animals, which have a tendency to run at large. (Ord. 3497, 3-7-2019; amd. Ord. 3902, - -2023)