618.08 NUISANCE CONDITIONS PROHIBITED.
   (a)   No owner shall maintain upon their premises such a number of household pets or other animals as will create a nuisance.
   (b)   No owner shall allow his or her dog, cat or other domestic animal to become a public nuisance as defined in Section 618.01. Excessive barking, whining or howling, molesting passersbys, chasing vehicles, attacking other domestic animals, and damaging property, shall be considered nuisances under this section.
   (c)   No owner shall keep or harbor any animal or fowl in the City so as to create offensive odors or unsanitary conditions which are a menace to the health, comfort or safety of the public.
   (d)   Any animal which scratches, digs, urinates or defecates upon any lawn, tree, shrub, plant, building or other public or private property, other than the property of the owner or person in charge or control of such animal, is hereby declared to be a public nuisance. Where the owner or person in charge or control of such animal immediately removes all feces deposited by such animal and disposes of the same in a sanitary manner, such nuisance shall be considered abated.
   (e)   Whoever violates this section is guilty of a minor misdemeanor.
(Ord. 4423. Passed 5-7-91; Ord. 6612. Passed 10-4-16.)