(a) (1) No person shall keep, 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.
(2) No person shall purposely or knowingly, feed, bait or in any manner provide access to food to any wild animal or waterfowl in said City, on lands either publicly or privately owned.
(3) No person shall recklessly, purposely or knowingly leave or store any refuse, garbage, food product, pet food, forage product or supplement, salt, seed, birdseed, or fruit grain in a manner that would constitute an attractant to any wild animal (including feral cats) or waterfowl.
(Ord. 2012-29. Passed 4-24-12; Ord. 2015-43. Passed 6-9-15.)
(b) No person, whether the owner or person in charge or control of an animal, shall permit the animal to destroy or damage any lawn, tree, shrub, plant, building or other property, other than the property of such owner or person in charge or control, by scratching, digging, defecating, urinating or by any other means.
(c) No person, whether the owner or person in charge or control of any dog or cat, shall permit the dog or cat to commit a nuisance by the discharge of such animal’s excreta upon any public or private property, other than on the property of such owner, within the City. Where the owner or person in charge or control of such animal immediately thereafter removes and disposes of such excreta in a sanitary manner, such nuisance shall be considered abated.
(d) No person shall own, keep or harbor any dog or other animal in the City that repeatedly bites other persons or animals, or habitually barks or howls, or repeatedly violates division (a), (b) or (c) of this section, or Section 618.17, all of which are a menace to the health, comfort or safety of the public. A violation of this subsection is hereby declared to be a nuisance.
(e) Whoever violates any of the provisions of this section is guilty of a minor misdemeanor for a first offense and a misdemeanor of the fourth degree for each subsequent offense. (Ord. 1982-167. Passed 2-22-83.)