A. Applicability: It shall be unlawful for any person to allow any animal which he/she owns, keeps, or harbors to be at large upon the roads or alleys of the city or in any park, public place of the city or upon any premises other than his own. This provision applies regardless of whether the animal is licensed or not.
B. Driving Livestock: It shall be unlawful for anyone to herd or drive any animal through the city without having said animal under control by means of a rope, strap or other device by which it may be led, unless such animal is being driven in harness or hauled. Provided, that this chapter does not prohibit livestock owners from driving herds through the city when necessary to transfer them from one pasture to another or for the purpose of shipping, but such livestock owners shall be liable to property owners for all damages done to their property by such stock while being driven through the city, whether or not such damage is caused by the negligence of the said livestock owners or their agents. Such stock shall be driven through the city in as short a time as possible.
C. Animals In Estrus: It shall be unlawful for the owner, keeper or possessor of a female animal in the estrus state (in heat) to negligently fail, neglect or refuse to confine such animals indoors or in a type of enclosure preventing nuisance or undesired fertilization by male animals unless restrained by the owner or possessor and under the immediate control of the owner or possessor (e.g., in their accompaniment if off the property).
D. Duty Of Officer: It is hereby made and shall be the duty of any animal control officer of the city to seize and impound any and all horses, mules, donkeys, burros, cattle, sheep, goats, llamas, buffalo, or pigs found running at large within the city. (Ord. 556, 3-18-2015)