A. Restraint Of Dogs By Owners: Dog owners shall at all times prevent their dogs from being at large, and from being in violation of other sections of this chapter. Failure of an owner or handler to comply with any provision of this chapter shall be a violation. Dogs may be free from a leash while participating in field trials and obedience trials, while actively engaged in herding livestock, while assisting a peace officer engaged in law enforcement duties, or while hunting pursuant to Idaho Fish and Game regulations, or under the immediate control of the owner when the animal is on property open to the public. Dogs shall not be allowed to run at large in the vicinity of any farm, pasture, ranch, dwelling, house or cultivated fields of another, without a competent and responsible attendant or owner, or fail to keep such dog securely confined within the limits of an owner's premises when not under the immediate care and control of a competent and responsible attendant or owner. In addition to the forgoing, any animal which is injurious to the health, or acts in a threatening manner to any person, or is an obstruction to the free use of property so as to interfere with the comfortable enjoyment of life or property by any person or any animal who obstructs unlawfully the free passage or use of any navigable lake, river, stream, channel or basin, or any public park, square, street, highway or road, whether it be County or State, said dog's owners shall be subject to the penalties identified in section 4-2-6 of this chapter.
B. Dogs Running At Large Seized; Disposition Of Unclaimed Dogs: The Sheriff of Boundary County may seize all dogs running at large when not under the immediate care and control of a competent and responsible attendant or owner and impound the same. Wherein such dog remains unclaimed after actual notice to the owner, if known, for a period of fourteen (14) days, it shall be the duty of the Sheriff of Boundary County to cause such dog to be disposed of. All costs associated with the boarding and disposal of said animal shall be born by the owner. (Ord. 108, 10-4-2006)
C. Fees To Reclaim Dogs: The owner or any other person on the owner's behalf, or absent a showing of ownership any other person seeking to reclaim a dog which has been seized for running at large without being under the immediate care and control of a competent and responsible attendant or owner, shall pay a fee as established by the City. When the same dog has been seized a second time, the owner or other person seeking to reclaim the dog shall pay a fee as established by the City. When the same dog has been seized a subsequent time, the owner or person seeking to reclaim the dog shall pay a fee as established by the City. Such fees shall be in addition to any fine and/or jail term imposed, if criminal proceedings are commenced in accordance with this chapter. Said fee shall be paid to the Sheriff prior to retrieval of the dog. (Ord. 108, 10-4-2006; amd. 2019 Code)
D. Cruel Treatment And Abandonment: No person shall treat an animal in a cruel manner as defined in Idaho Code title 25, chapter 35. No person shall abandon any animal on any public or private property, or allow an animal to be without potable water and food.
E. Animals In Unattended Vehicles: No person shall leave an animal in any unattended vehicle without adequate ventilation or security to protect the public, or in any manner as to subject the animal to extreme temperatures which adversely affect the health or welfare of the animal.
F. Authority To Impound: Any peace officer, animal control officer, or any other person designated by the Sheriff, may seize and impound any animal running at large without a collar or harness bearing evidence of current vaccination as required by this chapter, as well as any and all dogs or other animals found running at large upon the public streets, alleys or other public places, or private premises without the permission of the owner of said premises. (Ord. 108, 10-4-2006)