(A) No person shall allow a dog under his or her control to be upon public property or upon property of another, absent the consent of the owner or occupant of such property, without some device for the removal and the containment of the dog’s feces; nor shall any person fail to remove any feces deposited by any dog under his or her control on public or private property. This section shall not apply to guide dogs under the control of a blind person.
(B) No person shall place, deposit or permit to be deposited any dog feces in any unsanitary manner on public or private property within this city or in any area under the jurisdiction of this city.
(C) No owner, keeper or harborer of any dog shall permit such dog to go beyond the premises of such owner, keeper or harborer unless the dog is securely on a leash or under the control of some person, or is on a conveyance for travel, such as an automobile or a truck, or is confined to a travel crate or carrying case, so as to prevent the dog from being or creating a nuisance as defined herein. No owner, keeper or harborer of any dog shall permit the dog to run at large within the limits of this city. As used herein, OWNER, KEEPER or HARBORER means a person who is the owner, provides shelter for or cares for a dog or otherwise has control of or is responsible for such dog.
(D) No person shall keep or harbor any dog in the city so as to create offensive odors, excessive noise or unsanitary conditions which are a menace to the health, comfort or safety of the public, or otherwise permit the commission or existence of a NUISANCE as hereinafter defined.
(E) NUISANCE, as used herein, means any dog which scratches, digs or defecates upon any lawn, tree, shrub, plant, sidewalk, building, city park, public playground, school ground or private property other than the property of the owner, keeper or harborer of such dog, without the permission of the owner of such property. Where the owner, keeper or harborer of such dog immediately removed all feces deposited by such dog and disposes of same in a sanitary manner, such nuisance shall be considered abated.
(F) NUISANCE, as used herein, shall further include any dog, which by biting or frequent and/or habitual barking, howling or yelping, or in any way or manner injures or disturbs the quiet of the community, or which disturbs or endangers the comfort, peace or health of any person or persons.
(G) No owner, keeper or harborer of any dog shall continue to keep or harbor within this city any dog which is or creates a nuisance as defined herein, unless such dog is confined or otherwise kept under strict control as to abate a nuisance.
(Prior Code, § 9.12.05) Penalty, see § 90.99