A. Running At Large: Every person who owns, keeps, or harbors a dog and causes or permits such dog to run at large, other than on the premises of such person, whereby off the premises of such person within the Village such dog shall menace, pursue, chase, worry, wound, bite or kill a person or a domestic animal or destroy or injure plant life or personal property, shall be guilty of a violation of this chapter, and the offending animal is hereby declared a public nuisance and shall be apprehended and impounded under the provisions of this chapter.
B. Unattended Dogs: Every person who owns, keeps, or harbors a dog and causes or permits such dog to be unattended, other than on the premises of such person, shall be deemed guilty of a violation of this chapter, and said dog shall be apprehended and impounded under the provisions of this chapter. It shall be a defense to any such violation for the owner to show reasonable care, and that the violation occurred by the nature of dog; however, any costs of impounding shall be paid by the owner prior to the release of the dog so impounded.
C. Failure To Remove Excrement: Every person who owns, keeps, or harbors a dog and who shall fail to remove excrement deposited by his dog upon any premises, public or private, other than the premises of such person, shall be deemed guilty of a violation of this chapter.
D. Complaint Required: Subsections A, B, and C of this section are only in effect if a formal complaint is filed with or by the law enforcement agency. (1977 Code § 8-2-3; amd. 2004 Code)