No person shall bring or allow to be loose any animal in the parks, unless upon a leash not more than eight feet in length, including retractable leashes. Pets must be attended and controlled at all times, and are prohibited in playground areas. Any animal found on park property running at large may be impounded. Dog training is not permitted. It is unlawful for any person to bring a dog into a park unless it has been properly licensed. No person shall permit a pet to dig up or otherwise damage park property, nor to defecate without said person immediately removing all feces deposited by the animal, and disposing of same in a sanitary manner. It shall not be unlawful for a seeing-eye dog to be in any park when accompanied by a sight impaired person. No person shall attempt to hunt, trap, catch, wound, kill, or treat cruelly any bird or animal, or molest or rob the nest of any bird or animal located in any park. No person shall abandon, dispose of or otherwise release any animal or fish into a park.
(Ord. 19-45 AC CMS. Passed 7-1-19.)