(A) No owner or any person harboring or keeping an animal shall permit such animal to run off his or her premises and not under his or her control by a leash.
(B) Any animal which is found off of the premises of the owner, keeper or possessor shall be seized by a law enforcement officer and impounded. The owner, keeper or possessor of the animal, if he or she can be found within the limits of the city, shall be given notice, either verbally or written, that the animal shall be claimed within 48 hours from the time the notice is received. If the owner, keeper or possessor cannot conveniently be found, notice need not be given. If the owner, keeper or possessor of the animal claims the same within said 48-hour period, said owner keeper or possessor shall reimburse the city for any costs incurred in the keeping of the animal.
(C) If any animal is not so claimed by its owner within said time, the animal shall be forthwith destroyed and the costs of the keeping of the animal assessed to the owner, be immune from any liability claims which may result from the disposal of any animal under this section.
(D) No person shall willfully or negligently maltreat or abuse or neglect in a cruel or inhumane manner, any animal or fowl.
(E) No person shall harbor or keep any stray animals. Animals known to be strayed shall be reported to the law enforcement department immediately, and any stray animals may be destroyed by the city forthwith without notice to any person.
(F) It shall be unlawful for any person to keep or have within the city limits a dog that habitually or repeatedly chases, snaps at, attacks or barks at pedestrians, bicyclists or vehicles, or turns over garbage containers or damages gardens, flowers, vegetables or conducts itself in such a manner as to be a public nuisance.
(G) When proved that a dog has destroyed, damaged or abused property of another person, the owner, keeper or possessor of such dog shall be strictly liable for any damages which occur.
(H) The keeping of animals or fowls on any lot in the city shall not be on a commercial basis or on a scale reasonably objectionable to the adjacent property owners.
(I) ANIMAL shall be defined as follows: any dog, cat, horse, cow, goat, sheep, rabbits, fowl, chickens, guinea fowl, ducks, geese, turkey or other domestic fowl except pigeons, falcons or hawks, in the possession of a state and federal handler within the city.
(Ord. 175, passed - -; Ord. 175, passed 10-2-1989) Penalty, see § 90.999