It is unlawful for any person owning or having possession, custody, charge, or control of any dog or other animal known by such person to be dangerous to cause or permit the animal to run loose about the person's premises in a manner endangering any person lawfully entering such premises, or cause or permit the animal to be unrestrained upon or about any public street, sidewalk, park, schoolyard, or property of other persons.
For purposes of this section, lawful entry to a premises includes but is not limited to entry made by a person in the performance of any duty imposed upon that person by the laws of this state or any city or county or by the laws or postal regulations of the United States, or when that person is on such property by reason of accident beyond control, or disaster, or by invitation either expressed or implied.
(Ord. 3773 § 1 (part), 1987: Ord. 3257 § 7 (part), 1981: Ord. 2669 § 14 (part), 1972)