(a) No person being the owner/guardian, keeper, harborer or person in charge of any animal shall allow such animal to enter upon any private property, including stores and other places of business, other than that of the owner/guardian, keeper, harborer or person in charge of such animal, without the approval of the owner/guardian of such property. In addition, the owner/guardian, keeper, harborer or person in charge of any dogs or other animals shall be prohibited from taking dogs or other animals into public buildings, public parks, school grounds, the golf course and other City-owned property. Dogs trained to assist the disabled are exempt from the provision.
(b) This section shall not apply to stores or other places of business dealing in or servicing live animals, such as pet shops or veterinary hospitals, or to animals permitted upon school grounds by authority of the Superintendent of Schools, or to animals permitted upon public grounds by the authority of the Director of Public Safety and/or the Director of Public Service.
(c) There shall be placed in a conspicuous location in each place of business a sign of a size and design to be approved by the Director of Public Safety, giving notice to the public of the prohibition set forth in division (a) of this section.
(d) Whoever violates this section is guilty of a misdemeanor of the fourth degree, provided, however, that:
(1) If it is a first offense, there shall be a minimum fine of twenty-five dollars ($25.00);
(2) If it is a second offense, there shall be a minimum fine of seventy-five dollars ($75.00); and
(3) For the third offense and thereafter, there shall be a minimum fine of one hundred fifty dollars ($150.00).
(e) Except to the extent herein modified, the penalty shall be as provided in Section 698.02.
(Ord. 45-06. Passed 11-20-06; Ord. 157-11. Passed 7-5-11.)