618.15   ANIMALS IN CITY PLAYGROUNDS AND CERTAIN OTHER PARK AREAS.
   (a)   No domestic animal shall enter any play apparatus in any playground. Dogs are permitted on a leash in parks owned or maintained by the City, providing no owner, keeper or harborer of a dog shall fail to comply with all provisions in this division (a) of this section and all remaining applicable code.
   (b)   An owner of a domestic animal that violates division (a) of this section is guilty of a minor misdemeanor. If the offender has been previously convicted of violating this section, any subsequent violation is a misdemeanor of the fourth degree.
   (c)   This section does not apply to guide, leader, hearing, or support dogs in accordance with federal regulations.
   (d)   This section does not apply to a police dog that is being used to assist one or more law enforcement officers in the performance or their official duties or during the police dog's normal course of duty.
(Ord. 2019-3. Passed 2-11-19; Ord. 2022-24. Passed 8-15-22.)