(A) No person owning or having possession, charge, custody or control, of any horse, cow, mule, donkey, sheep, goat or dog, shall cause, permit or allow the same to stray or run or in any other manner to be at large in or upon any unenclosed lot or place, public or private, in the city; nor shall any person owning or having possession, charge, custody or control, of any animal cause or permit or allow the same to be staked out or to herd or graze any animal upon any unenclosed private lot or land in the city in such manner that the rope or other attachment by the animal is tethered may permit such animal to be or go beyond the boundaries of the unenclosed private lot or land.
(B) Any animal suffered or permitted to be at large or otherwise to be within the city in violation of the provisions of this section, is hereby declared to be a nuisance and a menace to public health and safety; provided, however, that dogs, horses, mules, donkeys and oxen may be permitted upon the street or other public places of the city if under the immediate care and control of the owner or other person having the care, custody and control thereof.
(Prior Code, § 4-1-1) Penalty, see § 90.99