(a) No person shall keep or harbor any animal or fowl within the Municipality so as to create noxious or offensive odors or unsanitary conditions which are a menace to the health, comfort, or safety of the public.
(b) Any animal, which destroys or damages any lawn, tree, shrub, plant, building, or other property other than property of its owner or person in charge or control of such animal by scratching, digging, running loose, defecating or urinating, or otherwise injures property of others as described above, is hereby declared a nuisance.
(c) Any person being the owner of or in charge or control of any animal shall immediately remove all feces deposited by such animal from another person's property including public parks or other public property. The responsible person in charge or control of such animal shall immediately dispose of same in a sanitary manner.
(d) Whoever violates this section is guilty of a minor misdemeanor; however, if within one (1) year of the offense, the offender previously has been convicted of violating this section, the offender is guilty of a misdemeanor of the fourth degree. If the offender has two (2) or more violations of this section within one (1) year, the offender is guilty of a misdemeanor in the third degree.
(e) If the offender has two (2) or more violations of this section within one (1) year, the animal may be seized and removed from the City.
(Ord. 76-96. Passed 6-10-96; Ord. 72-03. Passed 9-8-03; Ord. 107-19. Passed 9-23-19.)