(a) No owner, keeper or person in charge of any animal shall permit such animal to run at large or shall fail to control such animal anywhere within the City. Testimony that an animal was not on the property of its owner, keeper or person in charge, or was not held securely in leash by a person accompanying such animal when found shall be prima-facie evidence that the animal was not under control.
(b) No person, being the owner or in charge or control of any dog, cat, or other animal, shall permit or allow by any means or in any manner, such dog, cat, or other animal, to go or remain on any City park property without reasonable restraint and leashed and under control. Reasonable restraint and under control is defined here as restraint which conforms to the animal's weight, size and strength, being controlled by a person who is of suitable age, size and discretion to control the animal.
(c) While on the property of its owner, it shall be unlawful to allow any animal outdoors unless the animal is leashed, or contained within a fence, or under the control of a responsible individual. It shall be unlawful for any owner to allow his or her animal to cross outside the property line of its owner to any extent, including reaching over, under or through a fence. Any method of electronic pet containment is not a reasonable restraint when failure or lack of maintenance renders it non-effective. Visible signage to an electronic pet containment system must be posted.
(d) An animal found at large will be impounded by the Animal Control Officer unless the owner is present.
(e) In the case of defecation wherein the owner or person in charge or control of such animal shall remove all feces deposited by such animal and dispose of same in a sanitary manner, such nuisance shall be considered abated. Failure to abate the nuisance shall subject the person to the penalty for violation of this Section.
(f) Whoever violates or fails to comply with this section is guilty of a minor misdemeanor and is subject to incremental increases in misdemeanor degrees with repeated offenses that occur within the first twelve (12) months of the first offense.
(Ord. 50-18. Passed 11-26-18.)