It shall hereby be unlawful and a violation of this code for any owner, possessor, custodian, or other person having control or in charge of any dog within the corporate limits of the village to permit such dog to run at large under any circumstances whatsoever. A dog shall be deemed to be running at large at any time when it is not on premises owned, leased or lawfully occupied by the owner, possessor, custodian, or other person having control or in charge of the dog in question and not controlled or restrained by means of a leash, chain, cable, strap or other appropriate restraint held by the owner, possessor, custodian, or other person having control or in charge of the dog in question; or, when it is on premises owned, leased or lawfully occupied by the owner, possessor, custodian, or other person having control or in charge of the dog in question but not securely confined by a fence, cage, grates, bars or other structure, enclosure or other physical barrier of sufficient strength and size to prevent the dog in question from escaping or leaving therefrom, or from obtaining access to any public property, sidewalk, street, right of way, or any property owned, leased or occupied by any person other than the owner, possessor, custodian, or other person having control or in charge of the dog in question, or not controlled or restrained by means of a leash, chain, cable, strap or other appropriate restraint held by the owner, possessor, custodian, or other person having control or in charge of the dog in question. "Securely confined," as used in the foregoing sentence, shall not include the use of any type of electronic, sonic, photoelectric, chemical or other form of confinement not involving the use of a physical barrier, and no use of any such methods to confine any dog shall be deemed to constitute compliance with the provisions of this section. The provisions of this section shall be enforced by the Animal Warden in accordance with the applicable provisions of this chapter, and may be enforced by any sworn law enforcement officers of the village. Notwithstanding any contrary provisions of this section, the provisions of this section shall not apply with respect to any dogs actively engaged in the assistance of visually impaired or physically disabled persons, any dogs owned, possessed or used by sworn law enforcement officers of the village or such other agencies as may lawfully have jurisdiction.
('71 Code, Ch. 3 § 2-1) (Ord. 272, passed 1-2-69; Am. Ord. 996-87, passed 5-20-87; Am. Ord. 0066-02, passed 9-18-02) Penalty, see § 90.99