(A) Any person violating any provision of this chapter for which no specific penalty is prescribed shall be subject to § 10.99 of this code of ordinances.
(B) (1) Any person who shall violate §§ 90.02, 90.03, or 90.05 shall be guilty of a petty misdemeanor. Each day that a person shall own, harbor, keep, or have custody of a dog over six months of age within this city without an identification tag and rabies tag shall be considered a separate violation.
(2) Any person who shall violate any of the terms and provisions of §§ 90.04, 90.06, 90.07, 90.15(A), (D), (E), and 90.18 shall be guilty of a misdemeanor. In addition, after a finding of a court of proper jurisdiction that a dog is a public nuisance as defined in § 90.06, the court may order that the dog be destroyed or that the owner or custodian remove it from the city or keep it confined in a designated place.
(3) It is a misdemeanor to remove a microchip from a dangerous or potentially dangerous dog, to fail to renew the registration of a dangerous dog, to fail to account for a dangerous dog’s death or change of location where the dog will reside, to sign a false affidavit with respect to a dangerous dog’s death or change of location where the dog will reside, or to fail to disclose ownership of a dangerous dog to a property owner from whom the person rents property.
(4) A person who is convicted of a second or subsequent violation of § 90.15(A), (D), or (E) is guilty of a gross misdemeanor.
(5) An owner who violates § 90.17(A) is guilty of a gross misdemeanor.
(6) Any household member who knowingly violates § 90.17(B) is guilty of a misdemeanor.
(C) Any person, firm, or corporation violating any of the provisions of §§ 90.35 to 90.37 shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction thereof, shall be punished by a fine of not more than $300 or imprisonment in the county jail for not more than 90 days. Each day that a violation is permitted to exist shall constitute a separate offense.
(Ord. 6, passed 8-12-1969; Ord. 185, passed 6-20-2017; Ord. 207, passed 1-15-2019)