(a) No person shall keep or harbor any animal or fowl in 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) No person, whether the owner or person in charge or control of an animal, shall permit the animal to destroy or damage any lawn, tree, shrub, plant, building or other property, other than the property of such owner or person in charge or control, by scratching, digging, defecating or by any other means.
(c) No person, whether the owner or person in charge or control of any dog or cat, shall permit the dog or cat to commit a nuisance by the discharge of such animal's excrete upon any public or private property, other than on the property of such owner, within the City. Where the owner or person in charge or control of such animal immediately thereafter removes and disposes of such excrete in a sanitary manner, such nuisance shall be considered abated.
(d) No person shall own, keep or harbor any dog or other animal in the City that has bitten on more than one occasion any person or animal, or habitually barks or howls, or repeatedly violates subsections (a), (b) or (c) hereof, or Section 505.0211, all of which are a menace to the health, comfort or safety of the public. A violation of this subsection is hereby declared to be a nuisance.
(e) Whoever violates any of the provisions of subsections (a), (b) or (c) hereof is guilty of a minor misdemeanor for a first offense and a misdemeanor of the fourth degree for each subsequent offense.
(f) Whoever violates any of the provisions of subsection (d) hereof is guilty of a misdemeanor of the fourth degree for each such offense. (Ord. 62-2010. Passed 7-26-10.)