(A) General requirements.
(1) All animals shall be properly restrained, including, but not limited to, electronic fencing devices.
(2) No animal shall be hitched, tied, or fastened by any rope, chain, or cord that is directly attached to the animal’s neck. Animals that must be tied, hitched, or fastened to restrain them must wear a properly fitted collar or harness made of leather or nylon, not of the choker type.
(3) This is not to prohibit the proper use of choker collars while walking with or in the training of animals. The tying device shall be attached to the animal’s collar or harness and shall be at least ten feet in length.
(B) Animals in heat. Every female animal in heat shall be confined in a building or secure enclosure in such a manner that the animal cannot come into contact with a male animal of the same species except for planned breeding.
(C) Vicious animals. Every vicious animal, as determined by the animal control officer, shall be confined by the owner within a building or secure enclosure and shall be securely muzzled or caged whenever off the premises of the presumed that an animal is vicious if it has previously bitten at least one person.
(1987 Code, § 6-120) (Ord. 13, 1995, passed 5-8-1995; Am. Ord. 1, 2000, passed 1-24-2000; Am. Ord. 19, 2001, passed 8-27-2001) Penalty, see § 97.99