705.03 NUISANCE CONDITIONS PROHIBITED.
(a) No person shall keep or harbor any animal in the City so as to create offensive odors, excessive noise or unsanitary conditions which are a menace to the health, comfort or safety of the public, or otherwise permit the commission or existence of a nuisance as defined hereafter.
(b) Any animal is hereby declared to be committing a nuisance if it:
(1) Bites another person or domestic animal;
(2) Barks, howls or yelps in a menacing fashion as determined by the nature and intensity of the menacing activity;
(3) Barks, howls or yelps frequently and habitually in such a manner that the barking, howling or yelping is unreasonably loud or disturbing and of such character, intensity and duration as to disturb the peace and quiet of the neighborhood;
(4) In any other way or manner injures or disturbs the quiet of the community as determined by the nature, duration and intensity of the disturbance; or
(5) Disturbs or endangers the comfort, repose or health of persons as determined by the nature, duration and intensity of the disturbance or danger. It shall be unlawful for any owner, keeper, or harborer of such animal to harbor or permit it to commit such nuisance.
(c) Any animal which scratches, digs, urinates or defecates upon any lawn, tree, shrub, plant, building or any other public or private property, other than the property of the owner, keeper or harborer of such animal, is hereby declared to be a nuisance.
(d) No person being the owner, keeper or harborer of any animal shall allow or permit such animal to commit a nuisance on any school grounds, City park, or other public property, or upon any private property other than that of the owner, keeper or harborer of such animal, without the permission of the owner of such property. Where the owner, keeper or harborer of such animal immediately removes all feces deposited by such animal and disposes of same in a sanitary manner, such nuisance shall be considered abated.
(Ord. 08-102. Enacted 11-24-08.)