(A) For the purpose of this section, the following definitions shall apply unless the context clearly indicates or requires a different meaning.
OWNER. A person who is the owner, keeper or custodian of any dog or other animal.
PUBLIC PREMISES. Any public right-of-way, street, highway, alley, park or other state, county or municipally owned property.
(B) No person shall cruelly treat any animal in the town in any way; any person who inhumanely beats, underfeeds, overloads or abandons any such animal within the town shall be deemed guilty of a violation of this section.
(C) It shall be unlawful to permit any dangerous animals or vicious animals of any kind to run at large within the town; exhibition, parading or harboring of animals which are ferae naturae in the eyes of the law may be conducted or done only upon securing a written permit from the Board of Trustees of the town.
(D) It shall be unlawful to harbor or keep any animals which disturb the peace by loud noises at any time of day or night.
(E) It shall be unlawful to permit any cattle, horse, swine, sheep, goats, rabbits or poultry or similar animals to run at large within the town. It shall further be unlawful to picket or tie any such animal in any of the streets of the town.
(F) No domestic animal affected with a contagious or infectious disease shall be allowed to run at large, or to be exposed in any public place whereby the health of humans or beast may be affected.
(G) No person shall cause or allow any place where any animal is or may be kept to become unclean or unwholesome, and it shall be unlawful to keep any live swine or pigs within the town. It shall further be unlawful to keep or have any sheep or goats within the town, or any cattle or chickens, horses, ponies, burros, donkeys, mules, fowl or other similar animals anywhere within the town.
(H) No dog shall be permitted to run at large within the town at any time; and it shall be the duty of the registered owner of every dog to keep said dog safely confined to the premises of the registered owner of said dog.
(I) Any dog found in the town running at large is hereby declared to be a nuisance.
(J) No person owning any dog shall suffer or permit such dog to disturb the peace and quiet of the neighborhood by barking, making other loud or unusual noises, or by running through or across cultivated gardens, fields or lawns.
(K) It shall be unlawful to keep or harbor any dog over the age of six months within the town, unless such dog has been inoculated against rabies by a licensed veterinarian within the preceding year.
(L) It shall be unlawful to stand or park any vehicle containing livestock at any place in the town for a period of time longer than one-half hour, except for loading or unloading of said vehicle.
(Ord. 1994-2, passed 6-13-1994) Penalty, see § 174.99