(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 owner shall allow his or her dog, cat or other domestic animal to become a public nuisance. Excessive barking, whining or howling, molesting passersby, chasing vehicles, attacking other domestic animals and damaging property shall be considered nuisances under this section.
(c) Any animal that scratches, digs, urinates or defecates upon any lawn, tree, shrub, plat, building or other public or private property, other than the property of the owner or person in charge or control of such animal, is hereby declared to be a public nuisance. Where the owner or person in charge or control of such animal immediately removes all feces deposited by such animal and disposes of the same in a sanitary manner, such nuisance shall be considered abated.
(d) Whoever violates any of the provisions of this section is guilty of a minor misdemeanor.
(1964 Code, § 503.13)