(a) The owner of a dog or cat shall keep his or her dog or cat under restraint at all times and shall not permit such dog or cat to be at large off the premises or property of such owner, unless under the control of a competent person.
(b) The owner of a dog shall keep his or her dog on leash under the control of a competent person at all times that the dog is off the premises of the property owner and not confined in a cage or motor vehicle.
(c) No person, being the owner or keeper of dogs, cats, horses, mules, cattle, sheep, geese, swine, goats, ducks, turkeys, chickens or other fowl or animals, shall permit them to run at large upon any public place, or upon any unenclosed lands other than those owned or lawfully occupied by the owner or keeper of such fowl or animals.
(d) The running at large of any such fowl or animal in or upon any of the places mentioned in this section is prima-facie evidence that it is running at large in violation of this section.
(e) The provisions of this section shall not apply to law enforcement officers or the Animal Warden acting in the course and scope of their employment.
(f) Whoever violates this section is guilty of a minor misdemeanor.
(1964 Code, §§ 503.14, 503.99) (Ord. 1993-90, passed 9-20-1993; Ord. 1994-187, passed 5-15-1995)