(a) No person, being the owner or having charge of any animal, other than a dog, shall permit such animal to run at large upon any public place, or upon any unenclosed lands or upon the premises of another. The owner or person having charge of every such animal shall at all times keep it either confined upon the premises of the owner or keeper, or under reasonable control of some person.
(b) The running at large of any such 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.
(c) Lack of intent, knowledge or fault on the part of the owner is not a defense to a violation of this section.
(d) Whoever violates this section is guilty of a minor misdemeanor for a first offense and a misdemeanor of the fourth degree for each subsequent offense.
(Ord. 88-360. Adopted 7-7-88; Ord. 2012-285. Adopted 8-27-12.)