(A) No owner shall allow his dog to run at large in the town unaccompanied by the owner or by some member of the owner’s family or some other person by the owner’s permission, unless otherwise allowed in areas designated by the town.
(B) Duties of the owner to control the animal(s) shall include:
(1) All animals within the city shall remain under the immediate control of their owner or keeper, unless otherwise allowed in areas designated by the town. For the purpose of this section, immediate control by owner or keeper shall be construed to mean:
(a) Restrained upon or within the property of the owner or keeper of the animal either by being tied, chained, within the confines of a fence designed to restrain the animal, or within an electronically operated fence sufficient to restrain the animal upon the property.
(b) While being walked or exercised off the premises or property of the owner or keeper, the animal must be restrained by a leash connected to a collar or harness, sufficient to restrain the animal from breaking loose, unless otherwise allowed in areas designated by the town.
(C) Cats shall be exempt from this section.
(OC, § 8-2-14) (Ord. passed 7-1-71; Am. Ord. passed 3-9-89; Am. Ord. 2008-07, passed 3-18-08; Am. Ord. 2017-012, passed 11-14-17) Penalty, see § 90.99