8-2-14: ANIMAL CARE:
Every person within the city who owns any animal or who owns, conducts, manages or operates any facility for which a permit is issued pursuant to this chapter shall comply with each of the following conditions:
   (A)   Housing facilities for animals shall be structurally sound and shall be maintained in good repair, to protect the animals from injury, to contain the animals, and to restrict the entrance of other animals.
   (B)   No owner shall fail to provide his animals with sufficient wholesome and nutritious food, water in sufficient quantities, proper air, shelter space and protection from the weather, veterinary care when needed to prevent suffering, and humane care and treatment.
   (C)   All animals and animal buildings or enclosures shall be maintained in a clean and sanitary condition.
   (D)   All animals shall be so maintained as to eliminate excessive nighttime noise.
   (E)   Every reasonable precaution shall be used to ensure that animals are not teased, abused, mistreated, annoyed, tormented or in any manner made to suffer by any person or means.
   (F)   No condition shall be maintained or permitted that is or could be injurious to the animal.
   (G)   Animal buildings and enclosures shall be so constructed and maintained as to prevent escape of animals. All reasonable precautions shall be taken to protect the public from the animals and the animals from the public.
   (H)   No owner of an animal shall abandon such animal.
   (I)   No person shall give away any live animal, fish, reptile or bird as a prize for, or as an inducement to enter, any contest, game or other competition, as an inducement to enter a place of amusement or as an incentive to enter into any business agreement whereby the offer was for the purpose of attracting trade.
   (J)   Any person who, as the operator of a motor vehicle, strikes a domestic animal shall stop at once and render such assistance as may be possible and shall immediately report such injury or death to the animal's owner; in the event the owner cannot be ascertained and located, such operator shall at once report the accident to the appropriate law enforcement agency or to the local humane society.
   (K)   No person shall expose any known poisonous substance, whether mixed with food or not, so that the same shall be liable to be eaten by any animal. (Ord. 682-00, 9-5-2000)