(A) It shall be unlawful for any person or persons to permit or suffer to run at large within the limits of the city any dog or animal of the dog kind, whether licensed or unlicensed, and any police officer or person of proper authority is hereby authorized and empowered to impound any such dog or animal found running at large in violation of the provisions of this section.
(B) Any dog shall be deemed RUNNING AT LARGE within the meaning of this section when such animal is not confined upon the premises of its owner or on a leash in the hands of some attendant, or unless such animal, if loose, is accompanied by its owner or attendant.
(C) No person owning any dog, licensed or unlicensed, confined on the premises or otherwise, shall suffer or permit such dog to disturb the peace and quite of the neighborhood by continuous barking or making other loud or unusual noises.
(D) Upon signed complaint to the Police Department that any person is keeping or harboring any dog which disturbs the peace as herein set forth, it shall be the duty of said Police Department to notify the owner of said dog in writing of said complaint, and after such owner has been given the 48 hours’ notice of such habit, any police officer or person of proper authority is hereby authorized and empowered to go upon the premises and impound any such dog or animal so disturbing the peace. In addition to the impounding of such animal or other penalties prescribed, the owner thereof shall be subject to a fine and the penalties on file in the Finance Office.
(E) If the officer does not hear the alleged disturbance, but the complaining citizen is willing to sign a statement attesting to the disturbance with times and descriptions of such disturbance, the officer may use the statement to judge if the disturbance is severe enough to impound the creature. If the owner or caretaker is not at home, the officer will leave a notice informing him or her of the impoundment. The owner or caretaker will be responsible for all costs.
(Prior Code, § 7-3-6) Penalty, see § 90.99