(A) All persons having custody of any animal or animals shall exercise proper care and control over such animal or animals to prevent said animal or animals from becoming a nuisance.
(B) An animal shall be deemed a nuisance if such animal:
(1) Causes damage to the property of anyone other than its owner;
(2) Causes unreasonable odor;
(3) Is in unsanitary condition in its being or habitat;
(4) Is diseased;
(5) Is in heat and uncontrolled;
(6) Makes unreasonable barking, whining, howling, or disturbing noises;
(7) Chases vehicles, people, or livestock;
(8) The animal has previously been found at large by Animal Control on three separate occasions within a 12-month period;
(9) The animal has been declared a potentially dangerous animal or dangerous animal, and is found at large or found in violation of any animal control restriction placed on that animal;
(10) The animal is a vicious animal; and
(11) Severely bites a human or kills another animal unprovoked.
(C) Besides other remedies allowed by law, Animal Control may abate a nuisance animal as provided by law.
(Prior Code, § 9.08.130) (Ord. 04-2013, passed 3-6-2013)