(a) No owner or keeper of any dog shall permit such dog to run at large within the City, and any person who does so shall be guilty of a misdemeanor; and, upon conviction shall be punished by a fine of not less than twenty-five dollars ($25.00) nor more than one hundred dollars ($100.00).
(b) No person having the possession of a dog shall lead or take such dog upon the private property of another without permission, or knowingly permit such dog to soil on, damage or destroy yards, flowers or shrubbery of another person, or otherwise trespass upon the property of another without permission within the City, and any person violating any of the provisions of this subsection shall be guilty of a misdemeanor; and upon conviction shall be punished by a fine of not less than twenty-five dollars ($25.00), nor more than two hundred dollars ($200.00). Dogs not confined on the owner’s property shall be maintained on a leash of a length no longer than six feet.
(c) Should any dog, while running at large, bite or otherwise inflict injury upon any person, the person or owner having charge of any such dog shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, shall be fined five hundred dollars ($500.00), and may be ordered by the Municipal Judge to provide restitution, where appropriate.
(d) Any dog found running at large in the City, may be seized and impounded at the expense of the owner. (Ord. 435. Passed 4-17-17; Ord. 503. Passed 6-22-21.)