(A) Dog fighting. No person shall own or harbor any dog for the purpose of dog fighting or training of a dog to attack or cause any injury to any domestic animal.
(B) Neglect. It is unlawful for any person owning or having charge, care, custody or control of any dog within the city limits to not properly care for said dog. To properly care for a dog requires providing the dog with sufficient food and water, maintaining the dog in good health, providing the dog with adequate shelter from the elements, and keeping dog pens or dog runs clean and sanitary, generally free of fecal and other matter that may attract flies, rodents or cause an offensive odor that may disturb the comfort of any person. Any dog found in a neglected manner may be taken into custody and impounded by the enforcement agent.
(C) Interference with peaceful enjoyment of peoples’ lives. Any person maintaining any dog or other animal, livestock or poultry in such a manner as to become a public nuisance or to deprive others of the peaceful enjoyment of the lives and property shall be in violation of this chapter.
(D) Barking or howling dogs.
(1) It is unlawful for any person owning or having the care, custody or control of any dog to permit said dog to bark, bay, howl or make any other noise, day or night, in such an unreasonable manner as to disturb the peace and quiet of any person or persons.
(2) The following behavior would meet the threshold of disturbing the peace and quiet of any person or persons:
(a) A dog barking, baying, howling or making other noise which can be heard off the owner’s or caretaker’s premises continuously for 30 minutes or more, or intermittently for 60 minutes or more in a 24-hour period; and/or
(b) A dog barking, baying, howling or making other noise which can be heard off the owner’s or caretaker’s premises continuously for more than five minutes, or intermittently for periods of at least three minutes with less than one minute of interruption, between the hours of 11:00 p.m. and 6:00 a.m.
(E) Ballparks. Dogs shall be prohibited from coming on or crossing over the city’s ballparks. This prohibition shall not apply to “guide dogs” or “service animals”, as defined under the Americans With Disabilities Act, 42 U.S.C. 12101 et seq.
(Ord. 919, passed - -2011; Ord. 941, passed 5-22-2014) Penalty, see § 90.99