(a) No person or household shall keep or harbor any animal or fowl in the Municipality so as to create noxious or offensive odors or unsanitary conditions which are a menace to the health, comfort or safety of the public.
(b) No person or household shall own, keep or harbor more than a combination of five dogs and cats, excepting puppies and kittens under three months old, in or on the premises of any dwelling within the City.
(c) Any animal which, by barking, biting, howling or which in any way or manner injures or disturbs the quiet of any person, or destroys or damages any lawn, tree, shrub, plant, building or other public or private property, other than the property of the owner or person in charge or control of such animal, by scratching, digging, running or otherwise, is hereby declared to be a public nuisance and no person being the owner or in charge of any animal shall permit such animal to be or create a nuisance as herein defined.
(d) No person, being the owner or in charge or control of any animal, shall allow or permit such animal to defecate on any school grounds, City park or other public property or upon any private property other than that of the owner or person in charge or control of such animal, without the permission of the owner of such property. The restriction in this section shall not be applicable to public property where the owner or person in charge or control of such animal immediately removes all feces deposited by such animal and disposes of the same in a sanitary manner.
(e) Whoever violates this section is guilty of a minor misdemeanor.
(Ord. 2008-33. Passed 8-19-08; Ord. 2017-26. Passed 8-16-17.)