(a) No person who is the owner or keeper of horses, mules, cattle, sheep, goats, swine, dogs, geese or other fowl or animals shall permit them to run at large upon any public or private property within the City.
(b) A person who is the owner or has charge of any animal shall not permit it to run at large in the public road, highway, street, lane, or alley, or upon unenclosed land, or permit them to go upon any private yard, lot or enclosure without the consent of the owner of the yard, lot or enclosure.
(c) No person shall cause animals to be herded, kept, or detained for the purpose of grazing on premises other than those owned or occupied by the owner or keeper thereof without the consent of the owner of the premises.
(d) The running at large of such animal in or upon any of the places mentioned in divisions (a) through (c) above is prima facie evidence that it is running at large in violation of this section.
(e) No owner of a vicious dog, as designated by a judge, shall keep, own, possess, harbor, maintain, and have the care, custody, or control of such a dog within the municipal limits of the City. No one who has owned or currently owns a vicious dog shall be permitted to keep, own, possess, harbor, maintain, and have the care, custody, or control of an American bulldog, Canary dog, or pit bull terrier or any previously labeled dangerous or vicious dog in the City in the future.
(f) Whoever violates divisions (a) through (e) of this section is guilty of a misdemeanor of the fourth degree.
(Ord. 91-19. Passed 04/25/91; Ord. 06-34. Passed 05/25/06. Ord. 11-70. Passed 11/22/11. Ord. 12-30. Passed 06/14/12; Ord. 2021-04. Adopted 02/11/21)