No person being the owner of any dog or having
the custody or control of any dog shall permit such dog to commit
any nuisance within the city or cause damage to the property of others.
The following acts are declared to be public nuisances and are set
forth herein for explanatory purposes only and are not to be considered
as excluding other types of nuisances:
A. Engaging in loud howling or barking or conducting
itself in such a manner as to annoy any person other than the owner
or person harboring such dog for a sustained period of not less than
15 minutes.
[Added 8-22-2000 by Ord. No. 10-2000]
B. Habitually chasing and/or barking at automobiles,
bicycles, moving vehicles or persons on foot.
C. Jumping upon any person or knocking any person over.
D. Being found upon the school yard of any of the schools
of the city during the time of year when said schools are open between
30 minutes prior to the beginning of the school day and 30 minutes
after the end of the school day.
E. Causing any damage to any property or defacing any
property. For the purposes of this article it shall be considered
damage to property for a dog to dig holes thereon or to deposit his
waste eliminations thereon, although such damage is set out herein
for explanatory purposes only and is not to be considered as excluding
other types of damage from the purview hereof.
F. Running together in a pack or in any way forming a
pack. For the purpose of this article, the word "pack" is hereby defined
to mean three or more dogs.
[Amended 1-24-1984]
A violation of this article shall constitute
an offense; and any person violating any provision of this article
may, upon conviction, be punished for the first offense by a fine
not exceeding $10 and for a second offense by a fine of not less than
$10 nor more than $25 and for a third or any subsequent offense by
a fine of not less than $50 nor more than $100.