A. 
No person shall lead or drive or otherwise cause to travel, pass or be conveyed, any dangerous wild animal upon or along any highway, street, court, alley, park, or other public way or ground within the City limits, unless the same is properly secured in some covered vehicle or cage, and is in charge of a person competent to control said wild animal in case of accident.
B. 
Any such animal found upon any way or ground designated in the preceding subsection and not confined as therein described shall be immediately seized by any Constable or police officer of the City having knowledge thereof, and if necessary, may be killed by such officer.
No person shall keep or allow to be kept in any building, or on any premises of which he may be the owner or occupant, any cow, horse or any other animal unless such premises or building is kept clean and wholesome, and in accordance with such rules as may be prescribed by the Board of Health.
[Amended 8-17-2000; 2-1-2007]
No person shall tie a horse, dog or any other animal to any streetlight, utility pole, post, sign, parking meter, tree, vine or shrub, fence or any other fixture on or adjacent to any public sidewalk, public way, public park or other public place, when tying said animal poses a public safety or public health problem, or endangers the welfare of the animal. The penalty for violation of this section shall be as provided in Chapter 40, Enforcement, for each offense.
[Added 8-17-2000]
A. 
Every owner/keeper of a domesticated animal shall provide his or her animal with sufficient potable water and wholesome food, proper shelter and protection from the weather, including extremes of heat and cold, veterinary care sufficient to prevent suffering and the spread of disease and shall provide humane care and treatment for the animal.
B. 
No owner or keeper shall abandon any animal. For the purpose of this section, "abandonment" shall be defined as the willful desertion of an animal or the failure to claim an impounded animal.
C. 
The penalties for violation of this section shall be as set forth in Chapter 40, Enforcement.
[Amended 2-1-2007]
[Added 8-17-2000; amended 2-1-2007]
A. 
Every female dog in estrus (heat) shall be confined in a building or secured enclosure in such a manner that the female dog cannot come into accidental contact with any other dog. The penalty for the violation of this section shall be as set forth in Chapter 40, Enforcement, for each offense.
B. 
The owner of any male dog, who trespasses onto the property where a female dog in estrus is properly confined, shall be subject to a fine as set forth in Chapter 40, Enforcement, for each offense in addition to the leash law violation fine.[1]
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Editor's Note: See § 128-9 of this chapter.