[Amended 10-5-2000 by Ord. No. 502]
A. No person shall own, keep or harbor any dog which shall habitually
bark, yelp, howl, whine, cry, cause obnoxious odors or create a constant
threat of biting so as to disturb the peace, quiet or rest of any
other person or cause unreasonable annoyance to any other person on
the public highway or on adjoining or neighboring property.
B. No person owning, keeping or harboring any dog and/or other like
animal or livestock shall permit such animal or animals upon a public
street, sidewalk, thoroughfare, park, playground, school yard or in
any of the public places of the municipality unless it is controlled
by an adequate leash or tether not more than six feet long.
C. Wild animals; keeping of animals on unoccupied premises.
(1) No person shall own, keep or harbor any wolf or wolf hybrid or wildlife
hybrids within the municipality.
(2) No person shall own, possess or have custody on his premises any
wild or vicious animal for display, training or exhibition purposes,
whether gratuitously or for a fee.
(3) No person shall keep or permit to be kept any wild animal as a pet.
(4) No person shall own, keep or harbor a dog, cat or other animal on
unoccupied premises.
[Amended 10-5-2000 by Ord. No. 502]
A. Any person who shall own, keep or harbor any dog in violation hereof
shall be guilty of maintaining a nuisance.
B. No person keeping, harboring or in charge of any dog, cat or other
animal shall cause, suffer or allow such dog, cat or other animal
to soil, defile, deface or defecate on or commit any nuisance on any
public property, including but not limited to any common thoroughfare,
sidewalk, passageway, bypath, play area, park or any place where people
congregate or walk. The aforesaid restriction shall not apply to those
persons who shall comply with the following:
(1) The person in charge of such dog, cat or other animal shall immediately
remove all feces deposited by such animal by any sanitary method approved
by the County Department of Health.
(2) The feces removed from the aforementioned designated areas shall
be disposed of by the person owning, harboring, keeping or in charge
of any dog, cat or other animal in a sanitary manner approved by the
County Department of Health.
C. No person keeping, harboring or in charge of any dog, cat or other
animal shall cause, suffer or allow such dog, cat or other animal
to soil, defile, deface or defecate on any private property without
permission of the property owner.
D. No person shall abandon, leave, relinquish control over or cause
to remain any dog, cat or other animal on any public or private property
without the prior approval of the property owner.
Any person who shall violate any of the provisions of this article
shall, upon conviction, be subject to imprisonment for a term not
exceeding 90 days or to a fine not exceeding $500, or both, in the
discretion of the Judge before whom such conviction is had. Each violation
of any provision of this article shall constitute a separate offense.