It shall be unlawful for the owner or harborer of any animal
to cause or permit such animal to perform, create or engage in an
animal nuisance. Any animal found acting in any way forbidden by this
article, in the determination of the animal control officer, shall
hereby be declared a nuisance and its owner or harborer shall be subject
to citation.
All female animals in heat shall: be confined in an enclosure
or building in such a manner that the animal cannot come into contact
with a male animal except for planned breeding.
It shall be unlawful for the owner of any domestic animal to
knowingly cause or allow the same to run at large or be exposed in
any public place anywhere in the City; or to ship or remove such animal
from the owner's premises when same is afflicted with a contagious
or infectious disease except under the supervision of the animal control
officer, it shall be the duty of the animal control officer to order
the disposition of such diseased animal and treatment of the affected
premises to prevent the communication and spread of contagion or infection
except in cases where the state veterinarian is empowered to act and
does act.
It shall be unlawful for any person owning or possessing a dog,
cat, or other animal to permit such dog, cat or animal to go upon
any sidewalk, or private lands or premises without the permission
of the owner of such premise and break, tear up, crush, urinate, defecate,
or otherwise destroy, damage, or disturb any lawn, flower bed, plant,
shrub, tree, garden, trash collection, house, structure, or any personal
property in any manner whatsoever.
Any person violating any of the provisions of this article shall
upon conviction thereof be fined in a sum not exceeding $500 or be
imprisoned not to exceed 180 days, or be both so fined and imprisoned.