City of Mission Woods, KS Animal Nuisances

§ 2-501 Nuisance Prohibited.

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.

§ 2-502 Excrement.

(a)

It shall be unlawful for any person to appear with an animal upon the public ways, within public places or upon the property of another, absent that person's consent, without some means for the removal of excrement.

(b)

It shall be unlawful for any person to fail to immediately remove any excrement deposited by his or her animal upon any public or private property, other than the property of the owner of the animal. This section shall not apply to a blind person while walking his or her work dog.

§ 2-503 Female in Heat.

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.

§ 2-504 Diseased Animals.

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.

§ 2-505 Damage to Property.

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.

§ 2-506 Penalty.

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.