Any person, including but not limited to the owner and/or the person who has the care, custody or control of such animal, commits an offense if he:
(1) 
Fails to provide a sufficient amount and type of food suitable for the species, size and age of the animal and in a quantity for the animal to maintain a healthy body condition and wellness;
(2) 
Fails to provide clean, potable water that is available at all times. The water container shall be affixed in a way that prevents the animal from knocking it over;
(3) 
Cruelly confines an animal or forces, allows, or permits any animal to remain in its own filth and/or waste;
(4) 
Crops a dog’s ears, docks a tail, removes dew claws, or performs other surgical procedures on a dog or cat, except as provided by the Veterinary Licensing Act by a licensed veterinarian;
(5) 
Uses any steel-jawed, killer-type, toothed trap designed in such a fashion as to reasonably ensure the cutting, slicing, tearing, or otherwise traumatizing of entrapped prey and commonly known as a bear trap, wolf trap, or coyote trap in any zoning district within the city limits;
(6) 
Instigates or permits any dog fight, cock fight, bullfight, or other combat between animals or between animals and humans;
(7) 
Throws or allows an animal to jump from a moving vehicle in a manner likely to injure the animal; or
(8) 
Ties or tethers a dog or other animal to a stationary object for any period of time or in a location so as to create an unhealthy situation for the animal or a potentially dangerous situation for a pedestrian. If an animal is tied or tethered, it must have an appropriate swivel attached to the chain or cable.
(A) 
A restraint must be five times the length of the dog, as measured from the tip of the dog’s nose to the base of the dog’s tail, or 10 feet.
(9) 
Fails to provide adequate shelter. Dogs shall have protection from the elements and weather conditions suitable for the age, species and physical condition of the dog so as to maintain the dog in a good state of health. Shelter shall consist of one the following:
(A) 
A doghouse that is enclosed with at least three (3) sides, a roof and a floor which is not the ground.
(B) 
A structure, including, but not limited to, a garage, barn, or shed that is to protect the dog from exposure. This structure shall be secured in such a way as to offer the animal protection from the sun and rain.
(C) 
The interior height and width of such structure is six (6) inches or more in excess of the length of the dog as measured from its nose to the base of its tail.
(Ordinance 06-048, sec. 2, adopted 8/22/06; 1978 Code, sec. 5-39; Ordinance 17-007, sec. 14, adopted 1/31/17)
(a) 
It shall be unlawful for any person to place or place and bait or to permit the placing or placing and baiting of any trap designed for trapping animals in any highway, street, alley or other public place within the city limits unless specific permission by the animal care manager has been granted. However, nothing in this chapter shall prohibit the animal care manager from placing such traps on public or private property as may be necessary to capture animals running at-large.
(b) 
It shall be unlawful for any person to remove, alter, damage, or otherwise tamper with a trap or equipment belonging to or set out by the animal care division.
(Ordinance 06-048, sec. 2, adopted 8/22/06; 1978 Code, sec. 5-40; Ordinance 17-007, sec. 15, adopted 1/31/17)
(a) 
It shall be unlawful for any person to abandon, forsake or dump any dog, cat or other animal within the city for any reason.
(b) 
The term “abandon” as used in this section means to leave an animal in any place without providing reasonable and necessary care for the animal under circumstances under which no reasonable and similarly situated owner would leave an animal.
(Ordinance 84-166, sec. 1, adopted 12/18/84; Ordinance 06-048, secs. 1, 2, adopted 8/22/06; 1978 Code, sec. 5-1; Ordinance 17-007, sec. 16, adopted 1/31/17)
(a) 
A person may not transport an animal in a motor vehicle on a public roadway unless:
(1) 
The animal is safely enclosed within the vehicle; or
(2) 
If the animal is transported in an unenclosed vehicle, including a convertible, pick-up truck, flatbed truck, or motorcycle, the animal shall be confined in a secure and appropriately sized and vented container or confined in a manner that prevents the animal from falling, jumping, or being thrown from a vehicle or otherwise being injured.
(b) 
A person may not keep an animal in a motor vehicle or other enclosed space in which the animal’s health or life is endangered by high temperature, low temperature or inadequate ventilation.
(1) 
A law enforcement officer or animal care officer may, after attempting to locate the animal’s owner, remove the animal from a vehicle or enclosed space using any reasonable means necessary, including breaking a window or lock. If professional services are required to remove the animal, the owner is responsible for the cost.
(2) 
A law enforcement officer or animal care officer who removes an animal from a vehicle or enclosed space in accordance with this subsection is not liable for any resulting property damage.
(Ordinance 17-007, sec. 17, adopted 1/31/17)