(a) 
It shall be unlawful for the owner or custodian of any animal to refuse or fail to provide such animal with sufficient wholesome and nutritious food, potable water, veterinary care when needed to prevent suffering, and humane care and treatment, or to unnecessarily expose any such animal in hot, stormy, cold or inclement weather.
(b) 
If kept outdoors dogs and cats shall be provided adequate shelter as set forth in the definitions of this chapter. An owner may not leave a dog or cat outside in the case of extreme weather conditions, including, but not limited to, conditions in which:
(1) 
The actual or effective outdoor temperature is below 32 degrees Fahrenheit.
(2) 
A heat advisory has been issued by a local or state authority or jurisdiction.
(3) 
A tornado warning has been issued for the jurisdiction by the National Weather Service.
(Ordinance O-18-03-15-11A adopted 3/15/18)
(a) 
It shall be unlawful to leave any animal in any standing or parked vehicle in such a way as to endanger the animal’s health or safety. Any animal control officer or police officer is authorized to use reasonable force, including the breaking of a side window, to remove an animal from a vehicle whenever it appears the animal’s health or safety is or soon will be endangered, and said neglected or endangered animal shall be impounded.
(b) 
It shall be unlawful to leave any animal in any standing or parked vehicle unless the animal is safely enclosed within the vehicle, and if the animal is in a standing or parked unenclosed vehicle (including but not limited to convertibles, pickup trucks, jeeps, and flatbed trucks) the animal shall be confined by a vented container or cage, or by a chain, rope, or other device cross-tied to prevent the animal from falling or jumping from the motor vehicle or from strangling on a single leash.
(Ordinance 10-003-00 adopted 3/4/10)
It shall be unlawful for any owner or custodian of any animal to willfully abandon such animal on any street, road, highway or public place, or on private property when not in the care of another person.
(Ordinance 10-003-00 adopted 3/4/10)
If an animal control officer determines that an animal is or will be without proper care because of the owner’s injury, illness, incarceration or other involuntary absence, the animal control officer may impound such animal until reclaimed by its owner. The owner is responsible for all costs associated with the impoundment and must pay all costs before the animal is released. If the animal is not reclaimed by the owner within seven (7) days from the date of impoundment, the animal shall become the property of the county regional animal shelter.
(Ordinance O-18-03-15-11A adopted 3/15/18)
Cages, pens and enclosures used to confine animals shall be of sufficient size to maintain all of the animals within such enclosure comfortably and in good health. Said cages, pens and enclosures shall be of a proper material to securely contain all of the animals within such enclosures at all times.
(Ordinance 10-003-00 adopted 3/4/10)