In order to regulate the general health, safety and welfare of the people within the city limits of Rogue River, we find it appropriate, necessary, and in the public interest to enforce safeguards for the public who would use our city streets and sidewalks. Therefore, the following provisions will apply to the possession, harboring, controlling, keeping, or ownership of potentially dangerous or dangerous animals, reptiles, or amphibians:
A. 
No owner or person in control or possession of a wild or domesticated dangerous or potentially dangerous animal, reptile, or amphibian as defined in RRMC § 8.05.010 shall permit that animal, reptile or amphibian to be exposed in public or to run at large. If the animal, reptile or amphibian is exposed to the public or is found at large, it will be taken into custody by the city and impounded by the Jackson County animal control board, and the owner or person in control or possession of that animal, reptile, or amphibian shall be fined as provided for in RRMC § 8.05.290.
B. 
An owner or person in control or possession of an animal, reptile or amphibian that without provocation conducts itself in the manner as described below shall be fined as provided for in RRMC § 8.05.290, and the animal, reptile or amphibian will be seized by the Rogue River police department and impounded by the Jackson County animal control board.
1. 
Injures, kills, damages, or destroys any property, whether real, personal or mixed, belonging to a person other than the owner or person in control or possession of the animal, reptile or amphibian; or
2. 
Bites a person; or
3. 
Shows a propensity to bite a person; or
4. 
Injures or kills an animal or fowl belonging to a person other than the owner or person in control or possession of the animal.
C. 
Any animal, reptile or amphibian that, without provocation, poses an immediate and imminent threat of serious injury or death to any person, domestic pet, livestock, or fowl, may be destroyed by a law enforcement officer, or any other person, and the owner or person in control or possession shall be fined as provided for in RRMC § 8.05.290.
D. 
Confinement of Dangerous Animals, Reptiles, or Amphibians on Private Property.
1. 
If an owner or person in control or possession of a dangerous or potentially dangerous animal as defined in RRMC § 8.05.010 keeps or intends to keep the animal on private property within the city limits, then the owner or person in control or possession of the animal must keep the animal within a proper enclosure. Signs must be posted near the enclosure warning that the animal is potentially dangerous. The signs must be readable by a person with normal vision from a distance of 30 feet. A "proper enclosure" means:
a. 
A secure confinement indoors; or
b. 
A secure confinement outdoors that:
i. 
Provides the animal with protection from wind, rain, snow or sun and has adequate bedding to protect against cold and dampness.
ii. 
Is not less than six feet wide and 12 feet long, has a fence at least six feet high, and has a concrete floor or heavy buried wire barrier sufficient to prevent the animal from digging out.
iii. 
Is located so that it is set back five feet from the property line of each side of the property, 10 feet from the rear property line, and is not located in the front yard of the house.
iv. 
Is enclosed on top if the enclosure intends to house an animal which possesses the capability to climb over or jump the fence.
v. 
Is enclosed within a fenced yard that prevents entry by children 12 years of age or younger.
vi. 
Is enclosed within a fenced yard that prevents entry by children 12 years of age or younger.
c. 
An owner or person who is in control or possession of a dangerous animal as defined in RRMC § 8.05.010 and who fails to secure the animal in the manner prescribed in this section shall be fined as provided for in RRMC § 8.05.290.
2. 
The animal, when not in a proper enclosure, must be under the control of an adult, restrained with a substantial chain not more than five feet in length and fitted with a muzzle that prevents the animal from biting a person or animal. If an owner or person in control or possession of a dangerous or potentially dangerous animal as defined in RRMC § 8.05.010 fails to restrain the animal in this manner, he or she shall be fined as provided for in RRMC § 8.05.290.
(Ord. 04-322-O § 3; Ord. 05-324-O § 2; Ord. 23-418-O § 23)
Except for domestic cats, no owner or person in control or possession of an animal shall permit the animal to be at large. Animals at large may be taken into custody by the city. If a police officer determines that an animal, reptile, or amphibian at large is so vicious or dangerous that it cannot be impounded by the police officer or animal control, the police officer may destroy the animal, reptile, or amphibian.
(Ord. 04-322-O § 4; Ord. 05-324-O § 3)
No person may permit any fowl or animal carcass owned by him or under his control or in his possession to remain upon the public streets or places, or to be exposed on private property, for a period of time longer than 72 hours.
(Ord. 04-322-O § 5)
A dog that is a nuisance may be seized by any person or the Rogue River police department and impounded by the Jackson County animal control. Its owner or person in control or possession may be fined as provided in RRMC § 8.05.290 under the following circumstances:
A. 
No person who is the owner, person in control or possession of a dog shall allow the dog to run at large.
B. 
No person who is the owner, keeper or custodian of a dog shall allow the dog to be on property not owned by the owner, keeper, or custodian without the permission of the owner or person in control or possession of the property.
C. 
No person shall own, keep or harbor a dog that is a nuisance. Nuisances are defined as follows:
1. 
Howls or barks in such a manner as to deprive a person of peace and quiet, or approaches a person in a menacing or threatening manner off the premises of the owner or person in control or possession; or
2. 
Habitually chases vehicles of any kind, or persons.
D. 
No person shall own or be in control or possession of a dog unless it is licensed according to the laws of Jackson County. A dog that is unlicensed may be seized by the Rogue River police department and impounded by the Jackson County animal control board.
E. 
This prohibition does not apply to:
1. 
Dogs for the handicapped; or
2. 
Dogs used for law enforcement purposes.
(Ord. 04-322-O § 6; Ord. 23-418-O § 24)
The owner or person in possession or control of any animal shall be responsible for removal of fecal droppings left by that animal on public property, in a public park, or on private property without the consent of the private property owner. It is a defense to this section if the owner or person in possession or control of the dog immediately cleans up the defecation without being instructed to do so.
(Ord. 04-322-O § 7)