[Amended 3-4-1985 by Ord. No. 390; 10-15-2018 by Ord.
No. 506]
A. Any person violating any of the provisions of this chapter shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction thereof, shall be punished as provided in Chapter
1, General Provisions, Article
I, General Penalty, except for the following which shall be classified as a payable petty misdemeanor offense for the first two convictions. Upon a third violation within a five-year period for the exact same offense, it would then convert to a misdemeanor offense and a mandatory court appearance:
(1) Section
54-2, License required; exception.
(2) Section
54-3, Annual license tags; fees; numbers of dogs.
(3) Section
54-8, Dogs running at large.
(4) Section
54-18, Nuisance caused by dogs and other animals.
B. For the purpose of citing under this chapter, when a violation occurs
and the name of the animal's owner is not known, it shall be
prima facie evidence that the head of the household wherein the animal
resides shall be responsible, unless such head of the household provides
information as to the identity of the owner of the animal.