Chapter 7.03 ANIMAL CONTROL
Section 7.03.110 General prohibitions and duties.
1. No person shall aid or cause any animal, whether owned by such person or
not, to escape confinement
or impoundment, whether such confinement or impoundment be upon the such person's property or that of
another, by opening any gate, door or window, by making an opening in any fence, enclosure or structure,
or by unleashing such animal.
2. It shall be prohibited for any person to permit or allow an animal owned
by that person or under that
person's custody or control to defecate upon public property, park property, public right-of-way, or
the
property of another, unless such person shall immediately thereafter clean up, remove and dispose of
the
feces so deposited.
3. It shall be the duty of every person owning or having the custody or control
of an animal to clean up,
remove and dispose of the feces deposited by such animal upon public property, park property, public
right-of-way, or the property of another.
4. When an animal is left unattended outside, it shall be the duty of the owner
to physically restrain the
animal within a fenced enclosure or have the animal securely tethered. The animal must be restrained
so as
to prevent the animal from leaving the owner's premises. In addition, the animal must be restrained
in such a
manner so that the animal may not come into contact with a person seeking access to any outside utility
meter or the front or main door of the premises.
5. It shall be unlawful for the owner or caretaker of any animal or domestic
animal to allow or permit the
animal to bark, bay, howl, cry or emit any other noise continuously and/or incessantly for a period
of ten
(10) minutes or to bark, bay howl, cry or emit any other noise intermittently for a period of one-half
(1/2)
hour or more and the sound is plainly audible across a residential boundary or within a noise sensitive
area.
The owner or caretaker shall not be subject to citation for a violation of this section if at the time
the animal
is making noise a person is trespassing or threatening to trespass upon private property in or upon
which the
animal is situated or if a person is taking other action which would tease or provoke the animal to
be noisy.
For purposes of this section a noise sensitive area is an area including but not limited to a hospital;
a
residential care facility; and or hotel, motel or other sleeping room;
6. It shall be prohibited for any person in any manner to interfere with any
employee or designated
representative of the city so as to hinder, delay or prevent his executing his duties pursuant to this
chapter.
7. No person may set traps in the city for the purpose of apprehending wild
or domesticated animals. This
section does not prohibit:
a. Trapping mice, rats or other household vermin; or
b. The setting of traps to destroy moles and other underground
pests so long as the traps used may be
triggered only by subsurface action; or
c. The setting of traps in the line of duty by an animal
control officer or with written permission from
and under supervision of an animal control officer or licensed pest-control operators.
8. It shall be unlawful for any person to harass, irritate, or tease an animal
restrained by leash or confined
to any enclosure. (Ord. 2007-0100, 2006-0676, 2005-0217; 96/U-4368;
91/T-10236; 86/T-4626; 85/T-3437; 82/T-1235
)