A.
No person shall lead or drive or otherwise cause to
travel, pass or be conveyed, any dangerous wild animal upon or along
any highway, street, court, alley, park, or other public way or ground
within the City limits, unless the same is properly secured in some
covered vehicle or cage, and is in charge of a person competent to
control said wild animal in case of accident.
B.
Any such animal found upon any way or ground designated
in the preceding subsection and not confined as therein described
shall be immediately seized by any Constable or police officer of
the City having knowledge thereof, and if necessary, may be killed
by such officer.
No person shall keep any live fowl, swine or
goats, except in accordance with the rules and regulations of the
Board of Health.
No person shall keep or allow to be kept in
any building, or on any premises of which he may be the owner or occupant,
any cow, horse or any other animal unless such premises or building
is kept clean and wholesome, and in accordance with such rules as
may be prescribed by the Board of Health.
No person shall permit any horse, cow, swine,
goat or other grazing animal to go at large, or to graze, or to remain
standing without being securely tied, on any street.
[Amended 8-17-2000; 2-1-2007]
No person shall tie a horse, dog or any other animal to any streetlight, utility pole, post, sign, parking meter, tree, vine or shrub, fence or any other fixture on or adjacent to any public sidewalk, public way, public park or other public place, when tying said animal poses a public safety or public health problem, or endangers the welfare of the animal. The penalty for violation of this section shall be as provided in Chapter 40, Enforcement, for each offense.
[Added 8-17-2000]
A.
Every owner/keeper of a domesticated animal shall
provide his or her animal with sufficient potable water and wholesome
food, proper shelter and protection from the weather, including extremes
of heat and cold, veterinary care sufficient to prevent suffering
and the spread of disease and shall provide humane care and treatment
for the animal.
B.
No owner or keeper shall abandon any animal. For the
purpose of this section, "abandonment" shall be defined as the willful
desertion of an animal or the failure to claim an impounded animal.
[Added 8-17-2000; amended 2-1-2007]
