§ 6.03.10. Nuisances.

A.

A person commits an offense as owner of an animal if he permits or by insufficient control or negligently allows any of the following to occur:

1.

An animal is at large as defined by this title;

2.

An animal damages or destroys public or private property or litters, overturns or spills trash from a garbage container;

3.

An animal defecates on property not belonging to or under the control of its owner;

4.

An animal barks, whines, howls or makes any noise excessively and for more than ten consecutive minutes to the discomfort of the people and quiet of the neighborhood, or which makes any unreasonably loud, disturbing and unnecessary noise which is offensive to the ordinary sensibilities of the inhabitants of the city and which noise renders the enjoyment of life or property uncomfortable or interferes with public peace and comfort;

5.

An animal is unconfined when in heat;

6.

Allows the accumulation of animal waste on any premises in a quantity sufficient to create an odor offensive to a person of normal sensibilities standing on an adjacent property not owned by the subject animal's owner, or which creates a condition conducive to the breeding of flies and other pests.

7.

Molests or chases pedestrians, passersby or passing vehicles including bicycles.

8.

Makes unprovoked attacks on other animals of any kind.

B.

An animal owner or keeper shall not walk an animal without a leash restraint, and shall not guide or take animals onto yards or driveways of property not owned, leased or occupied by the animal owner for the purpose of allowing the animal to defecate, but shall keep the animal in the public right-of-way, and shall carry a container with implement for the sanitary removal of the animal's fecal matter from the public sidewalk and public right-of-way adjacent to any property with a structure or other improvements thereon.

C.

Whenever the police department receives a complaint that a nuisance animal is causing material distress or discomfort to persons of ordinary sensibilities in the neighborhood, the department shall notify the owner of the dog that a complaint has been received, and that the owner should take whatever action is necessary to quell the barking, howling, or other nuisance behavior. If the warning to the owner prescribed in this section is ineffective, then upon the subsequent filing of a verified complaint by the complainant, the department shall cite the owner to appear in municipal court and answer the alleged violation.

(Ord. No. 2017-06 , § 2, 7-11-2017)