CHAPTER II. ANIMAL CONTROL AND REGULATION

 


Article 1. General Provisions. 1

2-101.... Definitions; general. 1

2-102.... Animals at large prohibited. 1

2-103.... Animal control officer; duty to impound; citation alternative. 1

2-104.... Same; captured/destruction. 1

2-105.... Municipal pound established. 2

2-106.... Breaking pound. 2

2-107.... Redeeming by owner. 2

2-108.... Impoundment; fee; notice; record. 2

2-109.... Cruelty to animals. 3

2-110.... Permit required. 3

2-111.... Obtaining permit. 3

2-112.... Permit denied; period to remove animals. 3

2-113.... Permit evoked; right to a hearing. 3

2-114.... Picketing upon street and public ground prohibited. 3

2-115.... Definition; vicious animal. 3

2-116.... Ownership of certain vicious animals prohibited. 4

2-117.... Public nuisances. 4

2-118.... Penalty. 4

2-119.... Disposition of certain vicious animals. 4

2-120.... Animal pens as nuisances. 5

Article 2. Cats And Dogs 6

2-201.... Registration and vaccination required; fee. 6

2-202.... Dog or cat tags. 6

2-203.... Running at large; impoundment. 6

2-204.... Impoundment 7

2-205.... Disposition of unclaimed dogs. 7

2-206.... Abandoning animals unlawful. 7

2-207.... Barking dogs prohibited. 7

2-208.... Dog and cat kennels. 7

2-209.... Confinement of dogs in heat. 8

2-210.... Penalty. 8

Article 3. Rottweiler Dogs. 9

2-301.... Animals; keeping prohibited. 9

2-302.... Keeping of registered rottweilers. 9

Article 4. Pit Bull Dogs. 12

2-401.... Animals; keeping prohibited. 12

2-402.... Keeping of registered pit bulls. 12

Article 5. Other Animals. 15

2-501.... Exotic animals. 15

2-502.... Fowl and livestock. 16