ANIMAL PROTECTION AND CONTROL

55.09 LEASHING. Any person owning a dog shall confine the same from running at large. It is the duty of every person owning a dog to:

  1. Confine the dog by good and sufficient means; or
  2. Cause the dog to be under the control of a person competent to restrain and control the dog, either by leash, cord, chain or other similar restraint of sufficient strength and not more than six (6) feet in length; or
  3. Properly restrain in a motor vehicle, or keep the dog in a veterinary hospital or registered kennel. A muzzled dog shall not be deemed to have been restrained unless the above conditions are also met.

55.10 SANITATION. No owner or walker of any animal shall permit the animal to discharge feces upon any public or private property, other than the property of the owner of the animal. The owner or walker shall be deemed to permit the animal’s discharge of feces if the owner does not immediately thereafter take steps to remove and clean up the feces from the property.