§ 6-33. Animals at large prohibited.

(a)

It shall be unlawful for any person owning or harboring an animal to permit such animal to run at large.

(b)

Any officer or citizen of the city is hereby authorized to take up and deliver to the office of the animal control officer any animal mentioned in this chapter that may be found "at large" in the corporate limits of the city, subject to the applicable provisions of the law. Failure to notify and/or turn over to the animal control officer any such animal within 48 hours shall be a violation of this article and may subject the person taking up the animal to civil and/or criminal action.

(c)

The animal control officer or his agent and peace officers are authorized to impound any animal mentioned in this chapter which is in violation of the section. In the event the animal is on private property or property of the animal's owner, the animal control officer, his agent, or peace officer may enter the property, other than a private dwelling, for the purpose of impoundment or issuance of a citation for violation of this chapter, or both, subject to applicable provisions of the law. However, the authority extended to the animal control officer by this section shall not include the authority to enter upon the premises of the owner solely for the purpose of issuing a citation for the failure of the animal to have its tag attached while on the owner's premises, unless such animal is also at large.

(Ord. No. 2004-02, § 3, 4-6-04)