§ 10-11. Public nuisances.

(a)

Failure to exercise proper care. Every animal owner shall exercise proper care and control of such animal or animals, and the premises where they are kept, to prevent them from becoming a public nuisance.

(b)

Conditions constituting nuisances. All of the following conditions, situations, or occurrences are hereby declared to be public nuisances and constitute failure of the owner to exercise proper care and control of his animal or animals and/or the premises where said animal or animals are or have been kept:

(1)

Any animal which turns over garbage containers, scatters garbage, or otherwise damages private or public property;

(2)

Any animal running at-large or roaming off of private property owned or controlled by the owner thereof;

(3)

Any animal that barks, whines, howls, or makes other sounds or noises in an excessive, continuous, or untimely fashion; or

(4)

Any building, room, cage, kennel, yard, run, or other place or facility where animals are kept or harbored that is not maintained in a clean and sanitary condition so as to prevent obnoxious odors; the attraction, breeding, or potential breeding of flies; the attraction, harboring, or breeding of rodents, or potential breeding of rodents; or the creation of any other public health nuisance.

(Code 1974, § 3-42; Code 1994, § 10-13; Code 2005, § 10-12; Ord. No. 88-21, § 1, 3-20-1989; Ord. No. 2001-25, § 1(3-44), 1-7-2002)