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Any owner or person having charge, care, custody, or control of an animal or animals causing a nuisance as defined below shall be in violation of this Title and subject to the penalties provided herein. The following shall be deemed a nuisance:

(1) Any animal which:

a. Causes damage to the property of anyone other than its owner;

b. Is a vicious animal as defined herein and kept contrary to this Title;

c. Causes unreasonable fouling of the air by odors;

d. Causes unsanitary conditions in enclosures or surroundings;

e. Defecates in or on any public sidewalk, park, or building or on any private property without the consent of the owner of such private property, unless the person owning; having a proprietary interest in; harboring; or having care, charge, control, custody, or possession of such animal shall remove any such defecation to a proper trash receptacle;

f. Barks, whines, or howls or makes other disturbing noises in an excessive, continuous, or untimely fashion;

g. Molests passersby or chases passing vehicles;

h. Attacks other domestic animals; or

i. Is determined by the Animal Control Division or Health Department to be a public nuisance by virtue of being offensive or dangerous to the public health, welfare, or safety.

(2) Any animal which, by virtue of the number maintained, are determined by the Animal Control Division or the Health Department to be offensive or dangerous to the public health, welfare, or safety.

(Ord. No. 98-61 Amended 08/25/1998)