§ 4-23. Care and treatment; creating public nuisance.

(a)

All owners of animals shall provide such animals with sufficient food and water, proper cover, veterinary care when needed to prevent suffering, and with humane care and treatment. No person shall poison any animal other than household pests or deliberately kill, mistreat or abandon any domestic animal. Only authorized law enforcement officers or their agents or veterinarians shall be permitted to dispose of domestic animals and this shall be done in a humane manner.

(b)

No person harboring, owning, keeping in possession or having custody or control of any animal shall permit such animal to create a public nuisance. Public nuisance shall include but not be limited to the following: creating excessive noise; molesting people; depositing excretory matter on property other than that of the owner. Provided further, it shall be unlawful for the owner or manager of any domestic animal of any description willfully or negligently to permit any such animal to run at large beyond the limits of his own land or the lands leased, occupied or controlled by.

(c)

Any person who violates the provisions of this section shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction shall be fined in accordance with county ordinances.

(Ord. No. 69-07, 5-15-07)