Chapter 6.16
ANIMAL CONTROL

Sections:

6.16.010  Animal services director – Duties.

6.16.020  Animal restraint.

6.16.010 Animal services director – Duties.

The animal services director is primarily responsible for the enforcement and administration of this title. His duties shall include but not be limited to the following:

A. To take up and impound animals when authorized by this title;

B. To remove and dispose of the carcass of any animal found on any public highway, street, alley, or any other public place in the city;

C. To quarantine animals and to cooperate with the county health officer;

D. To administer licensing programs as delegated by the licensing authority. (Ord. 89-04 § 2, 1989)

6.16.020 Animal restraint.

A. No owner of any animal, wild or domestic, except the domestic cat, shall permit or suffer the animal to:

1. Be off a leash or to be restrained by a leash which is more than eight feet in length, except that an animal need not be on a leash while it is on the premises of its owner nor while on other private property with consent of the owner;

2. Enter upon private property without consent of the owner of the private property;

3. Habitually make loud noises;

4. Act in such other manner so as to constitute a public nuisance.

B. Nothing in this section shall prohibit the use of animals on school property for teaching, use of the blind, or other school purposes when permitted by school officials, or require a person to keep any animal in his possession on a leash if at the time the animal is restrained in a vehicle or cage. (Ord. 89-04 § 2, 1989)