A. It shall be unlawful for the owner of any dog to allow it to be on the private property of another person or public property without the consent of the person owning, occupying or controlling the property. Animals on the property of another person with the consent of the person in charge of the property shall be under such restraint as is necessary to protect persons and other animals from injury and to protect the property from damage. Dogs shall be restrained by a leash not longer than six feet in length and under the immediate control of the handler or confined within an enclosed pen when on public property unless an officer authorized by the city manager to be in charge of the property has consented to the owner exercising another form of restraint.

B. Any person who at any time finds any animal at large in violation of any of the provisions of this section may take up, confine and hold the animal; provided, that such person shall within four hours thereafter notify the animal control officer of the fact that he has the animal in his possession and shall surrender possession of the animal to the animal control officer upon demand. If an animal is taken up, confined, or held at a time when an animal shelter is not open for business, the person confining it shall within four hours after the shelter reopens, notify the animal control officer that he has the animal in his possession and shall surrender the animal to the animal control officer upon demand. Any person, not employed by the city, who takes up, confines, or holds on animal pursuant to this section assumes all risk and liability associated with such conduct. (Ord. 587, 2009; Ord. 328 §3, 1987).