Animals not to run at large; exceptions

(a)

No animal kept, harbored, maintained or possessed by any person in the city shall be permitted to run at large or to remain in or upon public or private property unless the animal is under the actual or direct control of its keeper by a rope, chain, leash or suitable device, or is kept within an enclosed area capable of preventing the animal from escaping therefrom. Any person owning, possessing or having control or custody of any animal shall be held strictly responsible for compliance with this section, and it shall be no defense to a prosecution under this section that the defendant did not personally allow, permit or countenance the animal to run at large or roam in the city.

(b)

This section shall have no application to dogs and cats, except as limited by section 38-57.

(Code 1967, § 5-2; Code 1980, § 6-2; Ord. No. 14206, § 2, 9-28-23)

State Law reference— Livestock at large, F.S. § 588.12 et seq.