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A. No person owning or having possession, charge, custody or control of any horse, cow, ox, mule, donkey, swine, sheep or goat may cause, permit or allow the same to stray or run in any other manner to be at large in or upon any unenclosed lot or place, public or private, in the city; nor shall any person owning or having possession, charge, custody or control of any such animal cause or permit or allow the same to be staked out, or herd or graze any such animal upon any unenclosed private lot or land in the city in such manner that the rope or other attachment by which the animal is tethered may permit the animals to be or to go beyond the boundaries of the unenclosed private lot or land. Any animal suffered or permitted to be at large or otherwise to be within the city in violation of this section is declared to be a nuisance and a menace to public health and safety.

B. Notwithstanding the provisions of subsection A. of this section, horses, mules, donkeys and oxen may be permitted upon the streets or other public places of the city if under the immediate care and control of the owner or other person having the care, custody and control thereof.

(Ord. 2900, 1991; prior code § 6-9)