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17.02.030 Control of dogs – Civil violations.
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The following dog control regulations are designed to protect public health and safety and welfare of dogs. The owner of a dog is strictly liable to control his/her dog as required herein. This means that the penalty for violation of these regulations is imposed without regard to any wrongful intention of the violator. The violation of subsection (1) of this section is a Class 1 civil infraction. It is unlawful for the owner of a dog to fail to prevent said dog from:

(1) Inflicting a bite on a human or animal (except poultry, rabbits, and cats that are allowed to roam off their owner’s property). Any such bite may result in a declaration of the dog being potentially dangerous pursuant to Chapter 17.03 CCC;

(2) Running at large;

(3) Not being under control while off the owner’s property;

(4) Entering any place where food is stored, prepared, served or sold to the public, or any public building or hall. This section shall not apply to any dog serving the blind or deaf; or to dogs used by armored car services, private security companies, or law enforcement agencies;

(5) Being accessible to other dogs, while in heat, for purposes other than controlled or planned breeding;

(6) Chasing, running after or jumping at vehicles using public roadways;

(7) Snapping, growling, snarling, barking in a threatening manner, or jumping upon, chasing or otherwise threatening persons while the dog is not restrained and is off the property of the owner;

(8) Howling, yelping, whining, barking, or making other noises in such a manner as to disturb any person or groups of persons to an unreasonable degree except that working dogs as defined in CCC 17.01.015 are exempted. The following examples constitute prima facia evidence of disturbing a person or group to an unreasonable degree; provided, however, these examples are not exclusive:

(a) Two or more complaints from different complainants within a 24 hour period;

(b) Barking, howling, yelping, or whining for more than one hour;

(c) Prolonged barking between the hours of 10:00 p.m. and 7:00 a.m.;

(9) Entering upon another person’s property without the authorization of that person;

(10) Being kept, harbored or maintained and known to have a contagious disease unless under the treatment of a licensed veterinarian;

(11) Running in packs while off the owner’s property;

(12) Damaging or destroying the property of another person, including destroying wildlife that has purposefully been attracted to the person’s property;

(13) Being staked, tethered or kept on public property;

(14) Entering another’s property and injuring or killing any poultry or rabbits that are housed in an adequate enclosure, or cats that are on their owner’s property.