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Sec. B31-31. Restraint of dogs.

(a) The owner/guardian or person with the right to control any dog shall keep such dog under his or her physical restraint by means of a leash not to exceed six feet in length, or shall keep such dog confined behind a fence of sound construction and not less than six feet high so as to prevent the animal's escape.

(b) Subsection (a) shall not apply to the following:

(1) Guide, signal and service dogs for the blind, deaf or disabled, respectively, while performing their duties:

(2) Dogs participating in field or obedience trails or conformation exhibitions;

(3) Dogs assisting their owner/guardian/handler in legal hunting activities or in the herding of livestock;

(4) Dogs assisting a security guard or assisting a peace officer engaged in law enforcement activities;

(5) Dogs being trained for any of the above-described purposes on private property with the permission of the landowner, so long as such dogs are under the direct control of such individuals to assure that they do not violate any other provision of law.

(Ord. No. NS-300.745, § 1, 5-2-06)

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