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ARTICLE II. DOGS Sec. 6-16. Confinement. A. No person having the custody or control of any dog or animal of the dog kind shall permit the same to be on any unfenced, privately owned land without being effectively restrained from beyond such unfenced land, nor shall any person having the custody or control of any dog or animal of the dog kind permit the same at any time to be on any street, public park, school grounds or public place without being effectively restraihed by-a CHAINED or LEASHED. not eA!""c;c.ding eight (8) feet In length. B. NO CITATION WILL BE ISSUED BY THE CITY UNLESS IT IS SHOWN TO THE ISSUING OFFICER THAT AN INDIVIDUAL, OR SOMEONE ACTING ON THEIR BEHALF, HAS GIVEN NOTICE TO THE OWNER OR KEEPER OF THE DOG THA T THE DOG HAS NeT BEEN RESTRAINED AT LARGE ON AT LEAST ONE PRIOR OCCASION OR UNLESS THE ISSUING OFFICER OBSERVES THE ANIMAL NOT BDINC RESTRAINED AT LARGE. Sec. 6-17. Cleanup. Any person having the custody or control of any dog shall: A. Not permit the dog to be on public property or the property of another without having in their immediate possession a device for the collection and removal of feces and a container for the transport of the feces to a proper receptacle. B. Remove feces left by a dog on public property or the property of another to a proper receptacle located on the custodian's property or that of the dog owner, except that droppings in a park may be placed in an outside park trash container. C. The provisions of this section shall not apply to guide dogs accompanying a blind person or to a person with dogs engaged in search or rescue activities. See 6-18. Howling and Barking. It shall be unlawful for any person to own, keep, have in his possession, or harbor any dog which, by frequent and habitual howling, yelping, barking or otherwise shall cause serious annoyance or disturbance to persons or to the neighborhood; provided, that the provisions of this section shall not apply to duly authorized hospitals or clinics conducted for the treatment of small animals. Sees. 6-19 - 6-44. Reserved.