§ 6.04.580. Running at large.  


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  • No person owning any animal or having the care, custody, control or possession of any animal shall offer, allow or permit such animal to run, be or remain at large on any public street, road, alley, park or other public place, or upon any private property without permission of the owner of said property. All dogs may be deemed running at large within the meaning of this section unless tied, restrained by chain, strap or cord attached to their collars, actually held by some person, or tied or restrained in an automobile or other vehicle, or unless such dog is staked or fastened or restrained within a fenced area. Any animal found running at large on any public street, road, alley, park or other public place, or upon any private property without permission of the owner of said property within Madera County dog zone, shall be subject to seizure and impoundment at the animal control center.

(Ord. 479 § 2(part), 1984).