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A. No person owning or harboring or having the care or custody of a dangerous or vicious dog shall suffer or permit such dog:

1. To go unconfined on the premises of such person. For purposes of this section, a vicious dog is unconfined if not securely confined indoors or confined in a securely enclosed and locked pen or dog run area upon the premises of said person. In addition, such covered pen or dog run area shall have sides either six feet high or otherwise adequate, as determined by the City Manager or their designee, for the comfort and safe confinement of the dog. If the pen or structure has no bottom secured to the sides, the sides shall be imbedded into the ground at a depth to safely confine the dog, in no event less than one foot;

2. To go beyond the premises of such person unless securely muzzled and restrained with a chain having a minimum tensile strength of 300 pounds and not exceeding three feet in length;

3. To be kept or otherwise maintained for the purpose of dog fighting; nor shall such person train, torment, badger, bait or use any dog for the purpose of causing or encouraging said dog to attack human beings or domestic animals; nor to be outfitted with a training device for fighting or attacking, such as a weighted neck collar;

4. To be kept or otherwise maintained for the purpose of sale or breeding;

B. No person shall own, harbor or otherwise have the care of any dangerous or vicious dog without maintaining a policy of insurance in an amount not less than $50,000 insuring said person against any claim, loss, damage, or injury to persons, domestic animals, or property resulting from the acts, whether intentional or unintentional, of the vicious or dangerous dog. Such person shall produce evidence of such insurance upon the request of the City Manager or their designee. (Ord. 6627-NS § 1, 2001: Ord. 6568-NS § 1, 2000: Ord. 5846-NS § 2, 1988)