It shall be unlawful for the owner or any person responsible for any animal, fowl or reptile, except as otherwise herein provided, to allow such animal, fowl or reptile to run at large or loose upon any of the streets or public places of the city, and any such animal, fowl or reptile running at large or loose upon the streets or public places of the city shall be taken up by the animal control officer and impounded in the city pound, and shall be released to the owner thereof only upon payment to the animal control officer of the prescribed fee.

(Code 1964, § 5.040; Ord. No. 11910, § 1, 6-6-88)