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Section 4-12.1. • The use an animal Dy closing material, is prohibi of setting such a tr any animal was caugh misdemeanor. Use of animal lea -hold traps. person of an animal trap designed to catch on a limb, whether made of steel or other ted within the City. Any person convicted ap anywhere in the City, whether or not t in the trap, shall be quilts of a Class I ARTICLE II. DOGS. Section 4-13. Running at large generally. It shall be unlawful for the owner of any dog to allow such dog to run at large, at any time, within the City, even though the dog is both lawfully licensed and vaccinated. Any person violating this section, upon conviction, shall be fined for the commission of a Class IV misdemeanor, with a minimum fine of €iVe-dei}ars $10.00; W4th-a-sex#�n�-€}ne-s€-taentp-€#tee-de€€ars-€er-anp-e€€ansa;-Whether €}rat-#n-anp-ane-pear-er-snbsegnent. Upon a fourth conviction within one year of any offense under this section involving the same animal, the defendant shall be subject to a fine for the commission of a Class III misdemeanor. • Section 4-14. Barking or howling dogs. (a) The harboring or keeping of any dog which by loud, frequent or habitual barking or howling, shall cause annoyance and disturb the peace and quiet of any person or neighborhood is hereby declared to be a nuisance and unlawful. (b) Any person annoyed by such loud, frequent or habitual barking or howling may enter h}s a_ complaint by warrant returnable to the general district court, where the complaint shall be heard as all other complaints under criminal warrants are heard. Upon a finding by the judge that the dog involved is a loud, frequent and/or habitual barker or howler and causes annoyance and disturbs the peace and quiet of the complainant or neighborhood, the owner or custodian shall be gun}shed-as-grevided #n-seeten-�-�9 fined for the commission of a Class IV misdemeanor, with a minimum fine of $10.00. Upon a seeend third conviction within a-ger+ed-e€ one year of any offense under this section involving the same dog, in addition to imposing a fine for the commission of a Class IV misdemeanor, with a minimum fine of $10.00, the judge a€-the-genera}-d#str#et-eeBrt shall order the owner or custodian of such dog to remove it permanently from the City • within a-gersed-e€ two weeks. Should such owner or custodian fail to comply with this such order such dog shall be seized by the chief of police or his or her duly authorized representative and humanely destroyed or placed for adoption outside of the Citv.