Dog owners or persons having care or custody of dogs shall at all times keep their dogs on a leash or within an enclosed area on their own property or the private property of another, with the permission of the owner of that property, so as to prevent them from being at large or stray, from biting or harassing any person engaged in a lawful act, from interfering with the use of public property or with the use of another person’s private property, and from being in violation of other sections of this code. However, dogs may be at large while participating in field trials and obedience classes organized and sanctioned by recognized dog clubs, while assisting their owner or trainer in legal hunting or in the herding of livestock, while assisting a peace officer engaged in law enforcement duties, or while being trained for the above purposes on private land with the permission of the land owner, so long as such dogs are under direct and effective sound or gesture control, within sight of such individuals to assure that they do not violate any other provisions of law. (Ord. 3226 § 1, 2012; Ord. 1706 § 1, 1976).