1. It is unlawful for the owner or person having charge, care, custody or control of any livestock to allow such livestock at any time to run at large or be herded, picketed or staked out upon any street, sidewalk, or any other public place within the limits of the city, and all such animals so found may be impounded; provided, that nothing contained in this section shall be so construed as to prevent any person from driving milk cows, cattle, horses, mules or other animals, or poultry from outside the city limits to any enclosure within the city limits, or from any enclosure in the city to a place outside the city or from one enclosure to another within the limits of the city.
2. The owner or person charged with having the responsibility for the livestock found running at large shall be strictly liable for the violation of this section, regardless of the precautions taken to prevent the escape of the livestock and regardless of whether or not he knows that the livestock is at large. (Ord. 10-5, 11-9-2010)