Sec. 6.04.210 – Neglect.

D. Animals may be tethered as a means of confinement only in accordance with the following:

1. Animals may not be tethered on a line less than three (3) times their body length as measured from the tip of the nose to the tip of the tail, or eight (8) feet, whichever is more; the safety of the animal shall not be at risk by the use of a tether.
2. Animals may not be tethered on a line that weighs more than one quarter of the animal’s body weight.
3. The tether shall be strong enough to restrain the animal.
4. The animal must be tethered by a non-choking collar of appropriate size and sufficient strength, or, in the alternative, to a body harness of appropriate size and sufficient strength.
5. The area across which the tethered animal may reach is reasonably free from obvious entanglement risks.
6. Both food and water shall be provided in non-spill containers for tethered animals.
7. If the animal owner has a fenced yard which will contain the owner’s animals, the animals may only be tethered for two (2) hours in a twenty-four (24) hour period. If the owner does not have a fenced yard which will contain the owner’s animals, the animals may be tethered no more than ten (10) hours in a twenty-four (24) hour period.
8. In any event no animal shall be tethered in a manner or for a length of time that would constitute cruelty to or abuse of the animal.