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ORDINANCE A~.~]D!NG SECTION 4-23 OF ~{E CODE OF ~79~_ .C~.I%~ OF PO~?aTSMO~_FfH, V!RGiI~LA, 1973~ PER~N~/NG _~D DOGS RL%,.~ING AT lARGE. BE IT ORDAIA~D by the Council of the City of Portsmouth, Virginia: 1. That Section 4-23 of the Code of the City of Portsmouth, Virginia, 1973, be aDended and reordained to read as follc~s: Section 4-23. Running at large. (a) It shall be unlawful for any person %Fno owns, keeps or harbors a dog or has it in his care, or who acts as its custodian, or who pez~its a dog to remain on or about a premises occupied by him to si]ow such dog to run at large unless such dog is accompanied by an attendant, and held leashed by a responsible person or securely muzzled with a muzzle, the character of Which shall have been approved 12¥ the game warden or animal control officer of the City of Portsmouth. (b) For the put, scs of this section, a dog shall be de~med to ran at large WhJ.le ro~g, running or self-tronting off the property of its owner or custodian ~-nd not under its o9~er's or custodian's im- mediate control as defined above by being acccmue~ied by an a%tend~n%, and held leashed by a responsible person or securely rmazzled with a muzzle as defined above. ~my person who permits a dog to run a% large or rennin unconfined, unrestricted or not penned up shall be dee~ed to have violated the provisions of this section and guilty_ of a Class 4 Misdemeanor. Section 4-51. Violations, ~enalties. (a) Any _person who shall violate any provision of Section 4-1 or 4-5 of ~his C~,te as it pertains to animals ar~ fowl, or shall fail to ~mp!y ~herewieJt~, sb~ll severally for each ~nd every such vio- lation or non-con~.~...liance, respectively, be guilty_ of a Class 1 ~iis- demeanor, punishable by a fine not to exceed One Thousand. ($t,O00.) Dollars ~nd/or confiner~ent in jail not to exceed a term of twelve (12} months. (b) ~Tn~rever in Chaoter 4 of the City Code as it pertains to animals and fowl, or m~tters related thereto, there is an ordinance of if any act is prob~--bited or is made or declared to be unlawful, or an offense, or wherever in such Code or ordinance the doing of any act is required or 'the fail'ore to do any act is declared to ~e unla%~ful, where no specifmc penalty is provided therefor, any person vaho shall violate same or shall fail to conp!y therewith, shall severally for each and every suc~ violation or non-cxm~._liaunce~ respectively, be guilty of a Class 4 ~sdewe~nor pup~ishable by a fine not to exceed One Hundred ($1OO.) Dollars.