6-2-15: DOGS PROHIBITED AT DESIGNATED SPECIAL EVENTS:
A. It is unlawful for the owner of a dog, or a person in charge or control of a dog, to permit such dog to be within the permitted area of any special event that is held within the town if:
1. A written notice has been posted at or near each main entrance to the special event stating that dogs are prohibited at such event. Such notice shall be not less than eight and one-half inches (8 1/2") in width and eleven inches (11") in height;
2. The dog owner or person in charge or control of the dog has received actual notice from an enforcement officer or a representative of the special event that dogs are prohibited at such event, and the dog owner or person in charge or control of the dog fails or refuses to promptly remove the dog from the permitted area of the special event; or
3. Having previously removed the dog from the permitted area of the special event at the direction of an enforcement officer or representative of the special event, the dog owner or person in charge or control of the dog brings the dog back into the permitted area of the special event.
B. Neither physical control nor immediate control of the dog is a defense to prosecution under this section.
C. This section does not apply to:
1. Working dogs; or
2. Dogs authorized to be in the permitted area of a special event in the special event permit issued by the town. (Ord. 28, Series 2014)