Newton, Iowa

§ 90.19 Tethering.

(A)   No owner or responsible person shall allow an animal to be tethered and with a rope, chain, or similar device that is less than ten feet or more than 50 feet in length. TETHERING means fastening an animal to a fixed object so as to limit its range of movement using a rope, chain, or similar device.

(B)   No person shall allow an animal to be tethered and unattended between the hours of 10:00 p.m. and 6:00 a.m. An animal is unattended if the animal is more than 50 feet from the person and the animal is not in the person’s line of sight.

(C)   No person shall allow an animal to be tethered using a collar made of metal or chain, excluding the buckle, or using a collar, even if made of cloth, designed to continue to tighten, such as a slip lead or noose, when pulled tightly.

(D)   No person shall allow an animal to have access to a public sidewalk or street while tethered.

(E)   No person shall allow an animal to be tethered to a utility pole, parking meter, building, structure, fence, sign, tree, bush, bench, newspaper or advertising rack or other object on public property.

(F)   No person shall allow an animal to be tethered in an unsafe location. An unsafe location includes, but is not limited to, near a fence whereby the animal could asphyxiate itself if it jumped over the fence or on a deck whereby the animal could asphyxiate itself if it jumped off of the deck.

(G)   No person shall allow an animal to be tethered in a manner that allows it to become entangled with another tethered animal.