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Glasgow Certain Conduct Prohibited for All Animals ordinance (§ 205.300)

Chapter 205: Animal Regulations · Article III. Restrictions On Farm Animals, Livestock And Other Animals

In short: Animal owners must keep their animals from repeated annoying noise, repeated fighting, chasing anyone threateningly off the property even once, repeatedly chasing vehicles or bikes, digging up or tearing into trash on others' property, repeated threatening snarling or lunging at passersby, unprovoked biting, or killing other animals off the property.

Our plain-English summary, not the official text or legal advice. The ordinance below is what counts.

A. It shall be unlawful for any person owning, keeping, or in possession of any animal to allow or fail to restrain the animal from:

1. Repeated emissions of animal sounds or sounds due to animal activity not necessarily emitted from the animal which become an annoyance to a person living near the property on which the animal is kept; or

2. Repeated fighting with other animals, even if the other animals are owned by the same owner and on the same property; or

3. On one (1) or more occasions of chasing in a threatening manner any person while off the animal owner's property; or

4. Repeated acts of chasing vehicles, bicycles, or other means of locomotion while the vehicle, bicycle, or other means of locomotion is traveling on a public road, street, or alley; or

5. Digging up or destroying shrubbery, vegetation, or other property on property other than that of the owner; or

6. Tearing into solid waste trash bags on property other than that of the owner; or

7. Repeated acts of snarling and showing its teeth or claws, kicking, or lunging (even if otherwise restrained) in a threatening manner at persons who pass by on a public place (such as alleyways or sidewalks) or private property other than property of the owner, even if the animal is on the owner's premises; or

8. Biting any human being except the owner without provocation; or

9. Killing another domestic animal, farm animal, or livestock without provocation while off the owner's property.

Official source: City of Glasgow official Code of Ordinances (online), § 205.300

Last checked November 1, 2026. The city's official copy controls; this page is a reading copy, not legal advice.