(A) No person owning, possessing, or harboring any animal within the village shall permit said animal to become a nuisance.
(B) An animal, other than a dog trained for law enforcement in the performance of its duty, shall be considered a nuisance if said animal:
(1) Substantially damages property other than the owner’s;
(2) Causes unsanitary, dangerous, or unreasonably offensive conditions. (This division (B)(2) does not apply to animals defined as “livestock” according to the state statutes);
(3) Causes a disturbance by excessive barking, caterwauling, or other noisemaking. (This division (B)(3) does not apply to animals defined as “livestock” according to the state statutes;
(4) Chases vehicles;
(5) Chases, molests, attacks, bites, interferes with, or physically intimidates any person while on or off the premises of the owner; or
(6) Chases, molests, attacks, bites, or interferes with other domestic animals while off the premises of the owner.
(C) The Chief of Police, or his or her designated agent, or the animal control officer, may, upon reasonable grounds, impound any animal creating a nuisance by being in violation of divisions (B)(5) or (6) above.
(Prior Code, § 5-5-12) (Ord. 688, passed 3-1-2010) Penalty, see § 94.99