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(a) No person being the owner or having charge of cattle, horses, swine, sheep, geese, ducks, goats, turkeys, chickens or other fowl or animals shall permit them to run at large within or upon any public park.
(b) No owner, keeper or harborer of any animal, including but not limited to a dog, shall permit it to go within or upon any public park unless the animal is properly in leash and under the control of the owner, keeper or harborer.
(c) No provision of this section shall apply to a law enforcement animal performing duties, training, and similar activities, if under the supervision and/or control of law enforcement
personnel.
(Ord. 30-16-O. Passed 11-14-16.)
The owner, keeper or harborer of any animal which damages or destroys any property, including park or public property, shall be held liable for the full value of the propetiy damaged or destroyed, in addition to any penalty imposed for a violation of any of the provisions of this chapter and/or for a violation of any otherwise-applicable provision of law, including under the Ohio Revised Code.
(Ord. 30-16-O. Passed 11-14-16.)
(a) No owner, keeper or harborer of any animal shall fail to immediately remove the animal's fecal material upon deposit upon or within any municipal park.
(b) For purposes of this section, each occurrence of animal defecation described herein shall constitute a separate offense.
(Ord. 30-16-O. Passed 11-14-16.)
It is unlawful to shoot, fire or explode any firearm, firecracker, fireworks, torpedo or explosive of any kind, or to shoot or fire any air gun, BB gun, bow and arrow, crossbow, slingshot, or any similar weapon, in any municipal park, except the Safety Service Director may authorize archery, slinging, fireworks and firing of small bore arms at designated times and places suitable for their use.
(Ord. 30-16-O. Passed 11-14-16.)
It is herein noted that the prohibitions contained in this chapter are not exclusive and that all provisions of Part Five- General Offenses Code of the Codified Ordinances apply equally to conduct within municipal parks, as well as not exclusive of any otherwise-applicable provision of the Ohio Revised Code which also applies equally to conduct within municipal parks.
(Ord. 30-16-O. Passed 11-14-16.)
(a) Whoever violates any provision of this chapter is guilty of an unclassified misdemeanor, with penalties as follows:
(b) In the event the offender is an adult at the time of the violation (with the term "adult" being defined in this section as a person who is at least eighteen (18) years of age):
(1) For a first (1st) offense as an adult, a fine of not less than one hundred dollars ($100.00);
(2) For a second (2nd) offense as an adult, a fine of not less than three hundred dollars ($300.00);
(3) For a third (3rd) offense as an adult, a fine of not less than three hundred dollars ($300.00) in addition to a one (1) year banishment from all municipal parks; and
(4) For any and all subsequent offenses as an adult, a fine of not less than five hundred dollars ($500.00) in addition to a lifetime banishment from all municipal parks.
(c) In the event the offender is a juvenile at the time of the violation:
(1) For a first (1st) offense as a juvenile, a written warning;
(2) For a second (2nd) offense as a juvenile, a fine of not less than fifty dollars ($50.00);
(3) For a third (3rd) offense as a juvenile, a fine of not less than one hundred dollars ($100.00); and
(4) For any and all subsequent offenses as a juvenile, a fine of not less than two hundred dollars ($200.00) in addition to a banishment from all municipal parks until the offender attains the age of eighteen (18) years.
(d) All penalties under this chapter shall be mandatory and shall not be suspended or remitted in any manner by any court whatsoever.
(Ord. 30-16-O. Passed 11-14-16.)