(a) No person that is an owner, harborer or in control of a dog shall allow said dog to be upon the parks and recreation grounds owned or leased by the City, or the highways, streets, roads, sidewalks or other dedicated rights-of-way, without the dog being restrained by a leash.
(b) Any person, who is an owner, harborer or in control of a dog, who takes said dog upon another’s property, including the property described in subsection (a) herein, shall remove any excrement deposited by the said dog upon said property and dispose of it away from said property, and in a sanitary manner.
(c) No dog excrement shall be deposited on any public street, sidewalk or storm sewer.
(d) No person who is the owner, harborer or in control of a dog shall allow the dog to be upon the following places:
(1) During the four days of the Geauga County Maple Festival from 7:00 a.m. on Thursday, the first day of the Geauga County Maple Festival, until the following Sunday night at 11:00 p.m.:
A. Upon the Public Square (Chardon Square);
B. Upon the Short Court Street right-of-way;
C. Upon the Main Street right-of-way;
D. Upon the East Park Street right-of-way;
E. Upon the North Hambden Street and Center Street rights-of-way between the westerly boundary of the Main Street right-of-way and the easterly boundary of the East Park Street right-of-way;
F. Upon the South Hambden Street right-of-way between its westerly terminus at Water Street and the easterly boundary of the East Park Street right-of-way; and
G. Upon the Water Street right-of-way between its easterly terminus at South Hambden Street and the westerly boundary of the Main Street right-of-way.
H. For purposes of this section, "right-of-way" includes the paved street, sidewalks and tree lawns;
I. Nothing herein shall prevent dogs from participating in the Maple Festival Parades when accompanied by their owners or some other person in control thereof.
(2) Upon the Public Square (Chardon Square) during an event approved by the Council when signs prohibiting dogs upon the Public Square/Chardon Square are posted by the City of Chardon.
(e) Violation of this section is a minor misdemeanor, for which the violator may be fined up to one hundred fifty dollars ($150.00).
(Ord. 941. Passed 7-5-84; Ord. 1597. Passed 5-11-95; Ord. 2324. Passed 1-5-06; Ord. 2530. Passed 5-14-09; Ord. 2567. Passed 12-10-09;Ord. 2886. Passed 7-9-15.)