(a) There is hereby created a board consisting of the Chairperson of the Public Health and Safety Committee of Council or other member of City Council appointed by the President of Council, and the Mayor or designee, and a member of the City’s Department of Community Services appointed by the Mayor.
(A.O.; Ord. 153-2021. Passed 12-6-21.)
(b) Any person aggrieved by the order of the Animal Warden hereunder may appeal such order in writing to the board. Such appeal shall be filed within five (5) working days of the date of notice, and heard within ten (10) working days of the date the appeal is filed. The filing of a notice of appeal hereunder shall stay the requirements of Section 505.091, but shall not preclude the Animal Warden or Cuyahoga County Board of Health from impounding the dog if otherwise permitted by this chapter or other provisions of law and shall not in any way relieve the owner or other person harboring or having care or control of the dog from civil or criminal liability for injury or damage caused by the dog or for violations of provisions of this chapter other than Section 505.091.
(c) The provisions of this section are not applicable to dogs classified as vicious pursuant to the provisions of subsection (c)(2)C. of Section 505.091.
(Ord. 94-2019. Passed 11-4-19.)