(A) No person shall keep or harbor any farm animals, wild animals and/or fowl within the corporate limits of the village unless such person is an owner, or has the legal right to possession, of a minimum of 2 acres of land on which said animals and/or fowl are kept or harbored.
(B) Any person keeping or harboring such an animal(s), as defined in division (C) hereof, shall have 15 days after receipt of notice of violation to remove said animal(s) from the property or the village will remove said animal(s) at the expense of the person owning, keeping or harboring such animal(s).
(C) As used in this section:
(1) FARM ANIMALS means cows, bulls, goats, swine, sheep, donkeys, cattle, llamas, emus and all other equidae, bovidae and suidae.
(2) FOWL means chickens, ducks, geese, roosters, pheasants, turkeys, peacocks, guinea hens and all other wild or domestic fowls.
(3) WILD ANIMALS means bears, deer, wolves, foxes, skunks, raccoons, monkeys, apes and any other animal that by its nature is not domesticated or any other warm-blooded animal which can normally be found in the wild state, or the offspring borne to wild animals bred with domestic dogs or cats.
(D) Whoever violates this section is guilty of a minor misdemeanor. A separate offense shall be deemed committed each day during or on which a violation occurs or continues. The penalty shall be as provided under Ohio statutes.
(Ord. 1664, passed 10-13-2014)