505.01 DOGS, CATS AND OTHER ANIMALS RUNNING AT LARGE.

   (a)   No person being the owner or having charge of cattle, sheep, geese, ducks, turkeys, chickens or other fowl or animals shall permit them to run at large upon any public place, or upon any enclosed lands, with the exception of Agricultural Zoned areas or upon the premises of another.

   (b)   The owner, keeper or harborer of every dog or cat shall at all times keep such dog or cat, regardless of whether such animal is wearing a registration tag, either confined upon the premises of the owner or keeper, or upon a leash and in reasonable control of the owner, keeper or harborer. The within provision shall expressly prohibit an owner, keeper or harborer of any dog or cat from allowing said animal to enter upon the property of another, or upon public property, unless properly restrained by a leash. This section does not apply to Tuscarawas County TNR Project Inc., or their approved representatives.

   (c)   The prohibition established in subsection (b) above, shall not be construed to prohibit an unleashed dog or cat upon the premises of another when the owner of such property gives the owner, keeper or harborer consent therefor, and the animal is under the reasonable control of the owner, keeper or harborer, or under the reasonable control of the property owner.

   (d)    The running at large of any such animal in or upon any of the places mentioned in this section is prima-facie evidence that it is running at large in violation of this section, with the exception of Community Cat. See definition Section 505.17.

   (e)    Whoever violates this section is guilty of a minor misdemeanor on the first offense and a fourth degree misdemeanor on the second offense, and a third degree misdemeanor on the third and all subsequent offenses.

(Ord. 40-19. Passed 6-17-19.)