(A) Animal control.
(1) No person shall bring into, have or keep in a park any dog, cat or other animal unless such animal is kept in a vehicle, suitably caged, in a designated area; or restrained by a leash, except where a permit has been obtained in advance from the City Manager or designee.
(2) No person being the owner or having charge of any animal on any public or private property other than the property of the owner or person having charge of such animal, shall fail to have in his possession a wood, plastic, or metal device or other container for the purpose of picking up and properly disposing of any fecal matter left by his/her animal. Failure of any such person to have in his possession such suitable device or container is prima-facie evidence of a violation of this section. No person shall fail to remove fecal matter left by his or her animal within a reasonable amount of time by properly placing such refuse into a waste receptacle.
(3) No person in a park shall ride or have under his control a horse except in areas designated for such purpose.
(4) No person in a park shall ride a horse, where such is permitted, in such a manner as to endanger the rider, the horse or any other person or any property.
(5) No person in or adjacent to a park shall abandon any animal.
(6) No person shall herd, graze, drive or permit any animal to run at large in a park except in areas designated for such purpose.
(B) Hunting and fishing.
(1) No person in a park shall hunt, capture, take, trap or in any other way abuse, molest, injure, pursue or destroy any animal without a permit from the City Manager or designee other than by fishing.
(2) No person in a park shall move, injure or destroy any bird nest or egg or any animal habitation with the exclusion of wildlife or wildlife nuisance management and with the consent of the City Manager or designee.
(3) No person in a park shall fish in park waters in violation of any sign or signs prohibiting fishing or a manner thereof.
(4) No person in a park shall use nets, buckets, or methods other than pole fishing to harvest from ponds which are solely contained within the city.
(5) No person in a park shall fish with other than hook or line and live or artificial bait; and other than in accordance with the fishing laws of the State of Ohio.
(6) Fishing is permitted without a license at city ponds. Fishing in the Scioto River and the direct tributaries are subject to the proper license and regulations required by the State of Ohio.
('80 Code, §§ 951.04, 951.05) (Ord. 39-89, passed 6-5-89)
(C) Feeding wildlife. No person shall feed any wild animal in any park or place food out with the intention to feed wild animals in a park without having obtained a permit from the City Manager or designee.
(Ord. 20-13, passed 3-25-13) Penalty, see § 96.99