(a) No person shall willfully and wantonly kill, beat, cruelly ill-treat, torment, overload, overwork, do or fail to do anything which is cruel or inhumane or otherwise abuse any animal.
(Ord. 120-1997. Passed 5-19-97; Eff. 6-19-97; Ord. 62-2003. Passed 3-17-03.)
(b) The operator of a motor vehicle which strikes any animal shall, as soon as possible, report the accident to the Supervisor or the Police Department.
(c) No person shall offer to give any live animal as a prize or business inducement.
(d) No person shall sell within the City any animal or fowl whose owning is prohibited by this chapter or sell or display any animal that has been artificially dyed or colored.
(e) No person shall expose any known poisonous substance whether mixed with food or not, so that the same shall be liable to be eaten by any animal.
(f) No person shall use a spring steel trap in the City limits except rat and mouse traps.
(g) No person shall willfully kill any bird or molest the nest of such birds.
(h) No person shall, without the knowledge or consent of the owner, hold or retain possession of any animal of which he or she is not the owner for more than seventy-two hours without first reporting the possession of such animal to the Supervisor.
(Ord. 133-1981. Passed 5-18-81.)
(i) This section shall not preclude authorized pest control activities performed by any of the following individuals:
(1) Persons certified by the Ohio Department of Agriculture; or
(2) Persons under their direct supervision; or
(3) Any other governmental agency; or
(4) Any persons engaged in pest control activities upon or within premises under their control or supervision.
(j) However, any materials used for pest control purposes shall meet the following conditions:
(1) The materials shall be approved by either the United States Environmental Protection Agency or the Ohio Environmental Protection Agency; and
(2) Materials shall be applied in strict accordance with the labeled directions; and
(3) The materials shall be applied in a manner that does not create a substantial risk of harm to any animal or bird other than the targeted pest(s).
(k) Individuals described in paragraphs (i)(1) and (i)(2) hereof shall give prior notice of their pest control activities to the office of the Animal Warden.
(l) Any person authorized to conduct pest control activities under and in accordance with this subsection shall dispose of the resultant carcasses in a reasonable manner.
(Ord. 10-1994. Passed 1-18-94.)
(m) Whoever violates or fails to comply with any of the provisions of this section is guilty of a misdemeanor of the first degree. A separate offense shall be deemed committed each day during or on which a violation or noncompliance occurs or continues. The penalty shall be as provided in Section 599.02.
(Ord. 120-1997. Passed 5-19-97; Eff. 6-19-97.)