(a) No owner or keeper of a dog, cat, or other domestic animal shall abandon the animal.
(ORC 959.01)
(b) Whoever violates division (a) of this section is guilty of a misdemeanor of the second degree on a first offense and a misdemeanor of the first degree on each subsequent offense.
(ORC 959.99(E)(3); Ord. 1974-68. Passed 2-18-74.)