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Codified Ordinances of Fairview Park, OH
CODIFIED ORDINANCES OF THE CITY OF FAIRVIEW PARK, OHIO
CERTIFICATION
ROSTER OF OFFICIALS
ADOPTING ORDINANCE NO. 96-82
EDITOR'S NOTE
COMPARATIVE SECTION TABLE
CHARTER
PART ONE - ADMINISTRATIVE CODE
PART THREE - TRAFFIC CODE
PART FIVE - GENERAL OFFENSES CODE
CHAPTER 501 General Provisions and Penalty
CHAPTER 505 Animals
CHAPTER 509 Disorderly Conduct and Peace Disturbance
CHAPTER 513 Drug Abuse Control
CHAPTER 517 Gambling
CHAPTER 521 Health, Safety and Sanitation
CHAPTER 525 Law Enforcement and Public Office
CHAPTER 529 Liquor Control
CHAPTER 533 Obscenity and Sex Offenses
CHAPTER 537 Offenses Against Persons
CHAPTER 539 Picketing
CHAPTER 541 Property Offenses
CHAPTER 543 Streets and Sidewalks
CHAPTER 545 Theft and Fraud
CHAPTER 547 Trees, Grass and Weeds
CHAPTER 549 Weapons and Explosives
CHAPTER 553 Firearm and Handgun Control (Repealed)
CHAPTER 555 Polychlorinated Biphenyls (PCBs)
CHAPTER 557 Noise Control
CHAPTER 561 Smoking in Municipal Buildingsand Public Properties
CHAPTER 563 Fair Housing Code
PART SEVEN - BUSINESS REGULATION CODE
PART NINE - STREETS, UTILITIES AND PUBLIC SERVICES CODE
PART ELEVEN - PLANNING AND ZONING CODE
PART THIRTEEN - BUILDING CODE
PART FIFTEEN - FIRE PREVENTION CODE
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505.05 VICIOUS ANIMALS.
   In addition to other penalties applicable to this chapter, the Municipal Court may order the owner or person in custody or possession of any animal which is determined by the Court to be vicious, or a perennial and continued nuisance, or which constitutes a serious threat to the health or safety of the public, to forthwith remove such animal from the City. If such animal is not removed from the City in compliance with such order, the Court may order the Chief of Police to cause the animal to be impounded and destroyed.
(Ord. 74-36. Passed 5-6-74.)
505.06 IMPOUNDING.
   In addition to other penalties applicable to violations of this chapter, it shall be the duty of the Police Department to take up and impound every dog or cat found in violation of Sections 505.01 to 505.05. If a dog is not wearing a valid license tag, the Police Department may turn it over to an officer charged by law with the custody and disposal of such dogs. If such dog is wearing such a tag, the Police Department shall immediately give the licensee, if he can be found, written notice that the dog has been taken up. The dog or cat shall not be released except upon payment of five dollars ($5.00) to cover the cost of taking it up, plus such additional costs as may be incurred by the City for impounding in an amount not to exceed ten dollars ($10.00). Any dog or cat not reclaimed within five days of receipt of notice by the licensee or within five days of taking it up, if the licensee cannot be found, shall be destroyed or otherwise disposed of.
505.07 QUARANTINE OF ANIMALS.
   Whenever any animal has bitten any person, the Chief of Police may order such animal quarantined in the County dog kennels or in a veterinarian’s kennels for a period not longer than ten days from the time of the biting. No owner or person in custody or possession of such an animal shall fail to cause an animal to be quarantined in conformity with such order.
(Ord. 74-36. Passed 5-6-74.)
505.08 MAXIMUM NUMBER OF DOGS PERMITTED.
   Not more than two dogs, excepting puppies not over three months old, may be kept in any single-family dwelling, or in any separate suite in a two-family dwelling, multiple-family dwelling or apartment, within this City. “Dwelling” and “suite” as used in this section, include the lot or parcel of land on which the house or building containing the suite is located, and also all out- buildings located on the lot or parcel.
(Ord. 74-36. Passed 5-6-74.)
505.09 BEES.
   The maintaining of bees or the erection, placing or maintaining of beehives on any parcel of land within this City is declared to be a nuisance and unlawful unless the bees or beehives are kept and maintained in accordance with the following regulations:
   (a)   No more than three colonies of bees or beehives shall be placed or maintained on any one parcel of land.
   (b)   No beehive shall be placed or maintained within fifty feet of any building other than the buildings owned or occupied by the keeper of the hives or bees, nor within twenty feet of any boundary line of the parcel.
   (c)   Every beehive or colony of bees placed or maintained on premises shall be located at least ten feet above the ground or shall be so screened as effectively to require bees entering or leaving the hives to fly at least ten feet above the level of the ground at the nearest boundary of the parcel owned or occupied by the keeper of the bees unless hives are more than 200 feet from any building.
      (Ord. 74-36. Passed 5-6-74.)
505.10 DOGS IN PUBLIC PARKS.
   (a)   No person owning, keeping, or in charge or control of any dog shall permit such dog to go, enter or remain, without a leash upon any public parks within the City, to wit: Bain Park, Bohlken Park, Grannis Park, Nelson Russ Park, Morton Park, and any other City park hereafter established.
       (1)    Any dog must be on a leash that is extended no farther than six feet and must wear a collar or harness that must be specifically made or manufactured to be the proper size and strength for that particular dog.
      (2)    Any dog must be under control of a person who possesses discretion and physical strength sufficient to exercise reasonable restraint and control conforming to the animal's weight, size and strength.
      (3)    Any person walking a dog on paved paths shall yield way to any and all traffic on the paths without dogs and shall obey any other rules related to traffic on paved paths posted at the park.
   
   (b)   Dogs shall be prohibited from the following areas within city parks:
      (1)    Playground equipment and 30 feet immediately surrounding;
      (2)   On designated soccer fields, baseball fields, football fields, tennis courts, basketball courts or other designated athletic areas while in use;
      (3)    Within 30 feet of splash pad and pavilion area of Morton Park.
   (c)    Any person bringing a dog into a park or exercising control of a dog while in a park shall promptly clean up any waste from the dog and place it in the receptacles provided.
(Ord. 17-05. Passed 3-20-17.)
505.11 CRUELTY TO ANIMALS.
   (a)   No person shall:
      (1)   Torture an animal, deprive one of necessary sustenance, unnecessarily or cruelly beat, needlessly mutilate or kill, or impound or confine an animal without supplying it during such confinement with a sufficient quantity of good wholesome food and water.
      (2)   Impound or confine an animal without affording it, during such confinement access to shelter from wind, rain, snow or excessive direct sunlight if it can reasonably be expected that the animal would otherwise become sick or in some other way suffer. This subsection (a)(2) does not apply to animals impounded or confined prior to slaughter. For the purpose of this section, “shelter” means a man-made enclosure, windbreak, sunshade or natural windbreak or sunshade that is developed from the earth’s contour, tree development or vegetation.
      (3)   Carry or convey an animal in a cruel or inhuman manner.
505.12 POISONING ANIMALS.
   No person shall maliciously, or willfully and without the consent of the owner, administer poison, except a licensed veterinarian acting in such capacity, to any animal that is the property of another. No person shall, willfully and without the consent of the owner, place any poisoned food where it may easily be found and eaten by children or domestic animals, either upon his own lands or the lands of another.
(Ord. 74-36. Passed 5-6-74.)
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