§ 618.26  DANGEROUS AND VICIOUS DOG OWNERSHIP RESTRICTIONS.
   (a)   No person shall own, keep, maintain, allow, harbor, or permit more than one dangerous or vicious dog at any one residence that has without provocation bitten and killed a dog or without provocation bitten and caused serious injury or death to a person.
   (b)   The provisions as set forth in seizure of the Ohio Revised Code shall apply inside the city, with the exception of division (a) of this section which shall be construed to include vicious dogs in addition to dangerous dogs.
   (c)   Penalty.
      (1)   Whoever violates division (a) of this section is guilty of a second degree misdemeanor and shall be subject to the penalty provided in § 698.02.
      (2)   Whoever violates division (b) of this section is guilty of a first degree misdemeanor and shall be subject to the penalty provided in § 698.02.
(Ord. 16-O-60, passed 5-3-2017)