Chapter 618 of this Code shall exempt the following:
(a) Any dog which is lawfully engaged in hunting or training for the purposes of hunting while accompanied by a licensed hunter. However, such dogs at all other times and in all other respects shall be subject to the ordinance or resolution permitted by this section, unless actually in the field and engaged in hunting or in legitimate training for such purpose;
(b) A service animal, as defined by the Americans with Disabilities Act and the regulations promulgated pursuant thereto, that has caused injury or serious injury to any person or has killed a person or domestic animal while the service animal is actually being used to assist a person in the performance of that animal's trained duties;
(c) A police dog that has caused injury or serious injury to any person or has killed a person or a domestic animal while the police dog is actually being used to assist one or more law enforcement officers in the performance of their actual duties.
(Ord. 16-O-60, passed 5-3-2017)
Editor's note:
Prior § 618.16, Reporting Escapes, was repealed as part of the 2013 updating and revision of this Municipal Code because substantially equivalent state law (R.C. § 2927.21) was repealed by the Ohio General Assembly.