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(a) No person shall keep or maintain any animal or fowl in any yard, structure or area that is not clean, dry and sanitary; free from debris and offensive odors that annoy any neighbor; and devoid of rodents and vermin.
(b) All animal pens and yards shall be so located that adequate drainage is obtained, normal drying occurs, and standing water is not present.
(c) All premises other than private residences on which animals are kept shall be subject to inspection by the Health Officer and/or the Animal Control Officer. If the Health Officer or the Animal Control Officer determines from such inspection that the premises are not being maintained in a clean and sanitary manner, he shall notify the owner of the animal in writing to correct the sanitation deficiencies within twenty-four hours after notice is served. Any animal kept under any condition which could endanger the public or animal health or create a health nuisance may be impounded. Animals shall be released after fees are paid and cause for impoundment has been corrected.
(d) Whoever violates this section is guilty of a minor misdemeanor.
(Ord. 24-17. Passed 6-5-2017.)
(a) No person shall keep or harbor any animal or fowl in the Municipality so as to create noxious, or offensive odors or unsanitary conditions which are a menace to the health, comfort or safety of the public.
(b) No owner or keeper or person having custody or control of any dog shall allow or permit such dog to commit a nuisance on any public property or upon any private property other than that of the owner or keeper or person who has accepted custody or control of such dog, provided that the foregoing shall not apply to street gutters. It shall be the duty of all persons having control of a dog to curb such dog in order to carry out the intent of this section. The word "nuisance" as used herein shall be deemed to mean urination and defecation.
(c) No dog house, kennel or pen for the keeping of one or more dogs shall be maintained or suffered to exist or permitted nearer than thirty feet to any building used in whole or in part as a place of human habitation by persons other than the owner of such dog or dogs.
(d) No person shall feed, or cause to be fed, any animal outdoors except for a licensed dog while on the owner’s premises or unless as provided for in Section 1779.01(f), or unless while operating under the guidelines of a program approved by the Director of Public Safety providing for the trapping, spaying, or neutering, and releasing of cats and dogs with the purpose of reducing the unwanted stray-animal population in the City.
(e) Whoever violates this section is guilty of a minor misdemeanor.
(Ord. 44-04. Passed 6-21-2004; Ord. 27-11. Passed 7-18-2011.)
(a) No person shall keep or harbor any animal in the City so as to permit the commission or evidence of a nuisance as hereinafter defined.
(b) Any animal which scratches or digs in or urinates or defecates upon any lawn, tree, shrub, plant, building or any other property, private or public, other than the property of the owner or person in charge or control of such animal is hereby declared to be a nuisance.
(c) In addition to the penalty provided in Sections 505.11 and this section, the court may upon proper evidence, limit the number of animals in any single-family dwelling, or any separate suite in a two-family dwelling, multi-family dwelling or apartment within the City should the court deem that an excessive number of animals harbored within such an area constitutes a nuisance. The terms "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 such lot or parcel.
No owner or keeper of such dogs or other animals shall fail to abate such nuisance by the permanent removal of such animals beyond City limits within ten days after service of such notice.
(d) On complaint of any person, police officer or the Animal Control Officer that an animal, harbored or kept in the City, damages property in the manner as specified above, notice therefor shall be given to the person harboring or keeping such animal. Failure to abate the nuisance complained of shall subject the person to penalty for violation of this section.
(e) Whoever violates this section is guilty of a minor misdemeanor.
(Ord. 44-04. Passed 6-21-2004.)
(a) No person shall keep or harbor any animal, livestock or poultry within the municipality which, by frequent and habitual howling, yelping, barking or other activity, creates unreasonably loud and disturbing noises of such a character, intensity and duration as to disturb the peace and quiet of the community or as to annoy, disturb or endanger the comfort, repose or health of persons occupying property in the neighborhood. Any person who shall allow any animal habitually to remain, be lodged or fed within any dwelling, building, yard or enclosure, which he occupies or owns, shall be considered as harboring such animal.
(b) Whoever violates any provision of this section is guilty as follows:
(1) Except as otherwise provided in subsection (b)(2) of this section, a minor misdemeanor.
(2) If, within one year of the offense, the offender has been convicted of or pled guilty to two or more violations of this section, a misdemeanor of the fourth degree.
(Ord. 44-04. Passed 6-21-2004; Ord. 11-2023. Passed 6-5-23.)
(a) When a blind, deaf, hearing impaired or mobility impaired person or trainer of an assistance dog is accompanied by an assistance dog, as that term is defined in the Ohio Revised Code, the person or trainer is entitled to the full and equal accommodations, advantages, facilities and privileges of all public conveyances, hotels, lodging places, all places of public accommodation, amusement or resort, all institutions of education, and other places to which the general public is invited, and may take the dog into such conveyances and places, subject only to the conditions and limitations applicable to all persons not so accompanied, except that:
(1) The dog shall not occupy a seat in any public conveyance.
(2) The dog shall be upon a leash while using the facilities of a common carrier.
(3) Any dog in training to become an assistance dog shall be covered by a liability insurance policy provided by the nonprofit special agency engaged in such work protecting members of the public against personal injury or property damage caused by the dog.
(b) No person shall deprive a blind, deaf, hearing impaired or mobility impaired person or a trainer of an assistance dog who is accompanied by an assistance dog of any of the advantages, facilities or privileges provided in subsection (a) hereof, nor charge the person or trainer a fee or charge for the dog.
(Ord. 50-13. Passed 12-16-2013.)
(c) As used in this section, "institutions of education" means:
(1) Any state university or college, as defined in Ohio R.C. 3345.32;
(2) Any private college or university that holds a certificate of authorization issued by the Ohio Board of Regents pursuant to Ohio R.C. Chapter 1713;
(3) Any elementary or secondary school operated by a board of education;
(4) Any chartered or nonchartered nonpublic elementary or secondary school;
(5) Any school issued a certificate of registration by the State Board of Proprietary School Registration.
(d) Whoever violates this section is guilty of a misdemeanor of the fourth degree.
(Ord. 44-04. Passed 6-21-2004.)
(a) No person shall allow a dog under his or her control to be upon public property or upon the property of another, absent the consent of the owner or occupant of the property, without some device designed or intended for the removal or containment of such dog's excrement; nor shall any person fail to remove any excrement deposited by any dog under his or her control.
(b) This section shall not apply to guide dogs under the control of a blind person.
(c) Whoever violates any provision of this section is guilty of a minor misdemeanor and for each subsequent offense a misdemeanor of the fourth degree.
(Ord. 44-04. Passed 6-21-2004.)
(a) No person shall knowingly engage in or be employed at cockfighting, bearbaiting or pitting an animal against another. No person shall receive money for the admission of another to a place kept for such purpose. No person shall use, train or possess any animal for seizing, detaining or maltreating a domestic animal. Any person who knowingly purchases a ticket of admission to such place, or is present thereat, or witnesses such spectacle, is an aider and abettor.
(b) Whoever violates any provision of this section is guilty of a misdemeanor of the first degree.
(Ord. 44-04. Passed 6-21-2004.)
(EDITOR'S NOTE: This section was repealed by Ordinance 36-88, passed June 6, 1988. See Chapter 506.)
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