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(a) (1) No person shall remove a dog that has bitten any person from the county in which the bite occurred until a quarantine period as specified in subsection (b) hereof has been completed. No person shall transfer a dog that has bitten any person until a quarantine period as specified in subsection (b) hereof has been completed, except that a person may transfer the dog to the county dog warden or to any other animal control authority.
(2) A. Subject to subsection (a)(2)B. hereof, no person shall kill a dog that has bitten any person until a quarantine period as specified in subsection (b) hereof has been completed.
B. Subsection (a)(2)A. hereof does not apply to the killing of a dog in order to prevent further injury or death or if the dog is diseased or seriously injured.
(3) No person who has killed a dog that has bitten any person in order to prevent further injury or death or if the dog is diseased or seriously injured shall fail to do both of the following:
A. Immediately after the killing of the dog, notify the board of health for the district in which the bite occurred of the facts relative to the bite and the killing;
B. Hold the body of the dog until that board of health claims it to perform tests for rabies.
(b) The quarantine period for a dog that has bitten any person shall be ten days or another period that the board of health for the district in which the bite occurred determines is necessary to observe the dog for rabies.
(c) (1) To enable persons to comply with the quarantine requirements specified in subsection (a) and (b) hereof, boards of health shall make provision for the quarantine of individual dogs under the circumstances described in those divisions.
(2) Upon the receipt of a notification pursuant to subsection (a)(3) hereof that a dog that has bitten any person has been killed, the board of health for the district in which the bite occurred shall claim the body of the dog from its killer and then perform tests on the body for rabies.
(d) This section does not apply to a police dog that has bitten a person while the police dog is under the care of a licensed veterinarian or has bitten a person while the police dog is being used for law enforcement, corrections, prison or jail security, or investigative purposes. If, after biting a person, a police dog exhibits any abnormal behavior, the law enforcement agency and the law enforcement officer the police dog assists, within a reasonable time after the person is bitten, shall make the police dog available for the board of health for the district in which the bite occurred to perform tests for rabies.
(e) As used in this section, "police dog" has the same meaning as in Ohio R.C. 2921.321.
(Ord. 65-16. Passed 7-5-16.)
(a) The hunting of animals or fowl, including any game or wildlife, within the Municipality is prohibited with exceptions as set forth herein. No person shall hunt, kill or attempt to kill any animal or fowl, including any game or wildlife, by the use of firearms or any other means, except as follows:
(1) While hunting waterfowl with the proper license in the east, west or north breakwaters, the harbor or open waters of Lake Erie.
(2) A property owner operating under the authority of an Ohio Division of Wildlife damage control permit and in accordance with the rules and regulations established by the Chief of Police.
(3) A person acting in compliance with regulations set forth by the Ohio Division of Wildlife and rules and regulations established by the Chief of Police to remove animals deemed to be a nuisance. “Nuisance wild animal” means a wild animal that interferes with the use or enjoyment of property, is causing a threat to public safety, or may cause damage or harm to a structure, property, or person as defined by OAC 1501:31-1-02.
(b) This section does not apply to any land designated as a hunting preserve pursuant to Section 505.21.
(d) Whoever violates this section is guilty of a misdemeanor of the first degree.
(Ord. 70-24. Passed 5-6-24.)
(a) No person shall allow a dog, cat or any animal that is on a leash greater than six (6) feet long or unleashed to enter into public areas other than parking lots or sidewalks except as specifically provided in subsection (a)(1) or (a)(2) hereof.
(1) A dog operated by or being utilized by a governmental entity for a governmental purpose including but not limited to a dog in the service of a law enforcement agency and dogs in the service of managing wildlife including birds and waterfowl in public park areas; and
(2) A service animal to accompany any disabled persons or trainer of the service animal for those purposes and in these public areas mandated by the provisions of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) and so long as the service animal is controlled as required by the ADA.
(b) The owner of a dog, cat, or any animal shall remove any feces from the property.
(c) Whoever violates this section is guilty of a minor misdemeanor.
(Ord. 65-16. Passed 7-5-16.)
(a) No person shall dye or otherwise color any fowl or animals. No person shall display, sell, offer for sale, expose for sale or raffle or give away any fowl or animal which has been dyed or otherwise colored.
(b) Whoever violates this section is guilty of a minor misdemeanor.
(Ord. 176-02. Passed 10-21-02.)
(a) No person shall keep or permit to be kept any wild animals within the Municipality.
(b) “Wild animal” means any animal other than domestic dogs and cats, which in wild state are carnivorous or which because of their nature or physical make-up, are capable of inflicting serious physical harm or death to human beings. Such animals include, but are not limited, to: bears, wolverines, lions tigers, poisonous snakes, constrictors. Also included are wild animals including but not limited to foxes, skunks, raccoons, opossums, weasels, ferrets, etc.
(c) If such wild animal has inflicted a bite wound on any person, such bite must be reported to the Health Commissioner within twenty-four hours. The animal inflicting such bite shall be impounded, as provided by Section 505.05 and the Health Commissioner shall destroy the animal and remove its head for proper testing to determine if such animal has rabies.
(d) Keeping of farm animals is prohibited within the City limits; horses are prohibited on the beach.
(e) "Farm Animal" shall mean any warm blooded animal normally raised on farms in the United States and used or intended for use as food or fiber. Such animals include but are not limited to: domestic species of cattle, sheep, swine, goats, chickens, roosters, llamas or horses.
(f) Whoever violates this section is guilty of a minor misdemeanor.
(Ord. 176-02. Passed 10-21-02.)
(a) Any person having the custody, ownership, or control of any vicious dog as defined in Section 505.01, must register such dog with the City of Lorain Police Department on a form to be provided by the City. Said form shall require the following information: name, address and telephone number of the dog's owner; the address where such dog is harbored, if different from the owner's address; the dog's sex and color; rabies certificate and tag number (license) and other distinguishing physical characteristics of the dog, as well as proof of public liability insurance as required by the State for such registration.
(b) The registration required by subsection (a) hereof shall be made annually by the person so required and such registration shall be made each year not less than thirty days from the date of the initial registration. The fee for registration shall be fifty dollars ($50.00) per year, for each person required to register any dog irrespective of the number of dogs registered by such person.
(c) Whoever violates the provisions of this section is guilty of a first degree misdemeanor punishable by a fine of not more than one thousand dollars ($1,000) or imprisonment of no more than six months, or both. Each day shall have constituted a separate offense.
(Ord. 176-02. Passed 10-21-02.)
(a) No person being an owner, harborer, or keeper of any animal, who is found to be in violation of Section 505.02(b) and (c) Confinement of Dogs; Vicious Dogs; Section 505.03 - Animals Running at Large; Section 505.04 - Leashes; Animal Feces; or Section 505.18 - Wild Animals Prohibited, and while in violation of any of these sections, the animal inflicts serious physical harm to any person, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor of the first degree. Violation of this Section 505.20 shall be in addition to any other provision of this chapter, and the penalty for violation of this section shall be imposed in addition to any penalty imposed for violation of any other section listed herein.
(b) “Serious physical harm”, as used in this section, shall have the same meaning as is used in Ohio R.C. 2901.01(A)(5), or as that section of the Ohio Revised Code may hereafter be amended.
(Ord. 176-02. Passed 10-21-02.)
(a) Provided such land satisfies the requirements set forth below, the owner or owners of land shall have the right to designate such land as a hunting preserve. To effect such designation, the owner or owners of such land shall file a designation with the Director of Public Service and Safety, on a form prescribed by the Director.
(b) A hunting preserve must be at least four hundred (400) acres in area in one continuous block of land. The boundaries of each hunting preserve shall be clearly defined by posting signs, at intervals of not less than one hundred (100) feet. Each such sign must be at least 10" x 14" and must clearly identify the land as a hunting preserve.
(c) Any boundaries of a hunting preserve located within the City of Lorain shall have constructed upon same a fence that is at least five (5) feet in height.
(d) No hunting or use of any weapon shall be permitted within six hundred (600) feet of any boundary of a hunting preserve.
(e) Hunting within a hunting preserve shall be by shotgun, bow and arrow, pistols, or primitive weapons only. No other weapon may be used for hunting. As used herein, “primitive weapons” means weapons that are single-shot, muzzleloading rifles, thirty-eight caliber or larger, or muzzleloading shotguns using single ball, or longbow and arrow, or a crossbow having a working safety and a stock more than twenty-five inches in length.
(f) This section does not authorize anyone to hunt within or use any weapon on any property without the permission of the owner.
(g) This section shall not be construed to permit the use of land in violation of Lorain’s Zoning Code. (Ord. 134-04. Passed 9-20-04.)
Not more than five domestic animals, excepting puppies, kittens, hamsters, gerbils, or other small pets that are caged or kept in aquariums, may be kept in any single-family dwelling, or in any separate suite in a two-family dwelling, multiple-family dwelling or apartment, within the City of Lorain, Ohio. “Dwelling” and “suite” as used in this section shall be defined identical to “residential dwelling” as used in Section 505.101 of this chapter.
(Ord. 115-17. Passed 10-16-17.)
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