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Mayfield Village Overview
Codified Ordinances of Mayfield Village, OH
Codified Ordinances of Mayfield Village, Ohio
ROSTER OF OFFICIALS
ADOPTING ORDNANCE NO. 87-16
EDITOR'S NOTE
GENERAL INDEX
COMPARATIVE SECTION TABLE
TABLES OF SPECIAL ORDINANCES OF MAYFIELD VILLAGE
CHARTER
PART ONE - ADMINISTRATIVE CODE
PART THREE - TRAFFIC CODE
PART FIVE - GENERAL OFFENSES 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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   505.14 KEEPING FARM ANIMALS NEAR DWELLINGS.
   (a)    No person shall own, raise, harbor or keep any fowl or farm animal within the Municipality so as to cause a nuisance condition as described in Section 505.07, or as otherwise prohibited by this Chapter.
   (b)    No person shall be permitted to own, keep, harbor or maintain any horses, mules, cattle or any animal other than an animal as defined in Section 505.01(b) on his or her property if such property is less than two (2) acres. If the property is two (2) acres or larger then, in order to maintain such farm animals, the owner shall construct on the premises, a corral or enclosure for such animals which shall be at least ten (10) feet from any property line and at least two hundred (200) feet from the dwelling, other main building on the premises or any dwelling on any adjacent property.
   (c)    The owner shall furthermore construct a barn or shed to house such farm animals which barn or shed shall be totally within the corral or enclosure referred to herein above. The floor of such barn or shed shall include channeling to dispose of animal urine by underground piping to an approved sanitary sewer or other approved sanitary disposal facility approved by the Board of Health of Cuyahoga County. The owner shall furthermore be responsible for bagging and disposing of all manure on a daily basis.
   (d)    There shall be provided a minimum grazing area of one (1) acre for a horse, mule or cow plus an additional 10,000 square feet of grazing for each additional such farm animal.
   (e)    In regard to chickens, no person shall harbor or maintain rooster(s) on his or her property. In order to harbor or maintain hens on the property, the owner shall construct a chicken coop on the premises for such animals which shall be at least ten (10) feet from any property line and at least one hundred (100) feet from any dwelling on any adjacent property.
(Ord. 2023-04. Passed 5-15-23.)
   505.15 ABANDONING ANIMALS PROHIBITED.
   No person shall abandon an animal within the Municipality.
(Ord. 2023-04. Passed 5-15-23.)
   505.16 KILLING OR INJURING ANIMALS PROHIBITED.
   (a)    No person shall maliciously or willfully kill or injure an animal that is their property or the property of another. This section does not apply to a licensed veterinarian acting in his professional capacity.
   (b)    No person shall maliciously or willfully administer poison to an animal that is their property or the property of another, and no person shall maliciously or willfully place any poisoned food where it may be easily found and eaten by any animal, either upon his own land or the lands of another. This section does not apply to a licensed veterinarian acting in his professional capacity.
(Ord. 2023-04. Passed 5-15-23.)
   505.17 CRUELTY TO ANIMALS PROHIBITED.
   No person shall overwork, overdrive, overload or 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 or water. No person shall carry or convey an animal in a cruel or inhuman manner or keep animals in an enclosure without wholesome exercise and change of air, or feed animals food that is adulterated or unwholesome, or work or abandon to die an old, maimed, sick, infirm or diseased animal.
(Ord. 2023-04. Passed 5-15-23.)
   505.18 COLORING OF RABBITS OR BABY POULTRY PROHIBITED.
   No person shall dye or otherwise color any rabbit or baby poultry, including, but not limited to, chicks and ducklings. No person shall sell, offer for sale, expose for sale, raffle or give away any rabbit or baby poultry which has been dyed or otherwise colored. No poultry younger than four weeks of age may be sold, given away or otherwise distributed to any person in lots of less than six. Stores, shops, vendors and others offering young poultry for sale or other distribution shall provide and operate brooders or other heating devices that may be necessary to maintain poultry in good health and shall keep adequate food and water available to the poultry at all times. (Ord. 2023-04. Passed 5-15-23.)
   505.19 HUNTING AND TRAPPING PROHIBITED.
   The hunting of animals or fowl within the Municipality is hereby prohibited. No person shall hunt, kill or attempt to kill any animal or fowl by the use of firearms or any other means.
(Ord. 2023-04. Passed 5-15-23.)
   
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