505.121 ANIMAL FIELD DRESSING, SLAUGHTER, AND BUTCHERY.
   (a)    No person shall slaughter or butcher any animal unless the activity is conducted in an enclosed structure and is shielded from view by the general public except an establishment issued a license for such purposes pursuant to the provisions of Chapter 918 of the Ohio Revised Code. "Animal" for purposes of this section does not include fish but does include deer. "Slaughter or Butcher" does not include field dressing or the further preparation of any meat products obtained from an establishment licensed pursuant to the provisions of Chapter 918 of the Ohio Revised Code or any such substantially similar federal or state laws.
   (b)    Whoever violates this section is guilty of a fourth degree misdemeanor.
(Ord. 16-O-96. Passed 10-18-16.)