505.01 Animal Control Officer: duties, bond; authorization impounding and fees.
505.011 Failure to confine animals.
505.02 Impounding and disposition; records.
505.03 Annual registration of dogs; tags required.
505.04 Abandoning animals.
505.05 Killing or injuring animals.
505.06 Poisoning animals.
505.07 Cruelty to animals generally.
505.071 Cruelty to companion animals.
505.08 Nuisance conditions prohibited.
505.09 Barking or howling dogs.
505.10 Animal bites; reports and quarantine.
505.11 Hunting prohibited.
505.12 Coloring rabbits or baby poultry; sale or display of poultry.
505.13 Dangerous wild animals and restricted snakes.
505.14 Dangerous dogs.
505.15 Regulating at large cats.
505.16 Rights of blind, deaf or hearing impaired, or mobility impaired person, or trainer with assistance dog.
505.99 Penalty.
CROSS REFERENCES
See sectional histories for similar State law
Owner or keeper liable for damages - see Ohio R.C. 951.10
Dog registration - see Ohio R.C. 955.01
Discharging firearms prohibited - see GEN. OFF. 549.10
(a) If and as provided by Council and the Village Administrator, a City Animal Control Officer may be appointed from time to time, for such period of time, and at such compensation as may be authorized by Council to supplement within the City limits the duties of the County Dog Warden in enforcing the provisions of Ohio R.C. Chapter 955 and the provisions of this chapter.
(b) The Animal Control Officer may have the same police powers as are conferred upon police officers of the Village in the performance of his duties subject to meeting the required training standards and approval by the Village Administrator.
(c) The Animal Control Officer shall likewise have power to summon the assistance of bystanders in performing his duties and may serve writs and other legal processes issued by any court within the limits of the Village, and Erie County Court, which has jurisdiction within the Village with reference to enforcing Ohio R.C. Chapter 955 and this chapter.
(d) The Animal Control Officer or any police officer may pick up and impound any animal found to be in violation of any provision of law. Animals impounded under this section shall be impounded for a period of not less than three days. During such time the owner, harborer, or keeper thereof may secure the release of such animal upon proof that he has duly registered the animal, if registration is required of the animal. If the animal is a dog, the person shall provide proof that a dog license for the current year has been issued as provided in Ohio R.C. Chapter 955, and upon payment to such agent of the Village as the Village Administrator may from time to time direct, of a pickup fee of ten dollars ($10.00), and then the person may secure release of the dog or animal.
(e) The foregoing pickup fees shall be charged and collected in addition to any pickup, impoundment, or licensing fees imposed by the County or appropriate agency. If the Animal Control Officer shall deliver the animal to the County Dog Warden, or make such other disposition as the City Animal Control Officer deems appropriate. (Ord. 011-9-95.)
(a) The owner or person having charge of birds, cats, cattle, dogs, ferrets, gerbils, guinea pigs, hamsters, horses, sheep, pigs, rabbits, geese, ducks, turkeys, chickens, or other fowl or domestic animals shall at all times keep those animals confined upon the premises of the owner or person having charge or under absolute control by the owner or person having charge, when off the premises. In the event the animal is being walked upon a leash, it must not exceed ten feet in length. Feral cats, defined as cats that are born in the wild or abandoned to the wild and not socialized or appropriate as a companion for humans, and who have been ear tipped as a result of the “Trap, Neuter, Release” Program of the Erie County Humane Society are exempt from this section. (Ord. 523-04-10. Passed 4-14-10.)
(b) The running at large of any such animal off the premises of the owner or person having charge is prima facie evidence of failure to keep an animal confined in violation of this section.
(c) Whoever violates this section is guilty of failure to confine animals, a minor misdemeanor. However, if the animal running at large is a dog or cat and the dog or cat has either a current tag issued by the county auditors office, any auditor’s office in the state, or an identification tag affixed to the animal giving the name, address, and telephone number of the animal’s owner, then the maximum fine shall be fifty dollars ($50.00). If the offender has previously been convicted of a violation of this section, then violation of this section is aggravated failure to keep an animal confined, a misdemeanor of the fourth degree.
(Ord. 011-9-95.)
(a) A police officer or animal warden may impound every animal or dog found in violation of Section 505.01. If the dog is not wearing a valid registration tag and the owner is not otherwise reasonably determined, notice shall be posted in the pound or animal shelter both describing the dog and place where seized and advising the unknown owner that unless the dog is redeemed within three days, it may thereafter be sold or destroyed according to law. If the dog is wearing a valid registration tag or the identity of the owner, keeper or harborer is otherwise reasonably determined, notice shall be given by certified mail to such owner, keeper or harborer that the dog has been impounded and unless redeemed within fourteen days of the date of notice, it may thereafter be sold or destroyed according to law. Any dog seized and impounded may be redeemed by its owner, keeper or harborer at any time prior to the applicable redemption period upon payment of all lawful costs assessed against the animal and upon providing the dog with a valid registration tag if it has none.
(b) A record of all dogs impounded, the disposition of the same, the owner's name and address where known, and a statement of any costs assessed against the dogs shall be kept by any poundkeeper.
(a) Except for guide dogs registered under Ohio R. C. 955.011 and dogs kept by an institution or organization for teaching and research purposes under Ohio R. C. 955.16, no person shall own, keep or harbor a dog more than three months of age without annually registering such dog with the County Auditor. Failure of any dog at any time to wear a valid registration tag shall be prima-facie evidence of lack of registration and subject such dog to impounding and disposition as provided by Ohio R. C. 955.16.
(b) Whoever violates this section is guilty of a minor misdemeanor for a first offense and a misdemeanor of the fourth degree for each subsequent offense.
(ORC 955.99(D))
(a) No owner or keeper of a dog, cat or other domestic animal shall abandon such animal. (ORC 959.01)
(b) Whoever violates this section is guilty of a misdemeanor of the second degree on a first offense and a misdemeanor of the first degree on each subsequent offense.
(ORC 959.99)
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