(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 person owning, keeping or harboring any animal, livestock or poultry shall permit such animal, livestock or poultry to dig, urinate, defecate or otherwise damage any public property or private property other than the sublot or parcel owned or occupied by such owner, keeper or harborer of such animal, livestock or poultry; provided that this prohibition shall not apply to property onto which such owner, keeper or harborer has the permission of the owner of the property to walk such animal, livestock or poultry, and also provided the person owning, keeping or harboring such animal, livestock or poultry immediately removes all feces deposited by such animal, livestock or poultry and disposes of same in a sanitary manner. A violation of this subsection is a minor misdemeanor.
(c) 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.
(d) No person shall keep or harbor any animal, livestock or poultry in or about an animal shelter adjoining to or abutting upon any lot upon which another person resides or any street or highway, or so near thereto as to constitute a threat to the preservation of the health, safety or general welfare of the public. All places maintained for the harboring or keeping of an animal, livestock or poultry shall be maintained in a clean and sanitary condition free from rats, mice, filth, vermin, rubbish or collection of feces.
(e) No person owning, keeping or harboring any animal, livestock or poultry shall take, lead or carry such animal, livestock or poultry into any store or place of business, or permit or allow such animal, livestock or poultry to enter any store or place of business within the City except the office of a veterinarian or pet shop or other place of business for the purpose of obtaining services therein offered to such an animal, livestock or poultry, provided, however, this subsection shall not apply to a blind person accompanied by a "seeing eye" dog.
(f) No person shall own, keep or harbor within this Municipality any animal, livestock or poultry which is vicious or a perennial or continued nuisance or which constitutes a threat to the health or safety of the public. The owner, keeper or harborer of any animal, livestock or poultry determined by a court of appropriate jurisdiction to be vicious or a perennial or continued nuisance, or a threat to the health or safety of the public, shall forthwith remove such animal, livestock or poultry from the Municipality and if such animal, livestock or poultry is not forthwith removed from the Municipality, the Chief of Police may cause the animal, livestock or poultry to be impounded and destroyed.
(g) No owner or rider shall ride, lead or permit a horse to travel on or traverse any sidewalk, treelawn or lawn area within the City.
(h) Whoever violates any provision of this section for which a penalty is not otherwise specified, is guilty of a minor misdemeanor for a first offense. For a second offense within one year, such person shall be guilty of a misdemeanor of the fourth degree.
(i) A violation of any provision of this section shall constitute a nuisance and in addition to any penalty provided herein for such a violation, the nuisance may be abated in the manner provided in the Ohio Revised Code.
(Ord. 86-65AC. Passed 11-3-86.)