(a) No person, owning or having possession or charge of any animal known to have, or suspected of having, rabies, or any animal subject to rabies and known to have bitten or clawed a human being, shall fail to immediately surrender such animal to the Animal Warden or any police officer.
Any person having knowledge of the existence of any animal having rabies, which has not been surrendered as provided above shall, within six hours after the discovery thereof, report the same to the Police Department.
(b) Whenever a quarantine of animals has been duly declared by the Mayor, and whenever any animal bites or claws any person, the Chief of Police may order such animal quarantined in the County Dog kennel or in a veterinarian's kennel at the owner's expense for a period of not less than ten days from the time of the bite.
(O.F. Ord. 1112. Passed 4-9-56.)
(c) No person shall violate a rabies quarantine order issued under this section or Ohio R.C. 955.26.
(ORC 955.39)
(d) Whoever violates division (c) of this section is guilty of a minor misdemeanor for a first offense; for each subsequent offense such person is guilty of a misdemeanor of the fourth degree. The penalty shall be as provided in Section 698.02.
(ORC 955.99(C); Ord. 81-73. Passed 12-11-73.)