(a) In addition to registration of a dog as required by Section 505.07 and R.C. §§ 955.03 and 955.09, the owner, keeper or harborer of a dangerous dog as defined in 505.01(b) shall pay a permit fee to own, keep or harbor a dangerous dog to the City of Reynoldsburg and obtain the permit from the Chief of Police at a cost set in the City's fee schedule for such permit in addition to the payment of any fee for registration of the dog as required by the Ohio Revised Code and these Codified Ordinances.
(1) The owner, keeper, or harborer of such dangerous dog shall pay for the permit at the Reynoldsburg City Auditor's Office and receive a receipt. The receipt shall be presented to the Chief of Police in order to obtain a permit.
(b) (1) The permit to own, keep or harbor a dangerous dog shall be valid only during the calendar year in which the permit is issued, and during the first twenty (20) days of the following calendar year.
(2) The permit fee for any dangerous dog is set in the City's fee schedule if purchased prior to July 1st of any calendar year. If the permit is purchased on or after July 1st of any calendar year, the permit fee is half the rate set in the City's fee schedule.
(c) No owner, keeper or harborer of a dangerous dog, as defined in Section 505.01(b), shall fail to publicly display a sign on the premises where the dangerous dog is kept or harbored that notifies the public of the presence of a dangerous dog on the property of the owner, keeper or harborer. The owner, keeper or harborer of the dog shall provide such sign which shall contain, in lettering that is at least two (2) inches in height, the statement "caution, beware of dangerous dog" or other statement that provides reasonable notice of the presence of a dangerous dog on the premises.
(d) No person shall own, keep, or harbor any dangerous dog, as defined in Section 505.01(b) without registering and obtaining a permit as required in divisions (a) and (b) of this section for such dangerous dog.
(e) Any owner, keeper or harborer of any dangerous dog as defined in Section 505.01(b), shall provide satisfactory evidence of the fact that the dangerous dog has been neutered or spayed.
(f) Any owner, keeper, or harborer of a dangerous dog as defined in Section 505.01(b), shall provide satisfactory evidence of the fact that the dog has been permanently identified by means of a microchip and the dog's microchip number.
(g) Whoever violates division (c), (d), (e) or (f) of this section is guilty of a misdemeanor of the third degree and the animal control officer shall seize and impound the dangerous dog in the municipality, pursuant to R.C. § 955.22(A) to (D), until such time as the owner, keeper or harborer of the dangerous dog demonstrates compliance with R.C. § 955.22(A) to (D). If the owner does not comply with the provisions of R.C. § 955.22(A) to (D) within three (3) days of such seizure, then the dangerous dog shall be humanely destroyed.
(h) No owner, keeper or harborer of a dangerous dog as defined in Section 505.01(b) shall fail to report to the City animal control officer or a police officer the theft or loss of a dangerous dog within five (5) hours of the discovery of the theft or loss.
(i) Whoever violates division (h) of this section is guilty of a misdemeanor of the fourth degree.
(Ord. 76-96. Passed 6-10-96; Ord. 77-01. Passed 6-25-01; Ord. 72-03. Passed 9-8-03; Ord. 10-2020. Passed 1-27-20.)