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(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.)
(a) The owner or keeper of any member of a species of the animal kingdom that escapes from his custody or control and that is not indigenous to this state or presents a risk of serious physical harm to persons or property, or both, shall, within one hour after he discovers or reasonably should have discovered the escape, report it to a law enforcement officer of the Municipality and the sheriff of the county where the escape occurred.
(b) Whoever violates this section is guilty of a misdemeanor of the first degree.
(Ord. 76-96. Passed 6-10-96; Ord. 72-03. Passed 9-8-03.)
(a) No person shall recklessly do any of the following with respect to police dog:
(1) Taunt, torment, or strike a police dog;
(2) Throw an object or substance at a police dog;
(3) Interfere with or obstruct a police dog, or interfere with or obstruct a law enforcement officer who is being assisted by a police dog, in a manner that does any of the following:
A. Inhibits or restricts the law enforcement officer's control of the police dog;
B. Deprives the law enforcement officer of control of the police dog;
C. Releases the police dog from its area of control;
D. Enters the area of control of the police dog without the consent of the law enforcement officer, including placing food or any other object or substance into that area;
E. Inhibits or restricts the ability of the police dog to assist a law enforcement officer.
(b) No person shall recklessly do any of the following with respect to an assistance animal:
(1) Taunt, torment, or strike an assistance dog;
(2) Throw an object or substance at an assistance dog;
(3) Interfere with or obstruct an assistance dog, or interfere with or obstruct a blind, deaf or hearing impaired, or mobility impaired person who is being assisted or served by an assistance dog, in a manner that does any of the following:
A. Inhibits or restricts the assisted or served person's control of the dog;
B. Deprives the assisted or served person of control of the dog;
C. Releases the dog from its area of control;
D. Enters the area of control of the dog without the consent of the assisted or served person, including placing food or any other object or substance into that area;
E. Inhibits or restricts the ability of the dog to assist the assisted or served person.
(c) Whoever violates division (a) of this section is guilty of harassing a police dog. Except as otherwise provided in this division, harassing a police dog is a misdemeanor of the second degree. If the violation results in the death of the police dog or if the violation results in serious physical harm to the police dog but does not result in its death, harassing a police dog is a felony and shall be prosecuted under appropriate State law. If the violation results in physical harm to the police dog but does not result in its death or in serious physical harm to it, harassing a police dog is a misdemeanor of the first degree.
(d) Whoever violates division (b) of this section is guilty of harassing an assistance dog. Except as otherwise provided in this division, harassing an assistance dog is a misdemeanor of the second degree. If the violation results in the death of or serious physical harm to the assistance dog but does not result in its death, harassing an assistance dog is a felony and shall be prosecuted under appropriate State law. If the violation results in physical harm to the assistance dog but does not result in its death or in serious physical harm to it, harassing an assistance dog is a misdemeanor of the first degree.
(e) This section only applies to an offender who knows or should reasonably know at the time of the violation that the police dog or assistance dog that is the subject of a violation under this section is a police dog or assistance dog.
(f) As used in this section:
(1) "Police dog" means a dog that has been trained, and may be used, to assist law enforcement officers in the performance of their official duties.
(2) "Assistance dog", "blind", and "mobility impaired person" have the same meanings as in R.C. § 955.011.
(Ord. 97-19. Passed 9-10-19.)
(EDITOR'S NOTE: See Section 501.99 for penalties applicable to any misdemeanor classification.)
(Ord. 76-96. Passed 6-10-96; Ord. 72-03. Passed 9-8-03.)