As used in this chapter, certain terms are defined as follows:
(a) “Whoever” includes owner, keeper, handler or harborer.
(b) “Owner” includes keeper, handler or harborer.
(c) “Registration tag” means the metal tag issued annually by the County Auditor evidencing a registered dog.
(d) “Registered dog” means a dog registered in compliance with O.R.C. Chapter 955.
(e) “Running at large” means running at will, roaming away from the premises of the owner, acting on its own initiative and not on a leash held by and under reasonable control of some person.
(f) “Impound” means to seize summarily, confine and retain in custody of law.
(g) “Animal” includes dogs, cats, cattle, sheep, horses, geese, ducks, turkeys, chickens or other fowl or any other animal, domestic or wild, maintained or kept as a pet, for work or for a product.
(h) “Feral cat” means a cat that is born in the wild or abandoned to the wild and is not socialized or appropriate as a companion for humans.
(i) “Ear tipping” means straight-line cutting of the tip of the left or right ear of a cat while the cat is anesthetized and has been sterilized and given a rabies shot.
(j) “Animal Control Officer” means the person(s) employed by the City of Sandusky holding the job title of Animal Control Officer.
(k) “Police dog” means a dog that has been trained and may be used to assist one or more law enforcement officers in the performance of their official duties.
(Ord. 11-025. Passed 3-14-11.)