(a) (1) Whoever violates Section 505.02(a) of the Codified Ordinances is guilty of a minor misdemeanor for a first offense and a misdemeanor of the fourth degree for each subsequent offense.
(2) Whoever violates Section 505.02(b) of the Codified Ordinances is guilty of a minor misdemeanor for a first offense and a misdemeanor of the fourth degree for each subsequent offense and shall be fined not less than twenty-five dollars ($25.00) or more than one hundred dollars ($100.00) on a first offense, and on each subsequent offense shall be fined not less than seventy-five dollars ($75.00) or more than two hundred fifty dollars ($250.00) and may be imprisoned for not more than thirty days. In addition, the court may order the offender to personally supervise the dog that the offender owns, keeps, or harbors to cause that dog to complete dog obedience training, or to do both.
(c) Whoever violates Section 505.06 of the Codified Ordinances is guilty of a misdemeanor of the second degree. If the value of the animal killed or the injury done amounts to three hundred dollars ($300.00) or more, whoever violates Section 505.06 of the Codified Ordinances is guilty of a misdemeanor of the first degree.
(e) Whoever violates Section 505.08 of the Codified Ordinances is guilty of a misdemeanor of the second degree. In addition, the court may order the offender to forfeit the animal or livestock and may provide for its disposition, including, but not limited to, the sale of the animal or livestock. If an animal or livestock is forfeited and sold pursuant to this division, the proceeds from the sale first shall be applied to pay the expenses incurred with regard to the care of the animal from the time it was taken from the custody of the former owner. The balance of the proceeds from the sale, if any, shall be paid to the former owner of the animal.
(f) Whoever violates Section 505.10 of the Codified Ordinances is guilty of a minor misdemeanor on a first offense and a misdemeanor of the fourth degree on each subsequent offense.
(g) Whoever violates Section 505.14 of the Codified Ordinances is guilty of a misdemeanor of the third degree. A separate offense shall be deemed committed each day during or on which a violation occurs or continues.
(i) Whoever violates Section 505.16 of the Codified Ordinances is guilty of a misdemeanor of the fourth degree for a first offense and a misdemeanor of the third degree for each subsequent offense.
(j) If a violation of division (a) of Section 505.25 of the Codified Ordinances involves a dangerous dog, whoever violates that division is guilty of a misdemeanor of the fourth degree on a first offense and of a misdemeanor of the third degree on each subsequent offense. Additionally, the court may order the offender to personally supervise the dangerous dog that the offender owns, keeps, or harbors, to cause that dog to complete dog obedience training, or to do both, and the court may order the offender to obtain liability insurance pursuant to Section 505.24 of the Codified Ordinances. The court, in the alternative, may order the dangerous dog to be humanely destroyed by a licensed veterinarian, the county dog warden, or the county humane society.
(k) If a violation of division (a) of Section 505.25 of the Codified Ordinances involves a vicious dog, whoever violates that division is guilty of one of the following:
(1) A felony of the fourth degree on a first or subsequent offense if the dog kills or seriously injures a person. Additionally, the court may order that the vicious dog to be humanely destroyed by a licensed veterinarian, the County Dog Warden or the County Humane Society.
(2) A misdemeanor of the first degree on a first offense and a felony of the fourth degree on each subsequent offense. Additionally, the court may order the vicious dog to be humanely destroyed by a licensed veterinarian, the County Dog Warden or the County Humane Society.
(3) A misdemeanor of the first degree if the dog causes injury, other than killing or serious injury, to any person.
(Ord. 07-098. Passed 12-10-07.)