(a) No person being the owner or having charge of cattle, horses, swine, sheep, geese, ducks, goats, turkeys, chickens or other fowl or animals shall permit them to run at large upon any public place, or upon any unenclosed lands or upon the premises of another.
(ORC 951.02)
(b) No owner, keeper or harborer of any dog shall permit it to go beyond the premises of the owner, keeper or harborer at any time, unless the dog is properly in leash. This section shall not apply to “police dogs” or “hunting dogs” who are engaged in hunting in concert with their owner, keeper, harborer or some other person.
(c) No owner, keeper or harborer of any dog shall fail at any time to keep it either physically confined or restrained upon the premises of the owner, keeper or harborer by a leash, tether, adequate fence, supervision, or secure enclosure to prevent escape, or under reasonable control of some person. For purposes of this subsection, any fence, including, but not limited to, an electronic fence, will not be considered an adequate fence if it does not contain the dog within the property of such dog’s owner, keeper or harborer. Control that allows the animal to leave the premises is not reasonable control. (Ord. 1957. Passed 3-22-04.)
(d) The running at large of any such animal in or upon any of the places mentioned in this section is prima-facie evidence that it is running at large in violation of this section.
(ORC 951.02)
(e) Whoever violates this subsection (a) hereof is guilty of a misdemeanor of the fourth degree. (ORC 951.99)
(f) (1) Whoever violates subsection (b) or (c) hereof shall be fined not less than twenty-five dollars ($25.00) nor more than one hundred-fifty dollars ($150.00) for a first offense. For each subsequent offense, such person shall be fined not less than seventy-five dollars ($75.00) nor more than two hundred-fifty dollars ($250.00) and may be imprisoned for not more than thirty (30) days. (Ord. 1957. Passed 3-22-04.)
(2) In addition to the penalties prescribed in subsection (f)(1) hereof, if the offender is guilty of a violation of subsection (b) or (c) hereof, the court may order the offender to personally supervise the dog that he owns, keeps or harbors, to cause that dog to complete dog obedience training, or to do both. (ORC 955.99)