505.01 ANIMAL DEFINITIONS GENERALLY.

   As used in this chapter, certain terms are defined as follows:

   (a)    “Whoever” includes owner, keeper, handler or harborer.

   (b)    “Owner” includes keeper, handler, harborer, or person maintaining or responsible for any animal or having the care, custody or control of any animal.

   (c)    “Registration tag” means the metal tag issued annually by the County Fiscal Officer evidencing a registered dog.

   (d)    “Registered dog” means a dog registered in compliance with Ohio R.C. Chapter 955.

   (e)    “At large” means off the premises of the owner.

   (f)    “Permit to run at large” means running at will, roaming away from the premises of the owner, acting on its own initiative and not on leash or under the immediate control of the owner.

   (g)    “Impound” means to seize summarily, confine and retain in custody of law.

   (h)    “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.

   (i)    “Domestic farm animal” includes horses, mules, donkeys, cattle, goats, sheep, geese, ducks, swine, guinea hens, chickens and turkeys.

   (j)    “Unsecured” means not securely confined indoors, or not securely restrained by means of a collar and chain, pen, fence, or similar physical device, and in such a manner which effectively prevents the animal from going beyond the premises of the owner.

   (k)   “Animal Warden” means any Dog Warden or Deputy Dog Warden appointed by the County.

   (l)    “Law Enforcement canine” means a dog regularly utilized by a law enforcement agency for general law enforcement purposes, tracking, or detecting the presence of a controlled substance or explosive.

   (m)    “Feral” means an ex-domestic cat [or dog] which has reverted to being fully wild or the wild-born (never known domesticity) offspring of stray cats [or dogs].

      (Ord. 2002-555. Adopted 9-16-02.)

   (n)   "U.S.C." means the United States Code.

   (o)   "C.F.R." means the United States Code of Federal Regulations.

   (p)   "Service animal" shall have the same meaning as set forth in 28 C.F.R. §35.104, as amended, issued pursuant to the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990, 42 U.S.C. §§ 12101-12213, 47 U.S.C. § 225, as amended.
(Ord. 15-082. Adopted 3-2-15.)