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(a) As used in this section:
(1) “Animals” means any and all types of animals both domesticated and wild, male and female, singular and plural.
(2) “Fowl” means any and all fowl, domesticated and wild, male and female, singular and plural.
(b) No person shall keep or harbor any animals or fowl which howl or bark or emit audible sounds which are unreasonably loud or disturbing and which are of such character, intensity and duration as to disturb the peace and quiet of reasonable persons of common sensibilities.
(c) Whoever violates any provision of this section is guilty of a minor misdemeanor. (Ord. 66-91. Passed 7-15-91.)
(a) Any person who owns, keeps or harbors a dog or cat within the City limits shall keep such dog or cat immunized or reimmunized against rabies, by a method listed in the U.S. Department of Health, Education and Welfare Center for Disease Control Animal Rabies Compendium, or any other method approved by the Health Commissioner, so that the dog or cat is continually protected against contracting rabies. Provided, however, dogs or cats need not be immunized before reaching the age of three months.
(b) Dogs or cats entering the City temporarily for dog or cat shows, exhibition and/or breeding purposes shall not be allowed out of the owner’s, keeper’s or handler’s control, unless properly immunized, and all dogs or cats entering this jurisdiction for field trials or hunting purposes, or any other purpose, shall be properly immunized. All such immunized dogs and cats shall be accompanied by an immunization certificate supplied by the veterinarian who immunized the dog or cat.
(c) All veterinarians immunizing or reimmunizing dogs or cats against rabies shall keep a record of such immunization or reimmunization and shall, at the time of such immunizing or reimmunizing give the owner, keeper or harborer, of the animal a certificate of immunization which shall include a number identifying the individual record, a complete description of the animal, the place where the animal is kept or harbored, the name and address of the owner, keeper or harborer of the animal, date and type of immunization or of reimmunization and such other pertinent information as needed, along with the signature and typed name and address of the veterinarian. The veterinarian shall forward a copy of the certificate to the Health Commissioner within thirty days of its issuance. The Health Commissioner shall then forward a copy thereof to the Lucas County Dog Warden.
(d) The certificate described in subsection (c) hereof shall be made on multiple-copy forms certified by the Health Commissioner.
(e) Nothing in this section shall be interpreted to mean that dogs or cats immunized or reimmunized shall be allowed to run at large in violation of any rabies quarantine, law, ordinance or regulation.
(f) All veterinarians who immunize or reimmunize a dog against rabies shall provide a tag approved by the Health Commissioner, which shall have thereon permanently affixed the year of immunization or reimmunization and the number indicating the record prescribed in subsection (c) hereof. Such tag shall be securely fastened to the collar and/or harness worn by the dog.
(g) No veterinarian or person who owns, keeps or harbors a dog or cat shall be required to provide or obtain a certificate for a rabies immunization or reimmunization administered before the date this section takes effect. However, the provisions of this section shall be complied with at the time of reimmunization thereafter or the time the current immunization or reimmunization loses its effectiveness, whichever is earlier.
(h) Whoever violates any provision of this section is guilty of a misdemeanor of the fourth degree. Each day’s violation shall constitute a separate offense.
(Ord. 65-91. Passed 7-15-91.)
(a) The feces deposited by the defecation of any animal upon any public land, street or right of way or upon the land of any private property owner other than that of the owner of the animal or the person in charge thereof, creates an unsanitary and unhealthy condition and is hereby declared to be a nuisance.
(b) No person being the owner or in charge of any animal shall permit such animal to defecate upon any public land, street, or right of way or upon the land of any private property owner within the City.
(c) Where the owner or person in charge or control of such animal immediately, and before taking such animal from the area where the defecation occurred, cleans the area and removes the feces and disposes of it in a sanitary manner in a proper receptacle, the nuisance shall be considered abated.
(d) The accumulation of defecation upon any property where animals are kept creates an unsanitary and unhealthy condition and is hereby declared to be a nuisance.
(e) No person being the owner or person in charge of any animal shall permit the accumulation of defecation upon the property where the animal is kept. The owners or person in charge of the animal shall maintain the property where the animal is kept in a clean and sanitary condition by the regular removal of the defecation of such animal in a proper sealed sanitary receptacle.
(f) Whoever violates this section is guilty of one of the following:
(1) Except as otherwise provided in this subsection (f) hereof, a minor misdemeanor;
(2) If, within one year of the offense, the offender has been previously convicted of or pleaded guilty to two violations of this Code for which no other penalty is provided or of any provision of the Ohio Revised Code or of a municipal ordinance that is substantially similar to any such provision of this Code, a misdemeanor of the fourth degree.
(Ord. 54-99. Passed 5-17-99.)
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