(A) No person shall own, possess, or harbor a nuisance animal within the county. An animal, other than a dog trained for law enforcement in the performance of its duty, shall be considered a nuisance if such animal:
(1) Damages real or personal property other than the owner's;
(2) Causes unsanitary, dangerous, or unreasonably offensive conditions;
(3) Causes a disturbance by excessive barking, caterwauling, or other noise-making. A public nuisance shall be rebuttably presumed when an animal continuously emits noise which can be heard within a residence or other occupied building for 20 or more consecutive minutes;
(4) Chases vehicles;
(5) Chases, molests, attacks, bites, interferes with or physically intimidates any person while on or off the premises of the owner; or
(6) Chases, molests, attacks, bites or interferes with other animals while off the premises of the owner.
(B) The Animal Shelter Manager or delegate, upon reasonable grounds, shall impound any animal creating a nuisance by being in violation of division (A) of this section and not restrained by a competent person. Failure to comply with division (A) of this section shall be a violation of law for which, upon conviction thereof, the owner of such animal shall be penalized $300 for the first violation, $600 for the second violation, and $1,000 for the third and each subsequent violation. This section requires the support of the complainant for the issuance of a violation.
(Ord. E-19-97, passed 5-29-2019) Penalty, see §
90.99