(a) No person shall purposely or knowingly provide food for undomesticated dogs, feral cats, deer, geese, ducks, raccoons, fowl or other wild animals, wildlife or stray animals, except as otherwise specifically authorized in designated and marked public areas, where such feeding:
(1) Causes or contributes to damage to the property of another; or
(2) Creates a public or private nuisance.
(b) This section does not apply to fishing or feeding fish, feeding of animals owned by that person or to song birds fed from a stationary and off-ground/hanging bird feeder.
(c) This section shall not apply to a law enforcement officer, game officer or conservation officer enforcing the laws of the State of Ohio or any local ordinances, nor to anyone officially authorized by the village to engage in an animal control program.
(d) The Village may initiate a civil action in the Court of Common Pleas for injunctive and other relief for any violation, or alleged violation, of this section.
(e) Whoever violates this section is guilty of a minor misdemeanor. A separate offense shall be deemed committed on each day on or during which a violation of this section occurs.
(Ord. 2018-22. Passed 12-4-18; Ord. 2019-02. Passed 4-2-19.)