(A) It shall be unlawful for any person who has been found in violation of §§ 90.03 (Duties and responsibilities of animal owners), 90.05 (Cruelty, neglect, and abandonment of animals), 90.09 (Vicious animals), 90.11 (Restraint of animals; animals at large) or 90.12 (Public nuisance animals) to own or keep more than two animals in the city or to own or keep any animal:
(1) That has not been spayed or neutered by a veterinarian; or
(2) That has not been implanted with a microchip with a registered identification number.
(B) A person who violates division (A) above shall keep any animal owned or kept by that person outside in a structural enclosure sufficient to confine the animal without means of escape, unless the animal is on a leash and under the control of a competent person.
(C) A person who is under additional restrictions that commits subsequent violations of §§ 90.03 (Duties and responsibilities of animal owners), 90.05 (Cruelty, neglect, and abandonment of animals), 90.09 (Vicious animals), 90.11 (Restraint of animals; animals at large), or 90.12 (Public nuisance animals) shall be subject to forfeiture of their animal to the enforcement authority and may be prohibited by a court from owning or keeping any animal within the city.
(Prior Code, § 10-25) (Ord. 21-32, passed 7-12-2021) Penalty, see § 90.99