(A) It shall be unlawful for any owner to keep or otherwise maintain more dogs, cats or other domestic animals or pets in the village than that person can reasonably and safely care for.
(B) It shall be unlawful for any owner to keep more than the following numbers of domestic animals in his or her home or on his or her property:
(1) Cats: 4;
(2) Dogs: 4;
(3) Rabbits: 4;
(4) Pigeons: 8.
(C) Notwithstanding the provisions of division (B) of this section, it shall not be unlawful for any owner to keep the offspring of a permitted number of animals up through the point where the offspring shall be weaned at which time, the owner shall cause the excessive numbers of animals to be sold, given away or otherwise lawfully and humanely removed from his or her premises.
(Ord. passed - - ; Am. Ord. 1999-O-4, passed 1-19-99; Am. Ord. 2001-O-25, passed 11-6-01)