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(c) No person who i.~ the owner or in charge or control of any dog shall permit such dog to go or remain upon any public street or ground within the City except when accompanied by a responsible person, and upon a leash so as to prevent such dog from entering private property and from chasing or attacking any person, animal or vehicle. Any dog not properly in leash will be considered "at large" and in violation of this section. (d) Every owner or person in charge or control of a female dog shall, during all times when such female dog is in heat, either confine said dog or trean her in such manner as not to attract other dogs. (e) Whoever violates this section is guilty of a minor mis- demeanor. Section 2. That Section 505.02 of the General Offenses Code of the Codified Ordinances of the City of Lakewood shall be and the same is hereby supplemented by enacting new paragraph (c) to read as follows: 505.02 IMPOUNDING AND DISPOSITION; RECORDS (c) The animal warden shall impound every cat found in violation of Section 505.01. If the cat is wearing an identification tag or the identity of the owner or harborer is otherwise established, notice shall be given within two (2) days to such owner or harborer that the cat has been impounded. Notice may be by telephone or by ordinary mail to the last known address of such owner or harborer. The cat shall not be released except upon the payment of the following charges: for impounding any cat, three dollars ($3.00); for determining ownership and giving notice, three dollars ($3.00); for keeping any cat, three dollars ($3.00) per day. Any cat not redeemed within three (3) days after notice is given to the owner or harborer as provided herein, or within three (3) days of the time said cae is seized or impounded, if the owner or harborer cannot be found, may be sold or otherwise disposed of in a humane manner as shall be determined by the animal warden. Section 3. That the General Offenses Code of the Codified Ordinances of the City of Lakewood be and the same is hereby supplemented by enacting new Section 505.081 to read as follows: 505.081 SPECIFIC ANIMAL NUISANCE CONDITIONS PROHIBITED (a) No person shall keep or harbor any animal in the City so as to permit the commission or evidence of a nuisance as herein- after defined. (b) Any animal which scratches or digs in or urinates or defecates upon any lawn, tree, shrub, plant, building or any other property, private or public, other than the property of the owner or person in charge or control of such animal is hereby declared to be a nuisance. (c) On complaint of any person, police officer or animal warden that an animal, harbored or kept in the City, damages property in the manner as specified above, notice therefor shall be given to the person harboring or keeping such animal. Failure to abate the nuisance complained of shall subject the person to penalty for violation of this action. (d) In the case of defecation, wherein the owner or person in charge or control of such animal, removes all feces deposited by such animal and disposes of same in a sanitary manner, such nuisance shall be considered abated. (e) Whoever violates this section shalI be guilty of a minor misdemeanor.