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<br />~'\ <br /> <br />..-\ <br /> <br />(t) Any person owning or harboring or having the care of any <br />vicious dog shall maintain a policy of insurance in an amount <br />not less than fifty thousand dollars ($50,000) insuring said <br />person against any claim, loss, damage, or injury to persons <br />resulting from the acts, whether intentional or unintentional", <br />of the vicious dog. Such person shall produce evidence of such <br />insurance upon the request of the Animal Warden or other law <br />enforcement agent. <br /> <br />(g) In the event that the Animal Warden br other law enforce- <br />ment agent has probab 1 e cause to bel i eve that a vi ci ous dog <br />is being harbored or cared for in violation of Sections <br />505.14(b), 505.14(d), 505.14(e) or 505.14(f), the Animal Warden <br />or other law enforcement ?gent may petition a court of compe- <br />tent jurisdiction to order the siezure and impoundment of the <br />vicious dog pending trial. In the event that the Animal War- <br />den or other 1 aw enforcement agent has prabab 1 e cause to be- <br />lieve that a vicious dog i$ being harbored or housed in viola- <br />tion of Section 505.14(c), the Animal Warden or other law en- <br />forcement agent may sieze and impound the vicious dog pending <br />trial. <br /> <br />(h) Penalty: <br /> <br />I (1) Whoever vi 01 ates thi s secti on shall be guil ty of a <br />Imi sdemeanor of the fi rst degree. Whoever is found gui lty of <br />a second offense of violating this section shall be gutlty of <br />a misdemeanor of the first degree and shall be fined $l,OOO.DO <br />whi ch fi ne sMall be mandatory, and shall not be suspended or <br />remitted. <br /> <br />(2) Any vicious dog which attacks a human being or a- <br />nother domestic animal may be ordered destroyed when in _the <br />courtls judgment such vicious dog represents a continuing <br />threat of serious harm to human beings or other domestic ani- <br />mals. <br /> <br />(3) Any person found guilty of violating this section <br />shall pay all expenses, including shelter, food, veterinary <br />expenses for identification or certification of the breed of <br />the animal or boarding and veterinary expenses necessitated <br />by the s i ezure of any dog for the protecti on of the pub 1 i c, <br />and such other expenses as may be required for the destruction <br />of any such dog. <br /> <br />Section 2. It is found arid determined that all formal actions of this <br />Council concerning and relating to the passage of this ordinance were adopted in <br />an open meeti ng of thi s Counctl, and that all such del i berati ons of thi s Council <br />and of any of its committees that resulted in such formal action, were in <br />meetings open to the public, in compliance with all legal requirements including <br />Section 121.22 of the Ohio Revised Code. <br /> <br />Section 3. That this ordinance is hereby declared to be an emergency <br />measure for the reasons stated in the preamble hereof an~d pravi ded it recei ves <br />the affi rmati ve vote of two-thi rds of all members elected to Council, it shan <br />take effect and be in force immediately upon its adoption and approval by the <br />Mayor; otherwise, it shall take effect and be in force after the earliest period <br />allowed by law. <br /> <br />AdoPted,-!kaAcL ~ Irlr <br /> <br />9Lc./L <br /> <br />PRESlDtN I <br /> <br />APproved:4.u.L P'/ if'S- <br />, / <br /> <br />/n~~ JJ ~ <br />~ <br />