04-16 To provide for the impounding and disposition of certain animals

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FIRST READING 3t &REFERRED TO THE PUBLIC SAFETY COMMITTEE K0ff ��y §LV 1/19/16. SECOND READING 2/1/16. DEFERRED 3/21/16. ORDINANCENO. 4 -16 By; Anderson, Bullock, Litten, Marx, O'Leary, O'Malley. AN ORDINANCE amending the Code to provide for the impounding and disposition of certain animals, and establishing related charges. WHEREAS, Section 505.03 of the Codified Ordinances stands to be amended to permit the impounding and disposition of certain animals abandoned by their owners and to establish related charges; and WHEREAS, pursuant to the Constitution of the State of Ohio, the Ohio Revised Code and the Second Amended Charter of the City of Lakewood, municipalities have the power to enact laws that are for the health, safety, welfare, comfort and peace of the citizens of the municipality, and to provide for local self - government; now, therefore, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY OF LAKEWOOD, OHIO: Section I. Section 505.03, Impounding and Disposition; Records, of the Codified Ordinances of the City of Lakewood, currently reading as follows: 505.03 IMPOUNDING AND DISPOSITION; RECORDS. A police officer or the Animal Control Officer shall impound every dog and the Animal Control Officer shall impound every cat found in violation of Section 505.02. (a) If the impounded dog is not wearing a valid registration tag, the dog shall forthwith be turned over to an officer charged by law with the custody and disposal of such dogs. If the dog is wearing a valid registration tag or the identity of the owner or harborer is otherwise established, notice shall be given prior to or on the next working day to such owner or harborer that the dog has been impounded. Notice may be by telephone or by residence service to the last known address of such owner or harborer. The dog shall not be released except upon the payment of the following charges: for impounding any dog, ten dollars ($10.00); for giving notice, ten dollars ($10.00); for keeping any dog, ten dollars ($10.00) per day. Any dog not redeemed by the regular business day after notice, as herein provided, is given to the owner or harborer, or the next regular business day following the date it is seized or impounded if the owner or harborer cannot be found, may be sold or otherwise disposed of as provided in Ohio R.C. 955.16. (b) If the impounded cat is wearing an identification tag or the identity of the owner or harborer is otherwise established, notice shall be given on the next regular business day to such owner or harborer that the cat has been impounded. Notice may be by telephone or by residence service 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, ten dollars ($10.00); for keeping any cat, ten dollars ($10.00) per day. Any