21-2022 - Amend 505.18 Hen Permit

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Placed on lst reading & referred to HPD 6/06/22; 2nd reading 06/21/22 Baker, Bullock, Kepple, Litten, Ordinance No. 21-2022 Marx, Rader, Shachner AN ORDINANCE to take effect immediately provided it receives the affirmative vote of at least five (5) members of Council, or otherwise to take effect and be in force after the earliest period allowed by law, to amend Chapter 505.18, Certain Animals Prohibited, of the Codified Ordinances of the City of Lakewood for the purpose changing the permit required to have hens in the City of Lakewood from an annual permit to a triannual permit. Whereas, several years ago the city implemented a pilot program to evaluate the keeping of hens within the City of Lakewood which resulted in the adoption of legislation allowing the keeping of hens permanently; and Whereas, currently, the legislation requires that hen permits be renewed annually; and Whereas, Lakewood has had very few violations regarding the keeping of hens and the process to renew these permits is very time consuming and cumbersome for those keeping hens and the Administration; and Whereas, after a review of our permit structure it seems timely to issue permits for the keeping of hens for a period of three years and keep them on the same renewal schedule WHEREAS, as set forth in Section 2.12 of the Third Amended Charter of the City of Lakewood, this Council by a vote of at least two thirds of its members determines that this ordinance is an emergency measure and that it shall take effect immediately and that it is necessary for the immediate preservation of the public property, health, and safety and to provide for the usual daily operation of municipal departments in that these provisions should be enacted to extend current permits and allow for renewal every three years; now therefore, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY OF LAKEWOOD, OHIO: Section 1. That Section 505.18, Certain Animals Prohibited, of the Codified Ordinances of the City of Lakewood, currently reading as follows: 505.18 CERTAIN ANIMALS PROHIBITED. (a) No person shall knowingly keep, maintain or have in his possession or under his control within the City any dangerous or carnivorous wild animal or reptile, any vicious domesticated animal, or any other animal or reptile, with vicious or dangerous propensities, except to the extent that an exemption may be applicable pursuant to subsections (c), (d) or (e) hereof. (b) For the purposes of this section, there shall be an irrebuttable presumption, that, when kept or maintained within the City, the animals listed below are considered dangerous animals to which the prohibition of subsection (a) hereof, in the absence of an exemption pursuant to subsections (c), (d) or (e) hereof, applies: (1) All crotalid, elapid and venomous colubroid snakes; (2) Apes; Chimpanzees (Pan); gibbons (hylobates); gorillas (Gorilla); orangutans (Pongo); and siamangs ( Symphalangus); (3) Baboons (Papoi, Manrillus); (4) Bears (Ursidae); (5) Bovines (Bovidae), includes all members of the bovine family, for example goats, sheep, bison and buffalo; (6) Cheetahs (Acinonyx jubatus); (7) Crocodilians (Crocodilia); (8) Constrictor snakes when fourteen feet in length or more; (9) Coyotes (Canis latrans); (10) Deer (Cervidae), includes all members of the deer family, for example, white - tailed deer, elk, antelope and moose; (11) Elephants ( Elephas and Loxodonta); (12) Foxes (Canis vulpes); (13) Gamecocks and other fighting birds; (14) Hippopotami ( Hippopotamidae); (15) Horses (Equidae), includes all members of the horse family, for example donkeys, mules and zebras; (16) Hyenas (Hyaenidae); . (17) Jaguars (Panthera onca); (18) Leopards (Panthera pardus);