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ORDINANCE NO. 70-76 BY: Messrs. Chinnock, Magnotto, McBride, Salmon, Sinagra, Usher, Brockman AN EMERGENCY ORDINANCE to amend Section 505.01 and to enact new paragraph.(c) of Section 505.02 and new Section 505.081 of the General Offenses Code of the Codified Ordinances of the City of Lakewood, to provide for the control of dogs and cats and other animals and for the impoundment of cats. WHEREAS, the City has been receiving an ever-increasing number of complaints from its citizens concerning the committing of nuisances committed by animals within the City, particularly cats, and WHEREAS, the Ordinances of the City do not adequately provide for the abatement of such nuisances or the punishment for those who permit animals to commit such nuisances, and WHEREAS, it is in the best interest of the residents of the community that provisions be made for the impoundment and disposal of cats running at large within the City, and WHEREAS, this Ordinance constitutes an emergency measure providing for the immediate preservation of the public health, safety and welfare and for the usual daily operation of a municipal department; now, therefore; BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF LAKEWOOD, STATE OF OHIO: Section 1. That Section 505.01 of the General Offenses Code of the Codified Ordinances of the City of Lakewood now reading as follows: 505.01 DOGS AND OTHER ANIMALS RUNNING AT LARGE (a) No person being the owner or having charge of cattle, sheep, geese, ducks, turkeys, chickens or other fowl or animals shall permit them to run at large upon any public place, or upon any unenclosed lands, or upon the premises of another. (b) (c) No person being the owner or having charge of any dog, whether wearing a registration tag or not, shall permit it to run at large upon any public place or upon the premises of another. No owner, keeper or harborer of any female'dog shall permit such dog to go beyond the premises of such owner or keeper at any time such dog is in heat, unless such dog is properly in leash. The owner or keeper of every dog shall at all times keep such dog either confined upon the premises of the owner or keeper, or under reasonable control of some person. The running at large of any such animal in or upon any of the places mentioned in this section is prima-facie evidence that it is running at large in violation of this section. (d) Whoever violates this section is guilty of a minor misdemeanor. shall be and the same is hereby amended to read as follows: 505.01 DOGS AND OTHER ANIMALS RUNNING AT LARGE (a) No person being the owner or having charge of any animals or fowl of any kind in the City shall allow or permit such animals or fowl to run at large upon any public place, or upon any un- enclosed lands, or upon the premises of another. (b) No person who is the owner or in charge or control of any dog or cat, whether wearing a registration tag or not, shall permit such dog or cat to run at large within the City. Unauthorized entry by such dog or cat, upon the premises of another or upon any public street or ground shall constitute "running at large" within the meaning of this section.