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18A Animals and Fowl 505.20 505.15 KEEPING ANIMALS NEAR DWELLINGS. (a) No person shall raise, harbor or keep any domestic animal within the Municipality so as to cause a nuisance condition as described in Section 505.16. (b) No person shall keep, harbor or maintain any horses, mules, cattle or any animal other than a domestic animal on his property if such property is less than two acres. If the property is two acres or larger then, in order to maintain such animals, the owner shall construct on the premises, a corral or enclosure for such animals which shall be at least ten feet from any property line and at least 200 feet from the dwelling, other main building on the premises or ar.y dwelling on any adjacent property. The owner shall furthermore construct a barn or shed to house such animals which barn or shed shall be totally within the corral or enclosure referred to herein above. The floor of such barn or shed shall include channeling to dispose of animal urine by underground piping to an approved sanitary sewer or other approved sanitary disposal facility approved by the Board of Health of Cuyahoga County. The owner shall further- more be responsible for bagging and disposing of all manure on a daily basis. (c) There shall be provided a minimum grazing area of one acre for a horse, mule or cattle plus an additional 10,000 square feet of grazing for each additional such animal. (Ord. 94-21. Passed 6-20-94.) 505.16 NUISANCES. Any animal which, by barking, biting, howling or in any other way or manner injures or disturbs the quiet of any person, or which destroys or damages any lawn, tree, shrub, plant, building or other property, other than the property of the owner or person in charge or control of such animal, by scratching, digging, running, defecating, urinating or otherwise, is hereby declared to be a nuisance. No person being the owner of any such animal shall permit such animal to be of or create a nuisance as herein defined. (Ord. 84-11. Passed 10-15-84.) 505.17 COMMON PIGEONS. The common pigeon is declared to be a menace to health and welfare and a source of damage to persons and property and is therefore declared to be a public nuisance and the Service Department is hereby ordered and directed to dispose of common pigeons found within the boundaries of the Municipality as it sees fit. (Ord. 84-11. Passed 10-15-84.) 505.18 ABANDONING. No person shall abandon a domestic animal within the Municipality. (Orde 84-11. Passed 10-15-84.) 505.19 KILLING OR INJURING. , No person shall maliciously or willfully kill or injure an animal that is the property of another. This section does not apply to a licensed veterinarian acting in his professional capacity. (Ord. 84-11. Passed 10-15-84. ) 505.20 POISONING. No person shall maliciously or willfully administer poison to an animal that is the property of another and no person shall maliciously or willfully place any poisoned food where it may be easily found and eaten by any animal, either upon his own land or the lands of another. This section does not apply to a licensed veterinarian acting in his professional capacity. (Ord. 84-11. Passed 10-15-84.) 1994 Replacement