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ORDINANCE NO. 2023-04 (As Amended) <br />INTRODUCED BY: Mayor Bodnar <br />AN ORDINANCE AMENDING MAYFIELD VILLAGE CODIFIED ORDINANCE <br />CHAPTER 505 ANIMALS AND FOWL <br />WHEREAS, Mayfield Village adopted Chapter 505 Animals and Fowl of the Codified <br />Ordinances in order to regulate animals and fowl within Mayfield Village; and <br />WHEREAS, it has become necessary to amend Chapter 505 Animals and Fowl in order <br />to provide additional clarity to the regulations and increase the criminal and civil penalties to <br />owners of dogs who cause harm to other people and animals; and <br />WHEREAS, the Mayfield Village Council deems it in the best interest and for the health, <br />safety and welfare of Mayfield Village and its residents to amend Chapter 505 Animals and Fowl <br />of the Codified as set forth below. <br />NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED by the Council of Mayfield Village, Cuyahoga <br />County, State of Ohio, that: <br />SECTION 1. Chapter 505 Animals and Fowl of the Village's Codified Ordinances is <br />amended to read as fully set forth in Exhibit "A" attached hereto and incorporated herein by <br />reference. <br />SECTION 2. Any sections of the Codified Ordinances in conflict herewith are hereby and <br />herein repealed and amended accordingly. All other provisions of the Village Codified Ordinances <br />not inconsistent herewith shall remain in full force and effect. <br />SECTION 3. The Clerk of Council is authorized and directed to forward a certified copy <br />of this Ordinance to the Codifier of Mayfield Village. <br />SECTION 4. The Council finds and determines that all formal actions of this Council <br />relating to the adoption of this Ordinance have been taken at open meetings of this Council and <br />that deliberations of this Council and of its committees, resulting in such formal action, took place <br />