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<br />Ordinance No. 2007-25 <br />C. Any order of the Animal Warden declaring any animal a <br />vicious animal issued pursuant to subsection (d)(3) hereof. <br />(g) Penalties. A violation of any of the provisions of paragraph (f) of this <br />section shall constitute a first degree misdemeanor. <br />BE AMENDED, AND, AS AMENDED, SHALL READ AS FOLLOWS: <br />505.16 VICIOUS AND DANGEROUS ANIMALS. <br />(a) Definitions. The following definitions shall apply in the interpretation <br />and enforcement of this section: <br />(1) "Animal Warden" means the Animal Warden of the City or his <br />authorized representative. <br />(2) "Vicious animal" means any animal which represents a danger to <br />any person(s), or to any other domestic animal, for any of the <br />following reasons: <br />A. Any animal that kills or causes serious physical harm (as <br />defined in Ohio R.C. 2901.01(E)) to any person or <br />domestic animal. <br />B. Any animal which bites or causes physical harm to any <br />person or domestic animal while off the premises of the <br />owner on more than one occasion. <br />C. <br />D <br />E <br />Any wolf-hybrid. <br />"Vicious animal" d <br />inflicted any harm <br />police dog is being <br />enforcement officers <br />duties. <br />oes not include a police dog that has <br />specified in this subsection if such <br />used to assist one or more law <br />in the performance of their official <br />(3) "Dangerous animal" means any animal, but not a"vicious <br />animal" as defined above, which has either: <br />A. Bitten any person, or <br />B. Without provocation, chased or approached in either a <br />menacing fashion or in an apparent attitude of attack, or <br />otherwise acted in a manner which substantially <br />endangered the physical health and safety of, any person, <br />while the animal was not physically confined in a locked <br />pen which has a top, a locked fence yard, or other locked <br />enclosure which has a top. <br />(4) "Owner" means any person owning, keeping, possessing, <br />harboring, maintaining, or having the care, custody or control of <br />an animal. <br />(5) "Menacing fashion" means actions by an animal that would cause <br />a person of ordinary sensibilities to reasonably believe that the <br />animal intended to cause serious physical harm to that person and <br />was cabable of causin serious physical harm. <br />ffi <br />