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CITY OF NORTH OLMSTED ; <br />ORDINANCE NO. 2004 - 54 ???--- <br />?r V ? <br />? <br />V <br />BY: Councilman Dailey <br />AN ORDINANCE AMENDING SECTION 505.071 OF CHAPTER SOS <br />OF THE GENERAL OFFENSES CODE ENTITLED "ANIMALS <br />AND FOWL, " TO PROVIDE THAT DEPRIVATION OF <br />VETERINARY MEDICAL CARE MAY CONSTITUTE NEGLECT OF <br />.ANANIMAL. <br />WHEREAS, it has been brought to the attention of this Council that present <br />Section 505.071 of the Codified Ordinances does not include neglected animals deprived <br />of veterinary medical care when the animal exhibits signs of pain or suffering; and <br />WHEREAS, this Council accordingly desires to amend Section 505.071 of the <br />Codified Ordinances to accomplish the foregoing; <br />NOW THEItEFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY <br />OF NORTH OLMSTED, CUYAHOGA COUNTY, AND STATE OF OHIO: <br />SECTION 1: That Section 505.071 of Chapter 505 of the General Offenses <br />Code, which presently reads as follows: <br />505.071 CRUELTY TO COMPA1vION ANIMALS. <br />(a) As used in this section: <br />(1) "Companion animal" means any animal that is kept <br />inside a residential dwelling and any dog or cat regardless of where <br />it is kept. "Companion animal" does not include livestock or any <br />wild animal. <br />(2) "Cruelty", "torment" and "torture" have the same <br />meanings as in Ohio R.C. 1717.01. <br />(3) "Residential dwelling" means a structure or shelter <br />or the portion of a structure or shelter that is used by one or more <br />humans for the purpose of a habitation. <br />(4) "Practice of veterinary medicine" has the same <br />meaning as in Ohio R.C. 4741.01. <br />(5) "Wild animal" has the same meaning as in Ohio <br />R.C. 1531.01. <br />(6) "Federal animal welfare act" means the "Laboratory <br />Animal Act of 1966", Pub. L. No. 89-544, 80 Stat. 350 (1956), 7 <br />U.S.C.A. 2131 et seq., as amended by the "Animal Welfare Act of <br />1970", Pub. L. No. 91-579, 84 Stat. 1560 (1970), the "Animal <br />Welfare Act Amendments of 1976", Pub. L. No. 94-279, 90 Stat. <br />417 (1976), and the "Food Security Act of 1985", Pub. L. No. <br />99-198, 99 Stat. 1354 (1985), and as it may be subsequently <br />amended. <br />