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; ---? - CITY OF NORTH OLMSTED ORDINANCE NO. 2008 -19 BY: Council Member Ryan and Council Member Orlowski AN ORDINANCE AMENDING SECTION 505.08 OF CHAPTER 505 OF THE GENERAL OFFENSES CODE ENTITLED "ANIMALS AND FOWL, " IN ORDER TO RESTRICT THE NUMBER OF DOGS THAT MAY BE KEPT ON RESIDENTIAL LOTS IN THE CITY, AS AMENDED. WHEREAS, this Council finds that the keeping of excessive number of dogs on residential lots in the City creates nuisance noise and odor, and other conditions that are adverse to the public health, safety and welfare; and WHEREAS, this Council accordingly desires to amend Section 505.08 of the Codified Ordinances in order to limit the number of dogs that may be kept on residential lots in the City; NOW THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF NORTH OLMSTED, CUYAHOGA COUNTY, AND STATE OF OHIO: SECTION 1: That Section 505.08 of Chapter 505 of the General Offenses Code, which presently reads as follow: 505.08 NUISANCE CONDITIONS PROHIBITED. (a) No person shall keep or harbor any animal in the City so as to permit or suffer to be permitted the commission or evidence of a nuisance as hereinafter defined. There is hereby created a presumption whereby any animal which commits, creates or becomes a nuisance as described in section (b) below is presumed to have done so with the permission of the owner or person in charge or control of such animal. (b) Any animal which disturbs the peace and quiet, endangers the repose or health of any person or persons, or causes property damage, in any one of the following manners is hereby declared to be a nuisance: (1) By frequently or habitually making loud and offensive noises, including, but not limited to barking, howling, hissing, crying, screaming, screeching, or yelping; (2) By frequently or habitually scratching or digging in, or urinating upon, any lawn, tree, shrub, plant, building or any other property, public or private, other than the property of the owner or person m charge or control of such animal, thereby causing damage to said lawn, tree, shrub, plant or building;