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(2) Fail to comply with or otherwise violate: A. Any order of the Director of Public Safety declaring any animal to be a dangerous animal issued pursuant to subsection (b) hereof, B. Any written notice regarding any suspected vicious animal issued by the Director of Public Safety pursuant to subsection (c) hereof, C. Any order of the Director of Public Safety declaring any animal a vicious animal issued pursuant to subsection (d)(3) hereof. (3) Own, keep, possess, harbor, maintain, or have the care, custody or control of a Pit Bull, Canary Dog, American Bulldog, Wolf -Hybrid or vicious animal or dangerous animal, and shall be strictly liable, if such animal, with respect to any of the following, is at any time found to: A. Be at large within the City unless securely attached upon a leash held in the hand of a person of suitable age and size, and in a manner which continuously controls the dog. B. Snap at or attempt to bite or attempt to cause physical harm to any other person, domestic animal or feline, while the dog is off the premises of the owner, or while on premises which are not exclusively controlled by the owner. C. Cause physical harm to the property of another while the dog is off the premises of the owner, or while on premises which are not exclusively controlled by the owner. D. Bite or otherwise cause physical harm to any person, domestic animal, or feline, while the dog is off the premises of the owner, or while on premises which are not exclusively controlled by the owner. E. Bite or otherwise cause physical harm to mail carriers, utility workers, City of North Olmsted employees, delivery persons, or any police or emergency persons while the dog is on the premises of the owner or the premises under the control of the owner. F. Cause serious physical harm to any person, unless the dog: 1. Was being teased, tormented or abused by a person, or 2. Was coming to the aid or defense of a person who was not engaged in illegal or criminal activity and who was not using the dog as a means to carry out illegal or criminal activity; 3. Caused serious physical harm to any person while such person was committing or attempting to commit a criminal trespass or other criminal offense on the premises of the owner, keeper or harborer of the dog. G. 1. Debark or surgically silence a dog that the person knows or has reason to believe is a vicious dog; 2. Possess a vicious dog if the person knows or has reason to believe that the dog has been debarked or surgically silenced; 3. Falsely attest on a waiver form provided by the veterinarian under division Section 955.22 (G) of the Revised Code that the person's dog is not a vicious dog or otherwise provide false information on that written waiver form. (4) It shall be an affirmative defense to a violation of paragraph (i)(3) above that the animal was: A. Securely confined in an automobile or cage which was adequately ventilated; or B. Being exhibited at a public dog show, zoo, museum or public institution. (5) No person shall own, keep, possess, harbor, maintain or have the care, custody or control of a Pit Bull, Canary Dog, American Bulldog, Wolf - Hybrid or vicious animal within the City after such animal has been ordered by the Director of Public Safety or a court of competent jurisdiction to be banned from the City or destroyed.