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CITY OF NORTH OLMSTED <br />ORDINANCE NO. 2013 -17 <br />BY: Council Member Brossard <br />AN ORDINANCE ESTABLISHING SECTION 505.19 "DOMESTIC <br />FARM ANIMALS PROHIBITED" OF CHAPTER 505 OF THE <br />GENERAL OFFENSES CODE ENTITLED "ANIMALS AND <br />FOWL, " IN ORDER TO PROHIBIT DOMESTIC FARM ANIMALS <br />ON PARCELS OF LAND IN THE CITY LESS THAN THREE <br />QUARTERS (314) OF ONE (1) ACRE, <br />EMERGEWC , AS AMENDED. <br />WHEREAS, the keeping and raising of domestic farm animals in or on property <br />may, by virtue of these activities, create nuisance conditions in the City; and <br />WHEREAS, such nuisance activities in suburban areas conflicts with the public <br />health, safety and general welfare of residents by virtue of waste; and <br />WHEREAS, this Council desires to establish Section 505.19 of the Codified <br />Ordinances in order to prohibit the maintenance of domestic er farm animals in the City. <br />NOW THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY <br />OF NORTH OLMSTED, CUYAHOGA COUNTY, AND STATE OF OHIO: <br />SECTION 1: That Section 505.19 of Chapter 505 of the General Offenses <br />Code, is hereby adopted and, as adopted, shall reads as follow: <br />505.19 DOMESTIC FARM ANIMALS PROHIBITED. <br />(a) Definition. Domestic Farm Animal means^the following: an3=- <br />.?. <br />i; ;+oa +„ <br />?o: <br />(1) Goats <br />(2) Sheep <br />(3) Swine <br />(4) Bovine (Cows, Bulls, Cattle) <br />(5) Turkeys, Chickens, o-- o*'-°-- fw' Geese or Ducks. <br />(6) Horses (Equine) or Mules. <br />(7) Alpaca <br />(8) Llama <br />(b) Prohibition aizainst Keeping Domestic Farm Animals. Except as <br />exempted herein, it shall be unlawful for any person or persons, upon a parcel of land <br />less than three quarters (3/4) of one (1) acre in size, to keep, display, harbor, raise, <br />maintain, possess or in any other manner have a domestic farm animal, either inside or <br />outside of a structure within the City. It shall further be unlawful for any owner or