§ 2327.19. Animal confinement.  


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  • (A)

    No person shall impound or confine an animal:

    (1)

    Without affording it, during such confinement, access to shelter from wind, rain, snow or excessive sunlight;

    (2)

    Without proper ventilation or in such a manner that excessive heat or cold could reasonably be expected to cause the animal to become sick or in some other way suffer;

    (3)

    In such a manner that is inappropriate to the animal's size, weight and other characteristics or without sufficient space to allow the animal to turn about freely and lie in a normal position; or

    (4)

    On such a surface that could reasonably be expected to cause physical injury.

    (B)

    Whoever violates this section is guilty of animal confinement a misdemeanor of the second degree. If the offender previously has been convicted of a violation of this section, then animal confinement is a misdemeanor of the first degree.

(Ord. 2220-2006 § 2 (part).)