§ 462.206. Controlling poisonous substances.

(a)

It shall be unlawful for any person to knowingly or negligently place or leave any poison or poisonous substances injurious to domestic animals in any place accessible to domestic animals or to knowingly or negligently expose any non-vermin animal to poison or poisonous substances. Nothing in this Section is intended to address the unintentional poisoning of an animal due to the animal's ingestion of plants that are naturally growing, potted or part of a maintained landscape, nor shall it include unintentional poisoning of an animal due to the animal's ingestion of bugs, reptiles, and other animals. For the purposes of this Section 'knowingly' shall mean that a reasonable person should have known under the given circumstances.

(b)

It shall be unlawful for any person to feed an animal any intoxicating substance or to impair the physical condition of an animal by non-therapeutic administration of a drug or narcotic not legally permitted or licensed for that purpose. This provision does not apply to animal control officers or veterinarians in the performance of their duties.

(c)

A violation of this Section shall subject the violator to a civil fine of $500.

(Ord. 2004-259-E, § 1; Ord. 2010-527-E, § 3)