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Posted by The King on February 27, 2008, 11:17 am
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Commission favors Toledo's ordinance on vicious dogs
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> By Bridgette Outten
> Staff Writer
> Tuesday, February 26, 2008
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> SPRINGFIELD — Clark County commissioners would like the city to adopt > Toledo's vicious dog ordinance to regulate ownership of vicious dogs.
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> Following the Clark County Humane Society's compilation of available > vicious dog ordinances in Ohio on Tuesday, Feb. 26, county officials > recommended that the city adopt an ordinance similar to Toledo's.
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> "I am comfortable suggesting Toledo's (ordinance) because it was > upheld by the state supreme court," said Commissioner David Hartley, > who requested the compilation from the county's Humane Society.
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> The Supreme Court upheld Toledo's vicious-dog ordinance, reversing an > Ohio Sixth District Court of Appeals decision that the ordinance was > unconstitutional.
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> Toledo's ordinance states that "no person, organization or corporation > shall own, keep, harbor or provide sustenance for more than one > vicious dog," as defined in the Ohio Revised Code.
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> The supreme court ruled that Toledo has the constitutiona! l author ity > to exercise police powers that are rationally related to a legitimate > interest in public health, according to the court's decision.
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> Tuesday's discussion was not an action item and commissioners could > only make a recommendation on the issue. Hartley said he will speak to > city officials about the ordinance.
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> Contact this reporter at (937) 328-0374 or boutten@coxohio.com.
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> http://www.springfieldnewssun.com/n/content/oh/story/news/local/2008/> 02/26/sns022708countycomishweb.html