"Abatement"
means a reduction, removing, or pulling down of a nuisance.
"At large"
means an animal or fowl that is off the premises of the owner, person in possession, or person in control.
"City"
means the city of Rogue River.
"City administrator"
means the city administrator or person authorized by the city administrator.
"City council" or "council"
means the governing body of the city.
"Dangerous animals," "potentially dangerous animals, reptiles, and amphibians"
means:
1. 
An animal that bites a person or shows a propensity to bite a person.
2. 
An animal that, without provocation, injures, kills, damages, or destroys any property, whether real, personal or mixed, belonging to a person other than the owner or person in control or possession of the animal.
3. 
An animal that, without provocation, injures or kills an animal or fowl belonging to a person other than the owner or person in control or possession of the animal.
4. 
Any animal, reptile, or amphibian that is not normally tame or gentle, but is of a wild nature or disposition which, because of its size, vicious nature or other characteristics, would, without provocation, constitute a danger to human life or property. This would include, but is not limited to: (a) poisonous snakes; (b) nonpoisonous snakes that are more than six feet in length or which otherwise present a risk of serious physical harm or death to human beings as a result of their nature or physical makeup; and (c) any amphibians more than one foot in length.
5. 
A "potentially dangerous animal"
is an animal that, without provocation, approaches or charges a person in a menacing, threatening, or aggressive manner while not on the premises of the owner or person in control or possession of the animal; or, while on the premises of the owner or person in control or possession of the animal, and without provocation, charges, menaces, or threatens a person in an aggressive manner under such circumstances which would lead a reasonable person to believe the animal poses an immediate threat to their safety.
"Firearms and other dangerous weapons"
means:
1. 
Any type of handgun, rifle, or other weapon, including a spring or air-actuated pellet gun, or a weapon that propels a projectile by use of gunpowder or other explosive, or jet or rocket propulsion.
2. 
A crossbow.
"Law enforcement officer"
means any law enforcement officer of the city.
"Nuisance"
means a substance, an act, or any other thing that is determined by the city council to be injurious or detrimental to the public health, safety, or welfare of the citizens of the city.
1. 
Nuisance Abatement. Those acts, conditions, or objects specifically enumerated and defined in RRMC § 8.05.300 and § 8.05.310 are declared to be public nuisances and may be abated by the procedures set forth in RRMC § 8.05.320 through § 8.05.380.
2. 
Nuisance – Penalty. The acts, conditions, or objects specifically enumerated and defined in RRMC § 8.05.010 through § 8.05.280 are declared to be public nuisances wherein the owner or person in possession or control is subject to penalty as provided for in RRMC § 8.05.290.
"Person"
means a natural person, firm, partnership, association or corporation.
"Person in control or possession of property"
means an agent, occupant, lessee, contract purchaser or other person having possession or control of property or supervision of a construction project.
Person Responsible.
The person responsible for abating a nuisance includes:
1. 
The owner.
2. 
The person in possession or control as defined in this section.
3. 
The person who caused a nuisance, as defined in this chapter or another ordinance of the city, to come into or continue in existence.
"Police chief"
means the police chief of the city or person authorized by the police chief.
"Public place"
means a building, way, place or accommodation, publicly or privately owned, open and available to the general public.
(Ord. 04-322-O § 1; Ord. 05-324-O § 1)
A. 
Each day's violation of a provision of this chapter constitutes a separate offense.
B. 
The abatement of a nuisance shall not constitute a penalty for violating this chapter, but shall be an additional remedy. The imposition of a penalty does not relieve a person of the duty to abate a nuisance. However, abatement of a nuisance within the time provided from the date of notice to abate or, if a written protest has been filed, then from the date of council determination that a nuisance exists shall relieve the person responsible from the imposition of a fine as provided under RRMC § 8.05.290.
(Ord. 04-322-O § 2)