At its first reading Bexley city council members introduced an ordinance that would lift the current ban on the pit bull breed in the city, but add several new requirements for dog owners.

Bexley is one of the only cities left in Ohio that still has a ban on a specific breed of dog. On Tuesday night city council members introduced an ordinance that could lift the ban on pit bulls.

Pit bulls have not been allowed within city limits since 2012, but now city leaders say it's time to take a look at the law.

"Went on a walk this spring and was pulled over by animal control," one Bexley resident said.

Bexley city council members are still working out the kinks with a new ordinance that got a lot of questions and feedback from the community.

"How do I know to go register my dog," a resident asked.

"I would like to see this legislation move more in an owner responsibility type of direction," another community member said.

At its first reading, a new ordinance would lift the current ban on pit bulls in Bexley. Mayor Ben Kessler says right now no purebred pit bulls are allowed in the city, but the law gets hazy when it comes to mixes.

"We've increasingly had an issue as pit bulls and pit bull mixes become more prevalent in central Ohio with administering our law. How do we keep pace with what's actually happening in our community and one our concerns is we have a lot of pit mixes that maybe fall under that classification, but there's a lot of gray area," Kessler said.

The proposed ordinance, introduced by Kessler, also outlines new requirements for dog owners.

The dog would have to be spayed or neutered, get registered, pass an obedience class and dog owners would not be able to have invisible fences.

"So this type of thing is a difficult issue but we have to keep a close eye on what's going to best for the people in the city," a Bexley resident said at the podium.

Bexley residents didn't bark back at the idea during Tuesday night's council meeting. Some though didn't think a law should target a breed of dog, but instead the ones who care for it.

"This ordinance needs to be aimed at ownership," a citizen said.