21-19 Ordinance Amending Chapter 5 Various Articles: Responsible Animal and Pet Ownership Care and Control Regulations

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(d) (5) The enclosure shall be inspected and approved by the City of South Bend Division of Animal Welfare prior to its usage for confinement. (8) The animal must also be identifiable via a microchip implanted in to the skin of the animal, and such microchip number must be provided to the Division of Animal Welfare. (0 (3) If the animal in question dies, or is sold or transferred, the owner/guardian shall notify the City of South Bend Division of Animal Welfare of the changed condition and new location of the animal in writing within two (2)business days. (4) Any violation of the above provisions and/or restrictions placed on the owner/guardian by the Animal Welfare Commission will result in immediate impoundment of the animal, fines to be issued in accordance with Section 5-106 of this chapter, and ownership rights in the animal be immediately waived.The Resource Center may also seek injunctive relief in a court of law against the owner/guardian and seek prohibition of ownership of animals for a time period deemed necessary by the court (5) An owner/guardian may submit one (1) request for reconsideration per year to the Animal Welfare Commission to have the designation of potentially dangerous or vicious removed from his or her animal. b. The application must be filed with the Division of Animal Welfare. d. The Animal Welfare Commission has the authority to hear evidence, both pro and con, as to whether and why the designation should or should not be removed. f. The Animal Welfare Commission may make a decision to remove or not to remove such designation. Sec. 5-39. -Biting animals; report; procedure. (a) Owner or harborer of any animal which has bitten a person or another animal must report the incident to the St. Joseph County Health Department and the Division of Animal Welfare and immediately make the animal available for quarantine. Upon receiving the report of a bite, Division of Animal Welfare will quarantine the animal for ten(10) days with the place of confinement to be in the discretion of the Division of Animal Welfare. During the quarantine period, the animal is to be securely confined and kept from contact with any other animal or person. (b) During the quarantine period,the owner must provide a current rabies vaccination certificate for his or her cat or dog that is being quarantined. If proof of vaccination cannot be supplied, the animal will be vaccinated by a veterinarian at the owner's expense before after release, and the owner must provide the Animal Welfare Commission with name, address and phone number of the veterinarian performing the rabies vaccination, which will be verified before the animal can be released to the owner.