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

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(c) Three (3) members of the Animal Welfare Commission shall constitute a quorum to do business. (d) Copies of all Animal Welfare Commission agendas shall be electronically sent to the Law Department, Division of Animal Welfare, Office of the City Clerk, and the Chairpersons of the Council's Health and Public Safety Committee and Residential Neighborhoods Committee. (e) Meeting minutes of all Animal Welfare Commission meetings shall be maintained and regularly posted on the City's website for the Division of Animal Welfare with electronic copies being sent to the Resource Center Manager, the Law Department, Office of the City Clerk, and the Chairpersons of the Council's Health and Public Safety Committee and Residential Neighborhoods Committee. --- (39) --- Note—The Indiana Open Door Law requiring a minimum of 48-hour notice applies to all meetings of the Animal Welfare Commission pursuant to IC 5-14-1.5-5. Sec. 5-97. - Duties and responsibilities of the Animal Welfare Commission. The Animal Welfare Commission shall have the following duties and responsibilities: (1) To receive and review recommendations made by the Resource Center Manager; (6) Such determinations shall be reduced to writing with the original of the same being maintained by the City and copies being sent to the person or persons filing an appeal, with copies also being maintained in the Division Animal Welfare. Electronic notification of such determinations shall be sent to all Animal Welfare Officers and the South Bend Police Department. SECTION XII. Chapter 5, Article 8 and all or certain subparts of Division 3, Implementation and Enforcement. Sections 5-105 through 109 inclusive, and Section 5-111 of the South Bend Municipal Code are amended to read as follows: Sec. 5-105. - Interfering with enforcement. No person shall interfere with an Animal Welfare Officer in the pursuit of his/her duties as an officer. Sec. 5-106. - Impoundment. (a) Animals found in cruel, abusive or neglectful situations,animals trained,bred or kept for the purpose of animal fighting, animals considered potentially dangerous, animals abandoned as a result of owner arrest, or animals that have been abandoned may be promptly seized, provided, however, that the Animal Welfare Officer shall leave written notice. (b) Animals so removed will be impounded and held at the Division Animal Welfare or a designated facility, provided, however, that in no event shall this period exceed five (5) calendar days, at which time the animal shall become the property of the Department of 19