10660-19 Ordinance to Amend Chapter 5, Various Articles: Responsible Animal and Pet Ownership Care and Control Regulations

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(a) Violators shall be issued a citation and fined by a law enforcement officer or animal control officer Animal Welfare Officer as follows: (b) Upon finding of violations of this eChapter, the City may seek injunctive relief through the court which may order relinquishment of an animal(s) deemed to be a public safety risk and/or a repetitive public nuisance that has not been abated or an animal that is a victim of cruelty, neglect, or abandonment, to the ' ':- • •'•- . . - Division of Animal Welfare for disposition. (c) In the event that an animal is retained at the Division of Animal Care and Control Division of Animal Welfare because its owner or harborer has been in violation of this eChapter,the person redeeming the animal by paying the prescribed fees shall also be required to pay the costs incurred by the • • ': - • •• . : Division of Animal Welfare for impoundment and caring for including but not limited to: .... SECTION XI. Chapter 5,Article 9 and certain subparts of Sections 5-121 and 5-123 of the South Bend Municipal Code are amended to read as follows: Sec. 5-121. Permits and administration. (c) An application for a license or renewal of a license shall be made to the Care and Control Division of Animal Welfare.... The horse shall be identified by breed, age, sex, color,markings, and the location of the stables where the horse is to be kept,recorded on a veterinary certificate provided by the ' : : • •• . - . - Division of Animal Welfare.... (d) The annual fee per working animal license or renewal shall be one hundred dollars($100.00) for carriage horses and ten dollars ($10.00) for riding horses; and shall be paid upon submission of an application to the ' • -•- . . - . : : Division of Animal Welfare. (f) An owner or operator of a rental horse business shall keep an accurate daily record of the movement of each licensed horse when in the city limits including driver's name, horse's identification number, vehicle license plate number, time of leaving stable and time of return to stable. Such records shall be kept on the premises of the stable where rental horses are kept or maintained and shall be made available to the ` -.. •• - . . • ••• . . Control Division of Animal Welfare upon request. (g) An owner or operator of a rental horse business shall make the stable (if located within the city limits) in which horses used in the rental business are kept open for inspection at all reasonable time by authorized personnel of the • -•- . . - •. . : Division of Animal Welfare to enforce the provisions of this aArticle. Sec. 5-123. Regulations. (c) Certified weights of all horses and horse drawn vehicles shall be registered with the Division of Animal Care and control Division of Animal Welfare annually. At the discretion of the ' ' '. • -•- . . - . . : : Division of Animal Welfare, when supported by the opinion of a consulting veterinarian, a rental horse within a business may be restricted in regard to pulling/riding capacity,based on individual characteristics and abilities. (k) Every horse whose use requires a license hereunder shall be examined by a veterinarian prior to its use in a rental horse business, and thereafter at intervals of not less than once a year. The horse shall be examined and treated for internal parasites. Its general physical condition shall be evaluated,which examination shall include but not be limited to,inspection of teeth,hooves, and shoes, and for its physical ability to perform the work or duties required of it.The examination shall also include a record of any injury,disease,or deficiency observed by the veterinarian at the time,together with any prescription or professional recommendation regarding humane correction or disposition of the same. An Indiana health certificate containing the above information and signed by the examining veterinarian shall be 15