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(c) Any owner keeping an animal requiring grooming deemed by SBACC SBARC staff to <br /> maintain humane standards of care must show proof such grooming has been completed. 24 <br /> [241 <br /> Sec. 5-20. Urban chicken regulations. <br /> (a) Anyone desiring to raise one (1) or more urban chickens within the city limits must file an <br /> application for an Urban Chicken Permit with the Division of Animal Care and Control <br /> Division of Animal Welfare in the Department of Code Enforcement and pay an annual filing <br /> fee of twenty dollars ($20.00), if provisions for the chickens are deemed acceptable after <br /> inspection by the -- . . - . • . : Division of Animal Welfare and the <br /> application is approved. If the application is approved, the owner/harborer of the chicken(s) <br /> will receive a durable metal tag, which must be affixed in plain view to the chicken coop. At <br /> the end of each calendar quarter,the Division-of-Animal Care and Control Division of Animal <br /> Welfare shall provide to the Office of the City Clerk an electronic report summarizing: the <br /> residential street location,number of urban chickens at each such location, size of the chicken <br /> coop and size of the chicken pen for each location which has been issued such a permit. The <br /> Division-of-Animal Caro and Control Division of Animal Welfare may deny or revoke a <br /> permit to any person who has failed or refused to comply with the permit requirements, who <br /> has made any fraudulent or false statement or material representation in the permit application <br /> or in connection with the keeping of urban chickens,who has violated a state or any provision <br /> of this the South Bend Municipal Code in connection with the application or keeping of urban <br /> chickens or who has kept urban chickens or other animals in such a manner as to constitute a <br /> breach of the peace or a menace to the health, safety or welfare of the public. Upon denial or <br /> revocation of a permit, the Law Department shall provide notice to the permit applicant or <br /> holder and shall provide for a written appeal and hearing pursuant to the procedures in Section <br /> 4-16 of this the South Bend Municipal Code. <br /> (c) The Department of Code Enforcement shall be responsible for the enforcement of this <br /> sSection. The Department of Code Enforcement shall comply with the duties which require <br /> the filing of a summary list of all warning notices and citations issued by the last Friday of <br /> each month with the Law Department, the Chairperson of the Health and Public Safety <br /> Committee, the Chairperson of the Residential Neighborhoods Committee, the Office of the <br /> City Clerk, and the Animal-Control Commission Animal Welfare Commission. <br /> Sec. 5-22. Fastening animals with rope or chain: choker collar. <br /> (e) Multiple tangling during tethering. If one (1) or more dogs at a residence have required a <br /> response from the `' ' • -•- . . - .. : Division of Animal Welfare to <br /> untangle tethers more than two(2)times in one(1)year,it shall be a violation of this sSection. <br /> Sec. 5-36. Notification of injury caused by motor vehicle to animals required. <br /> Any person operating a motor vehicle who causes injury or death to a domestic pet or large <br /> wild animal which may cause a public safety hazard shall stop at once, assess the extent of injury, <br /> and immediately notify the owner or anima' control shelter Animal Resource Center of the location <br /> of animal or call the police or emergency services after hours. <br /> Sec. 5-37. Notification of lost or stray animals required. <br /> (a) Persons finding a stray animal are to notify the . • -•- . . - . • . • : Division <br /> of Animal Welfare within 24 hours (or within the next business day). At the discretion of the <br /> Division of Animal Welfare,the animal may be kept by the finder and a found report left with <br /> the department Animal Resource Center, to enable the finder an opportunity to return the <br /> animal to its rightful owner. <br /> (b) Upon demand by the ' ' •. • -•- . . - . . Division of Animal Welfare, any <br /> found animal will be surrendered to the Division and held for three(3) business days, before <br /> a disposition is made. <br /> 3 <br />