Amending Chapter 5 Revise Identification of Animals Revise Provisions Animal Control

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(f) Fighting. A No person shall not fight,/ s bait, conspire to fight or bait, or keep, train or transport for the purpose of fighting or baiting, any animal required to be licensed under this article. A person who violates this subsection is guilty of an ordinance violation punishable by a fine of not more than two- thousand five hundred dollars ($2, 500 . 00) and shall be reported by the Department of Code Enforcement or its designated agent to the County Prosecutor' s office for prosecution under I .C. section 35-46-3-8 et seq. (g) Public property. An owner of an American Pit Bull Terrier or any other animal shall not cause or permit a person less than eighteen (18) years of age to walk, run, exercise or transport such animal on public property. Said animal must be muzzled when walking, running, exercising or being transported on public property by his owner or agent and must be kept under restraint by a leash. - _ - _ . _ ' - guilty of an ordinance violation punishable by a fine of not lcsa than thirty five dollars ($35 . 00) . (h) Notification by owner/agent. The owner or agent of any animal required to be licensed under this article shall notify the South Bend Police Department or the Department of Code Enforcement within four (4) hours if said animal is running at large, has been stolen, or has attacked a person or a domestic animal . Q - -- ■ -- - - . . _ . - - - . _ ■ ordinance violation punishable by a fine of not less than fifty dollars ($50 . 00) . (i) Serious injury or death. (1) If an animal licensed or required to be licensed as a dangerous animal under this article kills or causes serious injury to a person, the owner of -said the animal is guilty of an ordinance violation and shall be punished by assessed a fine not less than two thousand five hundred dollars ($2, 500 . 00) . "Serious injury" means substantial bodily injury; injury that causes disfiguremcnt, impairment of health, or impairment of a bodily part which is caused by the animal biting and which is medically documented. "Seri-o nju y" shall not mean a nip from an animal . (2) If an animal -_ . _ _- kills or causes serious injury to a person, the animal shall be deemed a dangerous animal pursuant to section 5-27 . The ownership of said the animal shall be temporarily forfeited, and with the animal shall being humanely impounded_ and held pending disposition of the legal proccdures inatitut City for such violation. The owner shall be responsible for the costs of 26