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• <br /> Animal Control Ordinance <br /> Page 9 <br /> licensed under this article. A person who violates this subsection is guilty of an ordinance <br /> violation punishable by a fine of not more than two thousand five hundred dollars ($ <br /> 2,500.00) and shall be reported to the County Prosecutor's office for prosecution under <br /> I.C. section 35-46-3-8 et seq. <br /> (g) Public property. An owner of an American Pit Bull Terrier or any other <br /> animal shall not cause or permit a person less than eighteen (18) <br /> years of age to walk,run, exercise or transport such deg animal on public property. Said <br /> deg animal must be muzzled when walking, running, exercising or being transported on <br /> public property by his owner or agent and must be kept under restraint by a leash. A <br /> person who violates this subsection is guilty of an ordinance violation punishable by a fine <br /> of not less than thirty-five dollars($ 35.00). <br /> (h) Notification by owner/agent. The owner or agent of any deg animal required <br /> to be licensed under this article shall notify the South Bend Police Department or the <br /> Department of Code Enforcement within four (4) hours if said deg animal is running at <br /> large, has been stolen, or has attacked a person or a domestic animal. A person who <br /> violates this subsection is guilty of an ordinance violation punishable by a fine of not less <br /> than fifty dollars ($ 50.00). <br /> (i) Serious injury or death. <br /> (1) If aeg animal required to be licensed under this article kills or causes <br /> serious injury to a person,the owner of said deg animal is guilty of an ordinance violation <br /> and shall be punished by a fine of not less than two thousand five hundred dollars ($ <br /> 2,500.00). "Serious injury" means substantial bodily injury; injury that causes <br /> disfigurement,impairment of health,or impairment of a bodily part which is caused by the <br /> deg animal biting and which is medically documented. "Serious injury" shall not mean a <br /> nip from a-degan animal, <br /> (2) If deg-an animal required to be licensed under this article kills or <br /> causes serious injury to a person, the ownership of said deg animal shall be temporarily <br /> forfeited with the deg animal being humanely impounded,-if-possible,and held pending <br /> disposition of the legal procedures instituted by the City for such violation. The owner <br /> shall be responsible for the costs of caring for said deg animal during the period of <br /> impoundment including, but not limited to, costs of boarding and veterinary treatment if <br /> necessary. <br /> (3) Upon conviction, or at the owner's request prior thereto, the owner's <br /> right to possession, title, custody or care of said deg animal may be permanently forfeited <br /> and said deg animal shall be euthanized in a humane manner. <br /> (4) The owner oft-deg-an animal who kills or causes serious injury to a <br /> person who is found guilty of criminal trespass as heretofore described shall not be subject <br /> to the violation provisions set forth herein. <br /> Section XI. Chapter 5, Article 4.5, Section 5-29 of the South Bend Municipal <br /> Code is amended in part to read as follows: <br />