8467-94 Amending Various sections within Chapter 5 Animals & Fowls

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• • • Animal Control Ordinance Page 13 provided with a microchip identification tag shall be divid as follows: $15.90 to the duly authorized third party of the City providing such service. and$5.00 to the Ci(v. (1) Application for a pet registration must bbe pads-thin thirty (30) days of acquiring a dog over the age of six (6) months, or within thirty (30) days of the date in which a puppy or kitten attains the age of six(6)months. (2) This requirement will not apply to nonresidents keeping an animal within the City for not more than thirty (30)days. (3) Failure to comply with the provisions of this Section shall subject the owner of said dog and/or cat to being issued an ordinance violation citation subjecting the owner to a fine as set for in Section 5-49 (d). Section XVI. Chapter 5, Article 9, Section 5-49 of the South Bend Municipal Code is amended to read in its entirety as follows: Sec. 5-49 Penalties for Violations. (a) Warning Notices for Pet Registration and Permits. al Persons who fail to have their dogs and/or cats vaccinated registered pursuant to section 5-19, ; - ; - :.-..-:• •: : - :. :.: , or who fail to comply with the registration and permit article of this chapter, ; ; ; : - .. . - . : • ; may be served with a warning notice requesting immediate compliance. Only one(1) warning notice(verbal with documentation or written) may be given per year to an individual owner of such animal(s) who has failed to have their dog and/or cat vaccinated or properly registered. with all other action(s) being subject to the stated fine herein. al Said warning notice shall state that the person is in violation of the City Code,and that he the owner has seven (7) days in which to comply. The warning notice shall contain the date, time, name and address of the violator, the Code section violated, nature of the violation,location of the violation,the name of the officer issuing the warning notice and the telephone number of the office to contact for information. al A list of all warning notices issued shall be compiled by the end of the last Friday of each month by the City or its agent listing in summary fashion the information set forth in the above paragraph. Copies of this list shall be dated and sent to the Legal Department.the Chairperson of the Health and Public Safety and the Chairperson of the Residential Neighborhoods Committees of the Common Council. Department of Code Enforcement and to the City Clerk's office. (b) Citations,and/or Hearings ; - . • 0.= - ;Fines. Payable Through the Ordinance Violations Bureau.