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• <br /> BILL NO. <br /> ORDINANCE NO. 'R ',, tf - <br /> AN ORDINANCE AMENDING CHAPTER 5 OF THE MUNICIPAL CODE <br /> OF THE CITY OF SOUTH BEND, INDIANA, <br /> COMMONLY KNOWN AS "ANIMAL AND FOWL" . <br /> STATEMENT OF PURPOSE AND INTENT <br /> The Common Council for the City of South Bend finds it <br /> necessary to amend Chapter 5 of the Municipal Code of the City South <br /> Bend in order that the fees authorized thereunder more accurately <br /> reflect the cost to the City of providing animal control and <br /> licensing services and to allow for the more efficient operation and <br /> provision of such services. <br /> NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COMMON COUNCIL FOR THE CITY <br /> OF SOUTH BEND, INDIANA THAT: <br /> SECTION I . That Chapter 5, Article 4 . 5, Section 5-27(b) of the <br /> Municipal Code of the City of South Bend is amended to read as <br /> follows: <br /> (b) The owner of an American Pit Bull Terrier or any other <br /> potentially dangerous dog shall apply to the City <br /> Controller' s' office or the City' s duly authorized third <br /> party for the licensing of said dog. The application shall <br /> be on a form provided by the City Controller' s office or the <br /> City' s duly authorized third party and shall be accompanied <br /> by all of the following: <br /> ( 1) Verification of the owner' s name and current <br /> address by way of providing a photostatic copy of his <br /> or her driver' s license. <br /> ( 2) Proof that the applicant owns said dog. <br /> ( 3 ) One ( 1) copy of a registration certificate issued <br /> for said dog by the U.K.C. and/or A.D.B.A. , if <br /> available. <br /> ( 4) One ( 1) copy of the current immunization and <br /> health records for said dog. <br /> ( 5 ) Proof that the applicant has insurance coverage of <br /> not less than three hundred thousand dollars <br /> ( $300, 000 . 00) for any injury, damage or loss caused by <br /> said dog. <br /> ( 6) Two ( 2) photographs of said dog taken not more <br /> than one ( 1) month before the date of the application. <br /> One ( 1) photograph shall be a front view of the dog and <br /> one ( 1) photograph shall be a side view of the said <br /> dog. <br /> ( 7 ) If said dog was previously licensed under this <br /> chapter, the name and address of any previous owner and <br /> the number of the most recent license assigned to said <br /> dog. <br /> ( 8 ) A licensing fee of twenty-five-deiiars-4$25 788} <br /> fifty dollars ( $50.00) . ;-hewever;- n-fire-event-that-an <br /> aelsi4eatien-fer-I4eense-is- ►ade-after-Seetemeer-frst <br />