Amending Chapter 5 of the Municipal Code Animal & Fowl

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• (h) An owner redeeming an impounded licensed animal, or an animal not required to be licensed under this Chapter, shall pay no redemption fee to the City or its designee on the first occasion of any animal belonging to that owner being impounded, before such animal is released to the owner by the animal control agency. An owner redeeming a licensed impounded animal, or animal which is not required to be licensed under this Chapter, shall pay to the City or its designee a redemption fee of ten dollars ( $10.00) on the second occasion that an animal belonging to that individual is impounded, before such animal is released to him by the animal shelter. An owner redeeming an impounded animal which is required by this Chapter to be licensed but which was not licensed at the time of the impoundment shall pay to the City or its designee a redemption fee of twenty dollars ( $20.00) before such animal is released by the animal shelter. The redemption fee for any impounded animal shall increase by an additional twenty-five dollars ( $25.00) per impoundment for each subsequent time within a three-month period that the same or any other animal belonging to the same owner may be impounded. (i) Upon the election of the City to enter into such an arrangement, and upon the execution of an agreement setting forth the terms of such an arrangement, any animal shelter designated by the City to perform animal control services for the City is empowered to collect ' all licensing and redemption fees for the City and shall account to the City and pay over all such fees to the City Controller at the end of each month. fh}( j ) Nothing contained herein shall limit the animal shelter' s authority to take whatever action is reasonably necessary to deal with a sick or injured animal. SECTION III . That Chapter 5, Article 8 , Section 5-45(b) of the Municipal Code of the City of South Bend is amended to read as follows: Section 5-45. Licenses; term. (b) Licenses and permits are to be issued for a term of one ( 1) year eet meneirt -with effective from the first day of February and-expiring-at through midnight ea of the last day of the Iieensiag-geried following January, inclusive, and may be purchased during the months of February and March or within 30 days of acquiring the animal, whichever is later. After February March 31, all applicants will be required to pay an additional five dollars ( $5.00) for each license or permit required; provided, however, that circuses, carnivals, performing animal acts, or exhibitions shall be exempt from the penalty. SECTION IV. That Chapter 5, Article 8, Section 5-47 of the Municipal Code of the City of South Bend is amended to read as follows: Section 5-47 . Fees. (a) In addition to all other fees required by law to be paid, the following fees shall be paid: Each altered dog $ 2.00