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ORDINANCE NO. G'a 3 Q - i 7 AN ORDINANCE AMENDING CHAPTER 5, ANIMALS, OF THE MUNICIPAL CODE OF THE CITY OF SOUTH BEND, INDIANA STATEMENT OF PURPOSE AND INTENT: The intent of this ordinance is to regulate in a safe, practical effective and humane manner the keeping of pets and other animals in the City of South Bend. BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COMMON COUNCIL OF THE.CITY OF SOUTH BEND, INDIANA, AS FOLLOWS: SECTION I. Chapter 5 of the South Bend Municipal Code is hereby repealed in its entirety. SECTION II. The following sections shall be a new Chapter 5 of the South Bend Municipal Code to replace the provisions repealed by Section I of this ordinance: SECTION 5 -1. Definitions As used in this Chapter: (a) Animal: Any live, vertebrate creature, domestic or wild, including but not limited to dogs, cats and those domesticated animals most often kept and regarded as pets by their owners. (b) Animal Shelter: Any facility operated by a humane society, or municipal agency, or its authorized agents for the purpose of impounding or caring for animals held under the authority of this ordinance or state law. (c) At Large: Not within the Real Property Limits of the owner or custodian of the animal. (d) Auctions: Any place or facility where animals are regularly bought, sold or traded, except for those facilities otherwise defined in this ordinance. (e) Commercial Animal Establishment: Any pet shop, grooming shop, auction, riding school or stable, zoological park, circus, performing animal ex- hibition or kennel. (f) Grooming Shop: A commercial establishment where animals are bathed, clipped, plucked or otherwise groomed. (g) Humane.Officer: Any person designated by the State of Indiana, municipal or county government, as an officer who is qualified to perform the duties re- quired by the laws of this city and state regarding animals. (h) Kennel: Any premises wherein any person engages in the business of boarding, breeding, buying, letting for hire, training for a fee or selling dogs or cats. (i) Owner: Any person, partnership or corporation owning keeping or harboring one or more animals. An animal shall be deemed to be harbored if it is fed or sheltered for three consecutive days or more.