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Substitute Bill No. 17 -14 <br />Responsible Animal and Pet Ownership Care and Control Regulation Ordinance <br />Page 37 <br />(j) Verification of death shall be confirmed for each animal in all of the following ways: <br />(1) By lack of heartbeat, verified by a stethoscope; <br />(2) By lack of respiration, verified by observation; <br />(3) By pale, bluish gums and tongue, verified by observation; and <br />(4) By lack of eye response, verified if lid does not blink when eye is touched and pupil <br />remains dilated when a light is shined on it. <br />Sec. 5 -43 Habitual Animal Offender. <br />(a) It shall be unlawful to be a habitual animal offender. For the purposes of this Section, an habitual <br />animal offender shall mean any animal owner or harborer, who within any two- year period is cited with <br />three (3) or more violations of animal care regulations of this Chapter. The controlling date is the date of <br />each animal ordinance violation. <br />(b) If upon investigation by an Animal Control Officer it is found that an owner and/or harbor meets <br />the definition of a Habitual Offender, the matter will be set for hearing before the Animal Control <br />Commission. <br />(c) If found to be a habitual animal offender the Animal Control Commission may order a limit, <br />restriction, or prohibition against animal ownership for a minimum of five (5) years or more as <br />determined by the Animal Control Commission based on the totality of the circumstances of the <br />violations observed. <br />Sec. 5 -44 Free Roaming Cat Trap- Neuter Return Regulations. <br />(dja) It shall be unlawful for a person to fail to inspect and care for the captured free - roaming cat <br />a minimum of every two (2) hours to ensure the safety of the cat(s), having placed a lawful trap, snare or <br />similar device, to capture free - roaming cats for the purpose of trap, neuter, return or other medical care. <br />(e� b) It shall be unlawful for a person to remove an animal from any trap not on the person's property, <br />unless such person has the express permission of the property's owner to do so. <br />O)LcZThe Division of Animal Care and Control, or a community cat caretaker or a trap /neuter return <br />organization, in order to encourage the stabilization of the free - roaming cat population may: <br />1. Trap any free- roaming cat in a humane manner; and <br />2. Have the cat surgically sterilized, ear- tipped, and vaccinated against rabies by <br />a licensed veterinarian; and <br />3. Release the cat to the Division of Animal Care and Control for adoption or <br />other disposition in accordance with law, or to a colony caretaker who will <br />maintain the cat as part of a managed colony of community cats. Cat must be <br />returned as close as possible to its location of capture unless illness or injury <br />presents imminent danger to the animal. <br />