05-28-14 Council Agenda & Packet

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Substitute Bill No. 17 -14 Responsible Animal and Pet Ownership Care and Control Regulation Ordinance Page 40 Pet owners who have all of their does /cats altered shall be entitled to register their altered animals for a Residential net Registration for All Altered Animal Non - Commercial Site Permit Such hermit may be issued upon the owner signing an affidavit under pains and penalties for periury, which verifies the altered animal status of each animal and which requires the owner to list the rabies vaccination number assigned to each altered animal which verifies that said rabies vaccination(s) are current for each such altered animal. The fees for Residential Pet Registration for All Altered Animal Non Commercial Site Permit shall be as follows: Altered Dog and /or Cat Ten (10) month weeks or older 37 Number of Altered Dogs and/or Cats Fee 1 $ 15.00 annually 2 -4 $ 25.00 annually 5 -8 $ 50.00 annually 99 -12 $ 100.00 annually 131316 $125.00 annually 171719 $150.00 annually All pet owners have the responsibility to keep all of the information which they provide on the aanplication for registration or permit which they provide to the Division of Animal Care and Control current, with any changes being required to be given upon the effect date of such change (b) Additional fees: (4) Replacement tags $5 00 roer tag (5) Late fee applied t t 30 a $5.00 r Late fee when more than thirty (30) days late $15.00 additional (0) Limited Exemptions: (6) 1. Threat to Health ofAnimal: Upon a written statement from a licensed veterinarian setting forth that the neutering of the animal shall constitute a threat to the health of that animal, the payment of the permit fee for unaltered animal shall not be required but the animal shall be classified as an altered animal for purposes of permit registration and fees. Registration at the altered tag price under this section will constitute agreement not to breed the animal. Doing so will result in fines. (7) 2. Service Animal Exemption: A person who is impaired by: a. Blindness or any other visual impairment; b. Deafness or any other aural impairment; C. A physical disability; or i7 In Rule 5, Section 2 of "Required Rabies Vaccination of Dods Cats and Ferrets" codified at 345 Indiana 4dministratii e Code 1 -5 -2 it specifically states in part that "...all does cats and ferrets three (3) months of afze and older must be vaccinated against rabies ", with revaccination of ferrets within twelve (12) months of the prior vaccination* and does and cats being revaccinated based on the rabies vaccine which was used requiring annual boosters or a booster 12 months later and tri annually thereafter, or within thirty -six (36) months.