Amending Chapter 5 in its Entirety Replacing it With A New Chapter 5 Entitled Responsible Animal and Pet Ownership Care and Control Regulations

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Substitute Bill No. 17 -14 Responsible Animal and Pet Ownership Care and Control Regulation Ordinance Page 39 of address or telephone. Failure to keep contact information current may result in the inability of the Division to contact an owner. Animals will be held three (3) business days prior to disposition. The Division of Animal Care and Control will consider the registered microchip and/or tag owner to be the legal owner. (c) Upon issuance, the Division of Animal Care and Control shall issue a registration or permit in written form, which includes the number of the registration or permit and the type of registration or permit. In addition, the Division of Animal Care and Control shall issue a durable tag stamped with registration number to pet registration holders the first time the dog or cat is registered. Additionally, a durable tag will be issued for an animal that has received a microchip implant upon national registration by the pet owner. The tag will have a corresponding number to that of the implanted microchip and will display a national, toll free, 24 hour, seven 0 days per week telephone number for the purpose of animal and owner identification. (d) The Division of Animal Care and Control shall maintain records of the identifying registration/ permit number. (e) It shall be unlawful for any owner of any dog or cat to fail to provide any dog or cat over the age of six (6) months with current pet registration as provided in this Section. The owner of any dog or cat, which dog or cat is over the age of three (3) months, must also have in his possession a current rabies vaccination tag showing that such animal has been vaccinated against rabies as otherwise provided in Sec. 5 -75. Any owner of such animal who moves into the city for purposes of establishing a residence or residing or who becomes a resident as result of annexation shall have thirty (30) days in which to obtain the permit required by this Chapter. See. 5-52 Fees. Commencing on the effective date of this ordinance and for each subsequent year thereafter, each Permit issued by the City under this Chapter shall be valid from January I and end December 31 In addition to all other fees required by law to be paid, the following fees shall be paid to the Citv: (a) 36 The Indiana State Board of Animal Health sets forth the Indiana Rabies laws and regulations. Rule 5 Section 1 of "Rabies Immunization" is codified at 345 Indiana Administrative Code 1-5-1.