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 5 Article 1. General Provisions. Sec. 5 -1. Legislative Findings and Intent of Regulations. (a) The following regulations are enacted in the interest of setting forth comprehensive public safety regulations which, when effectively implemented, administered and enforced, promote responsible animal and pet ownership. The regulations are aimed at ensuring due process protections for owners by promoting responsible animal and pet ownership, which is essential to the protection of animals residing in the city limits. (b) The following regulations set forth the best practices for the humane and ethical treatment of animals by requiring animal and pet owners to comply with reasonable regulations in order to be responsible owners. Sec. 5-2. Definitions. For the purpose of this Chapter the following definitions shall apply unless the context clearly indicates or requires a different meaning: (a) Abandon: To knowingly, intentionally, or recklessly leave unattended, without proper food, water, or shelter, for 24 hours or more, in or about a building or structure or any portion thereof on or about any property.z (b) Adequate shelter: A structure designed specifically to shelter an animal that allows an animal to maintain its body heat, with a roof, structured floor and three sides free of leaks or openings to the wind and rain, and a fourth side allowing access that is protected from the elements. The structure is physically located in a dry area allowing the animal dry - keeping to stay dry and access outside the structure to dry ground that is mud free. Livestock require a structure with three sides and a roof designed to protect it from the elements. (c) Altered animal: An animal that has been operated on to prevent it from procreating. (d) Animal. Any living vertebrate, domestic or wild, except a human being.; 'Indiana Code § 25- 38.1 -4 -8 sets forth regulations addressing "abandoned animals" and the role of a veterinarian. Indiana Code § 3546 -3 -7, Version A addresses abandonment or neglect effective through July 1, 2014 and Indiana Code § 35 -46 -3- 7, Version B sets forth regulations addressing abandonment and neglect which become effective July 1, 2014. 3 Indiana Code § 25- 38.1 -1 -5 defines an animal as including "birds, fish, mammals and reptiles wild or domestic ".