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 60 (3) Cooperation of effort with other governmental and private agencies, such as the Humane Society of St. Joseph County or other humane and /or breed rescue organizations recognized by the animal care and control division. (c) Any ear tipped community cat that has been spayed /neutered and vaccinated as described in Section 5 -32 of this Chapter will be returned to a colony caretaker who will maintain the cat as part of a managed colony of community cats. Cats must be returned as close as possible to its location of capture unless illness or injury presents imminent danger to the animal to be processed through the community cat program. See. 5-108 Redemption. (a)A person may reclaim an animal in the custody of the Division of Animal Care and Control upon providing the following: (1) Proof of ownership, and (2) Payment of redemption fee and any other service /medical fees, as approved by the Shelter Manager. (3) It shall be mandatory that any dog or cat not displaying a current city pet registration or current identification tag if not a city resident, affixed to its collar, after the effective date of this Chapter, upon its redemption by its owner, and prior to its release by the Division of Animal Care and Control, be implanted with a microchip and registered for purposes of identification and recovery. The cost for this process shall be at the owner's expense before the animal's release. (4) All animals shall be registered with the city prior to release, or require enforcement action to mandate registration. (b)Stray or at -large animals will be held three (3) business days at the Division of Animal Care and Control. (c)Unclaimed animals become the property of the Division of Animal Care and Control and may be placed for adoption, transferred to rescue or humanely euthanized, pursuant to Section 5 -106. (d) An animal that has been previously impounded stray or at -large and is now being redeemed for the second or subsequent redemption, will be required to be spayed or neutered by a licensed veterinarian at the owner's expense. Arrangements to perform the procedure must be made within 24 hours of reclaim and enforcement action pending spay /neuter completion will be issued at the time of reclaim. (e) In. cases mandating spaying or neutering of a dog, the dog may be transported directly to the veterinarian of the owner's choice at the city's discretion for completion of the surgery and pickup of the animal by the owner from the veterinarian after such completion.