§ 90.003 EXCLUSION OF ASSISTANCE ANIMAL PROHIBITED.

   It shall be unlawful for any person owning, operating, or maintaining any public place of business or conveyance into which the general public is invited for any business purpose, to debar or exclude therefrom any dog which has been trained to assist the blind, the hearing impaired, or physically disabled. However, the dog must be in the company of the handicapped person whom it was trained to assist.

(1996 Code, § 71.15) (Ord. 2002-4, passed 5-1-2002) Penalty, see § 90.999

§ 90.004 DANGEROUS, POISONOUS ANIMALS PROHIBITED.

   It shall be unlawful for any person to harbor or possess within the town, any poisonous animal, reptile, amphibian, fish, or insect, any dangerous animal, or any animal that poses a threat to public health and safety. The same may be impounded by the Animal Control Agency and disposed of in the best interest of the animal, and to protect the safety of the public and humane officers.

(1996 Code, § 71.18) (Ord. 2002-4, passed 5-1-2002) Penalty, see § 90.999

§ 90.005 BARKING DOGS; NOISY ANIMALS.

   It shall be unlawful for any person, firm, or corporation being the owner or keeper of any dog and/or animals to permit such dog and/or animal to bark, howl, whine, or otherwise disturb or annoy any other resident of the said town for any single period of 15 minutes, nor for intermittent periods of shorter duration if such shorter disturbances of the peace shall occur more than three times in any period of 24 hours.

(1996 Code, § 71.30) (Ord. 2002-4, passed 5-1-2002) Penalty, see § 90.999

ANIMAL CARE REQUIREMENTS

§ 90.020 GENERAL CARE REQUIREMENTS.

   Every owner and/or his or her agent within the town shall see that each of his or her animals:

   (A)   Is kept in a clean, sanitary, and healthy manner and is not confined so as to be forced to stand, sit, or lie on its own excrement;

   (B)   Has sufficient and wholesome food and water, which is proper and nutritional for that species of animal;

   (C)   Has a proper and adequate structure provided that will protect that animal from all elements of the weather and will allow that animal to stand, sit, and lie down without restriction, and is kept in a sanitary manner;

   (D)   If ill, diseased, or injured, receives proper veterinary care as necessary to promote the good health of the animal and prevent the transmittal of a disease to other animals or human beings;

   (E)   Is not beaten, cruelly ill-treated, overloaded, overworked, tormented, or otherwise abused or neglected, nor shall any person cause, instigate, or permit any dog fight, cockfight, bullfight, or other combat between animals or between animals and humans;

   (F)   Is not physically altered in any manner by anyone other than a veterinarian with the exception of tattooing for identification purposes and grooming;

   (G)   Is not abandoned, neglected, or tortured;

   (H)   Does not become a public nuisance;

   (I)   Does not become a dangerous animal;

   (J)   In the case of a dog or cat over the age of six months, is properly vaccinated against rabies by a licensed veterinarian annually, or upon such frequency as may be specified by Indiana Code, and such animals shall be licensed as required by this chapter and state law;

   (K)   Is properly restrained; and

   (L)   In mating season, shall be kept in a secure enclosure in such a manner that it cannot come into contact with another animal of the same species except for planned breeding.

(1996 Code, § 71.02) (Ord. 2002-4, passed 5-1-2002) Penalty, see § 90.999

§ 90.021 SALE OF ANIMALS AS NOVELTIES OR PRIZES PROHIBITED.

   (A)   No person shall display, sell, offer for sale, barter, or give away any animal, reptile, fish, or bird as a novelty or as an advertising device.

   (B)   No rabbit, chick, gosling, duckling, turkey, or other fowl may be dyed or otherwise colored artificially, nor may dyed or artificially colored rabbits, chicks, goslings, ducklings, turkeys, or other fowl be sold, offered for sale, displayed, used as barter, or given away.

   (C)   This section shall not be construed to prohibit the sale or display of natural chicks, ducklings, goslings, turkeys, or other domestic fowl in proper brooder facilities by hatcheries or stores engaged in the business of selling them to be raised for commercial purposes, nor shall this section prohibit a pet shop holding a valid permit under this chapter, or a legitimate humane society or animal shelter, from humanely caring for, adopting out, or selling animals as pets.

(1996 Code, § 71.03) (Ord. 2002-4, passed 5-1-2002) Penalty, see § 90.999