§ 90.27 NOTICE OF VIOLATIONS.

   In addition to, or in lieu of, impounding an animal found at large, the humane officer, or police officer may issue to the known owner of such animal a notice of violation of § 90.26(A). Such notice shall impose upon the owner a penalty of $25 which may, at the discretion of the animal owner, be paid to the Ordinance Violations Bureau within 60 days in full satisfaction of the assessed penalty. In the event that such penalty is not paid within the time period prescribed, a summons shall be initiated before a municipal court judge and upon conviction of a violation of this chapter, the owner shall be punished as provided in § 90.99.

(Ord. 3, 2014, passed 8-4-14)

§ 90.28 IDENTIFICATION TAGS.

   Dogs and cats must wear identification tags or collars at all times when the animal is off the premises of the owner.

(Ord. 3, 2014, passed 8-4-14)

RABIES CONTROL

§ 90.40 DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC HEALTH MAY ORDER QUARANTINE.

   Any animal which bites a person shall be quarantined for ten days if ordered by the Director of Public Health. During quarantine the animal shall be securely confined and kept from contact with any other animal. At the discretion of the health and hospital corporation of the consolidated City of Indianapolis, the quarantine may be on the premises of the owner. If the health and hospital corporation of the consolidated City of Indianapolis requires other confinement, the owner shall surrender the animal for the quarantine period to an animal shelter or shall, at his or her own expense, place it in a veterinary hospital.

(Ord. 3, 2014, passed 8-4-14) Penally, see § 90.99

Statutory reference:

   Authority to order quarantine, see IC 36-8-2-5

§ 90.41 KILLING RABID ANIMALS.

   No police officer or other person shall kill, or cause to be killed, any animal suspected of being rabid, except after the animal has been placed in quarantine and the diagnosis of rabies made by a licensed veterinarian. If a veterinarian diagnoses rabies in an animal in quarantine, then the animal shall be humanely killed and the head of such animal sent to a laboratory for pathological examination and confirmation of the diagnosis.

(Ord. 3, 2014, passed 8-4-14)

Statutory reference:

   City’s authority to destroy animals, see IC 36-8-2-6

§ 90.42 RABIES VACCINATION.

   It shall be unlawful to maintain or harbor within the city a dog or cat over six months of age unless the animal has been vaccinated by a licensed veterinarian or veterinary surgeon with anti-rabies vaccine. The initial vaccination shall occur prior to the animal reaching six months old as recommended by a licensed veterinarian and the animal’s vaccinations shall be kept current by a licensed veterinarian using either the yearly vaccine of the three-year vaccine as deemed necessary for the animal’s health and the public’s well being.

(Ord. 3, 2014, passed 8-4-14)

STANDARDS FOR COMMERCIAL ENTERPRISES