Section
General Provisions
91.001 Definitions
91.002 Provisions are supplemental to state, city, and county laws
91.003 Schedule of fees for Animal Welfare Department
Animal Care Rules and Regulations
91.015 Adequate shelter, food, and water to be provided
91.016 Necessary medical care; provided when needed
91.017 Enclosures to be kept in sanitary condition
91.018 Removal of excrement
91.019 Keeping of large/farm animals
91.020 Restraint of animals
91.021 Fastening animals with rope or chain; choker collar
91.022 Cruelty to animals
91.023 Animal fights prohibited
91.024 Prohibited animal events
91.025 Poisonous bait
91.026 Abandonment of animals
91.027 Trapping
91.028 Public nuisance animals
91.029 Animals as prizes or inducements; sale of underage animals prohibited
91.030 Dyeing or staining animals; animals as novelties
91.031 Injury to animals caused by motor vehicle
91.032 Animals in vehicles
91.033 Lost or stray animals
91.034 Dangerous animals prohibited
91.035 Biting animals; report; procedure
91.036 Wild or exotic animals
91.037 Training methods
91.038 Destruction of animals
91.039 Dangerous wild or dangerous exotic animals
91.040 Feeding of waterfowl prohibited
91.041 Homeless cats
Registration and Commercial Permits
91.050 Pet registration required; exception; tags; microchip implant
91.051 Application for registration or permits
91.052 Fees
91.053 Appeal; denial or revocation of permit
91.054 Major breeder's permit
91.055 Minor breeder's permit
91.056 Veterinary hospitals/clinics
91.057 Grooming shop permit
91.058 Pet shop permit
91.059 Circuses, animal concessions and animal event
91.060 Zoological parks
91.061 Exception
Dogs and Cats; Specific Requirements
91.075 Vaccination required; tags
91.076 Dogs or cats in heat
91.077 Noisy dogs
91.078 Sale of puppies and kittens
Destruction of Animals
91.090 Definition
91.091 Substances permitted for use
91.092 Person authorized to destroy animals
91.093 Assurance of death prior to disposal
91.094 Funding
Administration and Enforcement
91.105 Director of Animal Control
91.106 Interfering with enforcement
91.107 Impoundment; redemption
91.108 Inspections
91.109 Disposition of money
Rental Horses
91.120 Definitions
91.121 Permits and administration
91.122 Housing/stable premises
91.123 Regulations
91.124 Excepted from coverage
91.999 Penalty
GENERAL PROVISIONS
For the purpose of this code, the following definitions shall apply unless the context clearly indicates or requires a different meaning:
ADEQUATE SHELTER. A structure designed specifically to shelter an animal, with a roof 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 and access outside the structure to dry ground that is mud free.
ALTERED ANIMAL. An animal that has been operated on to prevent it from procreating.
ANIMAL. Any living vertebrate, domestic or wild, except a human being.
ANIMAL CONCESSION. Any person, group of persons, partnership, or corporation who for compensation has any animal available for hire or on display.
ANIMAL EVENT. Display, activity, or show of wild or domestic animals in a shopping center, retail establishment, adjacent lot, or elsewhere.
ANIMAL FIGHTING PARAPHERNALIA. Equipment or items used to train or condition animals for participation in an animal fighting contest or materials to promote animal fighting, the breeding of animals specifically for the purpose of fighting, train animals for fighting, or to track the results of animal fights.
ANIMAL WELFARE ORGANIZATION. Any not-for-profit organization for the prevention of cruelty to animals incorporated under state laws.
AUCTION. Any place or facility where animals are regularly bought, sold or traded, except for those facilities otherwise defined in this chapter or by state law.
BREEDER. Any person who intentionally or accidentally causes the breeding of a cat or dog or makes a cat or dog available for breeding purposes, or any person who offers for sale, sells, trades, receives other compensation, or gives away any litter of dogs or cats; excepting a litter of dogs or cats taken to the Department of Animal Control.
CATTERY. Any person or group of persons, partnership or corporation engaged in keeping more than one unaltered cat or more than seven cats total.
CIRCUS. A commercial variety show including animal acts for public entertainment.
DANGEROUS WILD or DANGEROUS EXOTIC ANIMAL. A wild or exotic animal, not indigenous to the State of Indiana, not commonly found as a domestic animal, that would create a potential risk to public safety, including but not limited to, bears, wolves, lions, tigers, jaguars, leopards, cougars, alligators, crocodiles, caimans, snakes and reptiles that are venomous, apes, baboons, macaques, or any hybrid of like animal.
DEPARTMENT OF ANIMAL CONTROL or DEPARTMENT. The municipally owned facility established for the purpose of animal control, care, and disposition, as set forth in this chapter, operated by and under the direct supervision of the Director of Animal Control.
DIRECTOR OF ANIMAL CONTROL. The Director for the Department of Animal Control.
GROOMING SHOP. A commercial establishment where animals are bathed, clipped, plucked, or otherwise groomed.
GUIDE DOGS. Dogs trained to assist the handicapped.
KENNEL. Any person, group of persons, partnership or corporation engaged in keeping more than one unaltered dog, more than five dogs, or the business of commissioning, or training for a fee, or grooming.
LARGE/FARM ANIMALS. Any cow, horse, pony, donkey, mule, goat, sheep, pig, llama or any other kind of beast of burden, and also including livestock or poultry of any kind.
OWNER. A person having the right of property or custody of a dog or cat or who keeps or harbors a dog or cat or knowingly permits a dog or cat to remain on or about any premises occupied by that person.
PERSON. An individual, firm, corporation or commercial establishment.
PET. Any animal owned or harbored by any person, group of persons, partnership, or corporation, except guide dogs, or police or canine governmental dogs.
PET SHOP. Any person, group of persons, partnership or corporation, whether operated separately or in connection with another business enterprise, except a licensed cattery, kennel or breeders, that buys, sells or offers for sale any species of animal, wholesale or retail. A permanent physical structure specifically designed and ventilated for the overnight and long-term housing and sale of animals both wholesale and retail.
PUBLIC NUISANCE. Any animal which:
(1) Interferes with passersby or passing vehicles.
(2) Attacks other animals or persons.
(3) Trespasses on school grounds.
(4) Is at large or unrestrained.
(5) Damages private or public property.
(6) Barks, whines, howls or makes other sounds common to its species in excess, continuously for 15 minutes or for an aggregate 20 minutes in a one-hour period.
RABIES VACCINATION. The injection, by a licensed veterinarian, of a dog, cat, or other animal with a rabies vaccine licensed by the U.S.D.A. and approved by the Indiana State Commission of Animal Health.
RESTRAINT. Any animal secured by a leash or lead, or under the physical control of the animal's owner or attending party, or within the real property limits of its owner.
RIDING SCHOOL or STABLE. Any place which has available for hire, commissioning, or riding instruction, any horse, pony, donkey, mule, or burro.
RODEO. A performance featuring bronco riding, steer wrestling, calf roping, greased pig contest or bull riding.
VETERINARY HOSPITAL. Any establishment maintained and operated by a licensed veterinarian for the purpose of hospitalization of animals or the diagnosis and treatment of diseases and injuries of animals.
WILD ANIMAL. Any living vertebrate animal normally found in the wild state, with the exception of small, nonpoisonous aquatic or amphibious animals and small cage birds.
ZOOLOGICAL PARK. Any permanent facility or operation other than a pet shop, displaying or exhibiting one or more species of non-domestic animals, operated by a person, partnership, corporation or government agency.
(Ord. 14-2004, passed 12-13-04; Am. Ord. 8-2009, passed 10-13-09; Am. Ord. 25-2010, passed 10-25-10)
(A) The fee schedule for the Animal Welfare Department is hereby approved and ratified as follows:
Return to Owner | Fee
|
Return to Owner | Fee
|
First redemption | $30 |
Second redemption | $60 |
Third redemption | $120 |
Daily commissioning fee | $10 |
Drop-off of owned animal (when animal welfare can accept) | $50 |
Ten-day quarantine | $100 |
Adoption (dog) | $110 |
Adoption (cat) | $80 |
Adoption (small mammal) | $10 |
Adoption (small bird) | $15 |
Adoption (large bird or exotic bird) | $50 |
Reasons of fire, death accident, no charge for first three acts of God/days | $10 per day |
Reasons of arrest, seized for abuse, cruelty, abandonment, court case holds | $30 plus $10 per day |
*Owner's request that Animal Welfare hold stray animal longer than the five-day stray period must be approved by management. | |
(B) Fees will be waived only at the discretion of the Director of the Animal Welfare Department.
(C) Two copies of said fees are available for inspection in the office of the City Clerk and are incorporated herein by reference.
(Ord. 14-2004, passed 12-13-04; Am. Ord. 8-2009, passed 10-13-09; Am. Ord. 24-2014, passed 8-11-14)
ANIMAL CARE RULES AND REGULATIONS
(A) No person shall confine or allow his or her animal to remain outside without access to adequate shelter from the elements.
(B) All animals shall have fresh, potable drinking water and be provided with food that is nutritional for the species in adequate amounts to maintain good health.
(Ord. 14-2004, passed 12-13-04) Penalty, see § 91.999
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