2011-71 AMENDING CITY CODE - CHAPTER 47 - CONTROL OF ANIMALS, FOWL AND DOGS

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ORDINANCE NO. 2011-71 ORDINANCE AMENDING CITY CODE - CHAPTER 47— CONTROL OF ANIMALS, FOWL AND DOGS - BE IT ORDAINED, BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF DECATUR, ILLINOIS: Section 1. That Sections 20A, 29, 30 and 31 of Chapter 47 be, and the same are hereby, modified and amended so that said Sections as so modified and amended shall provide as follows: 20. REGISTRATION PROCEDURES. A. All dogs and cats kept and maintained within the corporate limits of the City of Decatur shall be registered by the owner or owners thereof. Such registration shall be valid for one year from the date of vaccination. The registration fee for dogs and cats registered within thirty (30) days of inoculation against rabies shall be Fifteen Dollars ($15.00) if the dog or cat is spayed or neutered and Fifty Dollars ($50.00) if the dog or cat is not so altered. The owner or owners thereof shall remit the required registration fee for each dog or cat owned at the time of inoculation. The veterinarian who inoculated the dog or cat shall collect the registration fees. The veterinarian shall remit the registration fees to the Finance Department. If the vaccination is obtained out of county, the registration fee must be paid to the Finance Department. The registration fee for any dog or cat registered more than thirty (30) days after the date of inoculation against rabies shall be double the original fee. Exempt from the registration fee are trained public safety agency owned dogs maintained by public safety officers for use in official public safety duties fulltime, with proof of such certification by the public safety agency's Chief or designee. 29. VIOLATION NOTICE AND COMPLAINT. A. Whenever a police officer or other person duly authorized by the City to enforce this Chapter witnesses or has knowledge, based on reasonable grounds, of a violation by any person of any section of this Chapter, except Section 25, such person may be issued a Violation Notice and Complaint as set forth in Chapter 29 of this Code.