(A) 
It shall be unlawful to keep a dog or cat or to provide food, water or shelter to a colony of free-roaming cats over the age of three months in the City unless each cat or dog is immunized against rabies by a vaccination performed by a veterinarian and the period of immunization specified by the veterinarian performing the vaccination has not expired.
(B) 
A violation of this section shall be subject to a fine for any such violation when such violation is in conjunction with an injury or nonbite exposure, shall not be less than $100.
(Ord. 9.08 § 301, passed 11-16-2009)
(A) 
A veterinarian who administers an anti-rabies vaccination in the City shall, at the time a dog or cat is vaccinated, issue to the animal’s owner a durable anti-rabies vaccination tag upon which is imprinted with the name of the veterinarian’s facility, telephone number and the year and serial number of the vaccination.
(B) 
Each owner of a dog or cat that is kept in the City shall cause the anti-rabies vaccination tag to be affixed to the animal’s collar, and to be worn in compliance with Section 9.08.110.
(C) 
A veterinarian who administers an anti-rabies vaccination in the City to a free-roaming cat shall provide to the colony caretaker written documentation of the administration of the vaccine, which shall include the name of the veterinarian’s facility, telephone number and the year and serial number of the vaccination.
(D) 
A colony caretaker of a colony of free-roaming cats must maintain at all times, for inspection by the enforcement authority as defined in Article VII of this chapter, a record of anti-rabies vaccination for all free-roaming cats within a colony.
(Ord. 9.08 § 302, passed 11-16-2009)
A captured animal known to have bitten or otherwise exposed a person to the possibility of contracting rabies through nonbite exposure in the City shall be humanely quarantined for a period of not less than 10 days. In the sole discretion of the quarantining authority, the quarantine may be on the premises of the owner, at the Marion County Animal Care and Control Shelter or those of its contractors, if any, or at the owner’s expense in a kennel or veterinary hospital.
(Ord. 9.08 § 303, passed 11-16-2009)
Whenever the quarantining authority has reasonable cause to suspect that an animal in the City has been exposed to rabies, or bitten or exposed through nonbite exposure a person to rabies, such animal shall be surrendered by its owner for quarantine and observation, at the owner’s expense, promptly upon demand by the quarantining authority. Such quarantine and observation shall be at the owner of the animal’s expense.
(Ord. 9.08 § 304, passed 11-16-2009)
(A) 
When an animal quarantined in the City has been found rabid or is suspected of being rabid by a veterinarian and dies while under observation, the quarantining authority shall take such action as is specified in such cases by the State Board of Animal Health and shall notify the proper public health officials of reports of human contacts made by, and the diagnosis made of, the animal.
(B) 
When a rabies report is made under subsection (A) of this section, the quarantining authority shall recommend to the Director of the Marion County Department of Public Safety a general quarantine in the City for a period of 30 days. Upon invocation of the general quarantine by the Director, any animal found at large in the City and suspected of infection may be placed in quarantine or destroyed without being impounded if such immediate destruction is necessary to secure public health. During the quarantine period, every animal bitten or exposed through nonbite exposure by an animal adjudged to be rabid shall be confined, at its owner’s expense, or destroyed as specified by the State Board of Animal Health.
(C) 
During a general quarantine declared by the Director under this section, an animal’s owner or keeper who resists the quarantining authority acting under this chapter, or who permits an animal owned or kept by that person to be at large in the City, shall be punishable by a fine not to exceed $500, and any animal which is suspected of being rabid or is in violation of the general quarantine shall be impounded.
(Ord. 9.08 § 305, passed 11-16-2009)
The quarantining authority shall dispose of any animal reasonably suspected by it of being infected with rabies in the City in accordance with the rules and regulations of the State Board of Animal Health. Should the owner of such animal be known, the authority shall make a reasonable attempt to contact the owner and notify them of the animal’s condition a minimum of two hours prior to the destruction of the animal. If the infected animal is at large, it may be destroyed immediately with the notice given to the owner within 24 hours after the destruction of the animal.
(Ord. 9.08 § 306, passed 11-16-2009)
Each veterinarian in the City shall report to the quarantining authority animals suspected by the veterinarian of being rabid.
(Ord. 9.08 § 307, passed 11-16-2009)