HomeMy WebLinkAboutOrdinance 1273 (Animal Control - Fine & Fee Increases)CLERK'S CERTIFICATE
I, JEANNE M. LEONCINI, City Clerk of the City of
San Rafael, and Ex -officio Clerk of the Council of said
City do hereby certify that the foregoing Charter
Ordinance No. 1273 entitled:
ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
SAN RAFAEL AMENDING SECTIONS OF THE SAN RAFAEL
MUNICIPAL CODE, PERTAINING TO ANIMAL CONTROL -
FINE AND FEE INCREASES
is a true and correct copy of an ordinance of said City,
and was introduced at a regular meeting of
the City Council of the City of San Rafael, held on the 19th
day of September, 1977. . Published as re-
quired by City Charter in the Terra Linda News ,
a newspaper printed and published in the City of San Rafael
and passed and adopted as an ordinance of said City at a
regular meeting of the City Council of said City
held on the 3rd day of October, 19 77* by the
following vote, to -wit:
Ayes: Councilmen: Jensen, Miskimen, Mulryan, Nixon and Mayor Bettini
Noes: Councilmen: None
Absent: Councilmen: None
WITNESS my hand and the official seal of
the City of San Rafael this day of
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J NE M. 6NCINI,J ity Clerc
ORDINANCE NO. 1273
ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SAN RAFAEL
AMENDING SECTIONS OF THE SAN RAFAEL MUNICIPAL CODE,
PERTAINING TO ANIMAL CONTROL --FINE AND FEE INCREASES
The City Council of the City of San Rafael does hereby
ordain as follows:
SECTION I. Section 6.10.070 of the San Rafael Municipal
Code is hereby amended to read as follows:
6.10.070 Delinquent License Penalty. Any owner
failing to procure and pay for such license within the period
allowed in Section 6.10.030 shall pay the delinquent penalty
for such failure in the amount of five dollars. Such delin-
quent penalty shall be in addition to the regular license
fee and shall be paid at the time of issuance of the license.
SECTION II. Section 6.10.080 of the San Rafael Municipal
Code is hereby amended to read as follows:
6.10.080 Duplicate License Tags. If a license
tag is lost the owner may secure a duplicate tag upon presen-
tation of satisfactory proof of such loss, and payment of
a fee of one dollar.
SECTION III. Section 6.10.150 of the San Rafael Municipal
Code is hereby amended to read as follows:
6.10.150 Fees for Redemption, Placement, Surrender.
(a) Redemption fees. No dog or other animal may
be released by the poundkeeper to the owner until all charges,
cost of redemption and the current year's license charge have
been paid. The charges and cost of redemption of the impounded
animal shall be a fee of fifteen dollars for the first impound-
ment in any fiscal year, a fee of twenty-five dollars for the
second impoundment in any fiscal year, and a fee of forty
dollars for each additional impoundment in any fiscal year,
plus, in each impoundment, a charge of two dollars and fifty
cents per day for keeping.
(b) Placement of Animals. When a dog or other
animal is sold by the poundkeeper, pursuant to this chapter,
the price shall not be less than ten dollars for dogs and
two dollars for cats and other small animals.
(c) Surrender. The surrender of an animal by
owner to the poundkeeper subsequent to impoundment for a
violation of this chapter or any provisions of state law
shall not relieve the owner of the obligation to pay such
charges, as set forth in this section, prior to such
surrender, plus the accumulated boarding charges or those
applicable charges set forth in section 6.10.220.
SECTION IV. Section 6.10.195 of the San Rafael Municipal
Code is hereby added to read as follows:
6.10.195 Fees for pickup and disposal of dead
dogs, cats and small household pets. A fee of ten dollars
shall be charged an owner of a dead dog, cat or small house-
hold pet for the pickup and disposal of such animal by
the poundkeeper.
SECTION V. Section 6.10.220 of the San Rafael Municipal
Code is hereby amended to read as follows:
6.10.220 Estray Livestock --Charges. Notwith-
standing any provisions in this chapter to the contrary,
the Agricultural Code of the State of California, Division
3, Chapter 5, shall be complied with in reference to estray
bovine animals, horses, mules or burros; however, stray
animals will be subject to the following charges:
(1) For every horse, mare, ass, ox, cow, bull,
colt or calf over the age of six months, the charge of fifteen
dollars and an additional charge of three dollars per day
for keeping,
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(2) For every colt or calf under the age of six
months, and for every sheep, lamb, goat or hog, a charge of
ten dollars and an additional charge of two dollars per day
for keeping.
The City shall also be entitled to collect for
all costs incurred in connection with such animals, including
but not limited to the cost of advertising, transporting,
drugs and veterinary services.
SECTION VI. Section 6.10.230 of the San Rafael Municipal
Code is hereby amended to read as follows:
6.10.230 Use of animals for exhibits. It is
unlawful for any person to operate, conduct or maintain any
commercial show, circus, animal exhibition, carnival or
advertising display or device in which any dog, cat or other
animal, wild or domestic, or fowl, is used or kept without
first having obtained a permit therefor. A permit fee of
fifty dollars is imposed for such purposes. The poundkeeper
shall, in connection with the issuance of any such permit,
establish such conditions as may be reasonably necessary to
protect the public health and safety, and to provide for the
humane care and treatment of any dogs, cats or other animals,
wild or domestic, or fowl, which may be so used.
SECTION VII. Section 6.10.240 of the San Rafael Municipal
Code is hereby amended to read as follows:
6.10.240 Commercial animal establishments. It is
unlawful for any person to operate or maintain any commercial
animal establishment without first obtaining a permit therefor.
An annual permit fee of fifty dollars is imposed for such
purposes. Such permit shall expire on the last day of the
twelfth month from the date of issue. In the event that
application for renewal is not made on or before the date of
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expiration, a delinquency charge of twenty percent of the fee
shall be assessed. For every calendar month of delinquency,
an additional twenty percent of the fee shall be assessed.
The poundkeeper shall, in connection with the issuance
of any such permit, establish such conditions as may be necessary
to provide for the humane care and treatment of the dogs, cats
and other animals, either domestic or wild. Poundkeeper may
deny or revoke such permit when necessary to insure the humane
care or treatment of the dogs, cats or other animals, whether
they are domestic or wild.
SECTION VIII. Publication. This Ordinance shall be
published once in full before its final passage in a newspaper
of general circulation, printed, published and circulated in
the City of San Rafael, and shall be in full force and effect
thirty (30) days after its final passage.
SECTION IX. Operative Date. This Ordinance shall not
be operative unless and until the Board of Supervisors of the
County of Marin adopts a finding that all of the Cities in
Marin County have adopted substantially the same ordinance.
Attest:
C. PAUL BETT , Mayor
JGANE M. LEONCINI, ity Clime k_
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The preceding and foregoing Ordinance No. 1273 was read
and introduced at a regular meeting of the City Council of the
City of San Rafael, held on the 19th day of September , 1977,
and ordered passed to print by the following vote, to wit:
AYES: COUNCILMEN: Jensen, Miskimen, Mulryan, Nixon and Mayor Bettini
NOES: COUNCILMEN: None
ABSENT: COUNCILMEN: None
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Ep,NNE M. LEONCI I, City Clerk
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