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OF SAN BERNARDI 0 - REQUl T FOR COUNCIL AC' .ON
From:Deborah L. Biggs
Subject: Year-to-date/multi-year dog licenses
Dept: Animal Control
Date: August 17,1988
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Synopsis of Previous Council action:
5-16-88: Mayor and Council anproved dog licensing rev~s~ons, adding
year-to-date and multi-year licensing renewals to program
Recommended motion:
Waive further reading and layover for final adoption.
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Contact parson:
Deborah L. Biggs
Phona: 5275
Supporting data attached:
Yes
Ward:
FUNDING REQUIREMENTS:
Amount:
Source: (ACCT. NO.)
(ACCT. DESCRIPTION)
Finance:
Council Notes:
75.0262
Agenda Item No._ ~ f
Cll { OF SAN BERNARDanO - REQUI:..oT FOR COUNCIL AC. ~ON
STAFF REPORT
On May 16, 1988 Mayor and Council approved a year-to-date and multi-year
dog licensing program. This had previously been approved by the
Legislative Review Committee.
At the time this was presented to the Mayor and Council at the public
hearing, an ordinance had not been prepared. The changes were incorp-
orated in the cat licensing proposal that was~approved by Mayor and Council
on August 15, 1988. Since an amendment was not made to delete cats from
the proposed ordinance, the ordinance must be resubmitted at this time.
Respectfully Submitted,
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DEBORAH L. BIGGS {/
Director of Animal Control
75-0264
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ORDINANCE NO.
2 ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF SAN BERNARDINO AMENDING SECTIONS
6.24.010 THROUGH 6.24.060; AND 6.24.170 THROUGH 6.24.180 AND
3 HEPEALING SECTION 6.24.080 OF THE SAN BERNARDINO MUNICIPAL CODE
ES'J'AI\LISHING YF.AR TO DATE AND MULTI-YEAR DOG LICENSING.
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THE MAYOR AND COMMON COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SAN BERNARDINO
5 DO ORDAIN AS FOLLOWS:
6 SECTION 1. Section 6.24.020 of the San Bernardino
7 Municipal Code is amended to read as follows:
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"6.24.020 License required.
It is unlawful for any person, firm or corporation to own
10 or harbor any dog within the City, except as provided in this
11 chapter, without securing a license therefor, and maintaining a
12 tag thereon, as specif ied in this chapter."
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SECTION 2. Section 6.24.030 of the San Pernardino
14 Municipal Code is amended to read as follows:
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"6.24.030
License and tag required - Fees
A. Each person, firm or corporation owning, harboring or
17 having custody or control of a dog of the age of four months or
18 more, within the City shall obtain at least annually a license
19 and tag for the dog. License and tag fees are payable in
20 advance. If the appropriate fee is not paid when due, a
21 delinquency penalty shall be added to the fee. A fee shall be
22 charged for any edditional tag issued to replace a lost, stolen,
23 misplaced or damaged tag and shall be charged for the transfer of
24 ownership of a licensed dog to a new owner in lieu of a fee for a
25 new license for the remainder of the licensing period in which
26 the transfer occurs. If a dog has a current license from another
27 licensing jurisdiction and has a current rabies vaccination, said
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1 license shall be recognized by the City upon a payment of a
2 transfer fee.
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B. If any person, firm or corporation acquires the
4 ownership, custody or control of a dog the new owner shall obtain
5 the license required by this title within one month after
6 acquiring the ownership, custody or control of such dog, if the
7 dog is then of the age of four months, or within one month after
8 such dog attains the age of four months. The license shall
9 expire the same month as the month the rabies vaccination was
10 issued. The first license fee for a dog may be pro-rated so to
11 expire at the same time as the rabies vaccination expires.
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C. Moneys received during the current year for a license
13 shall be first applied to the payment of delinquent fees, sums
14 and penalties due during the preceding year, and any balance
15 remaining thereafter shall be applied to the payment of the
16 current license fees and penalties. A license issued during any
17 prior fiscal year to the same owner for license shall be prima
18 facie evidence in any court or administrative proceeding that the
19 dog was continuously owned by the same owner from the prior year
20 to the current fiscal year."
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SECTION 3. Section 6.24.060 of the San Bernardino
22 Municipal Code is amended to read as follows:
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"6.24.060 Running at large without license or tag -
Illipoundment.
Every dog found running at large for which a license has
not been issued, or which does not bear a tag as provided in this
chapter, shall be impounded by authorized employees of the city
for a period of seventy-two hours, and in the event the owner or
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1 possessor of the dog does not, on or before the expiration of the
2 seventy-two hour period, call for and claim the dog, and pay the
3 required license fee, obtain a tag, and pay the suw required by
4 Council Resolution, the dog shall be disposed of by authorized
5 employees of the city.
6 Section 4. Section 6.24.080 of the San Bernardino
7 Municipal Code is hereby repealed in its entirety.
8 Section 5. Section 6.24.170 of the San Bernardino
9 Municipal COC0 is amended to read as follows:
10 "6.24.170 Vaccination requirement - Certificate
11 A. Each person, firm or corporation who owns or harbors
12 any dog over the age of four months in the City shall have such
13 dog vaccinated against rabies by a duly licensed veterinarian of
14 his choice or at a vaccination clinic approved by the health
15 officer. Such vaccination shall be by an injection which has
16 been approved by the health officer and given at intervals
17 specified by California State Law.
18 B. Upon vaccinating any dog pursuant to this chapter, the
19 veterinarian shall issue a certificate of vaccination, which
20 shall show the expiration date of the vaccination."
21 Section 6. Section 6.24.180 of the San Bernardino
22 Municipal Code is amended to lead as follows:
23 "6.24.180 Vaccination requirement.
24 It is unlawful for any person, firm or corporation to own
25 or harbor any dog which has not been vaccinated as required by
26 and in the manner set forth in Section 6.24.170."
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ORDINANCE: YEAR-TO-DATE/MULTI-YEAR DOG LICENSES
1 I HBREBY CBRTIFY that the foregoing ordinance was duly
2 adopted by the Mayor and Common Council of the City of San
3 Bernardino at a
_________________ meeting thereof, held on
4 the _ ___ day of
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1988, by the
5 following vote, to wit:
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ABSENT:
City Clerk
The foregoing ordinance is hereby approved this ____ day
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EVLYN WILCOX, Mayor
City of San Bernardino
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