HomeMy WebLinkAboutOrdinance #1555 ORDINANCE NO. 1555
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF HUNTINGTON BEACH
AMENDING THE. HUNTINGTON BEACH ORDINANCE CODE
BY AMENDING SECTIONS 4225, 4225 .1, 4232 AND
4232. 1 PERTAINING TO THE LICENSING OF DOGS,
AND THE IMPOUNDING OF DOGS AND OTHER ANIMALS
The City Council of the City of Huntington Beach does ordain
as follows :
SECTION 1. The Huntington Beach Ordinance Code is hereby
amended by amending Sections 4225, 4225 .1, 4232 and 4232 .1 to read
as follows :
4225 . FEES FOR IMPOUNDING . The Deputy Animal Control Officer
shall charge, receive and collect the following fees .for services
and impounding animals :
(a) For picking up and impounding:
Any dog: first impound - $5; second impound - $7 .50;
third impound and each impound thereafter - $10
Any cat : $4
Any large animal : $20
Any medium-sized animal: $8
(b ) For delivering impounded animals to their owners :
Any dog: $3
Any cat : $2
Any large animals : $14
Any medium-sized animal : $5
(c ) For daily care and feeding:
Any dog: $1. 50
Any cat : $1
Any large animal: $3
(d) For placing impounded animals :
Any dog : $7 . 50
Any cat : $4
All other animals : market value
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4225. 1. ACCOUNTING OF SUMS COLLECTED. The Deputy Animal
Control Officer shall pay over to the Finance Director all sums
collected by him on or before the loth day of each month, pur-
suant to the terms of this chapter . The Deputy Animal Control
Officer shall make a monthly report to the City Council of the
Deputy Animal Control Officer' s proceedings relative to the powers
and duties bestowed and imposed by this and other sections of the
Huntington Beach Ordinance Code . Accounting procedures , used by
the Deputy Animal Control Officer, shall be those approved by the
city Finance Director.
4232 . TIME LIMIT: LICENSE FEE . Any owner of a dog over the
age of four (4) months in the city shall obtain a dog license and
pay an original license, or renewal license fee of Five Dollars ($5 .00)
on or before April lst of each year .
Any owner who fails to pay the license fee and obtain a dog
license prior to May lst of each year, shall pay in addition to
said license fee, a penalty fee of Three Dollars ($3 . 00) .
Original license fees shall be due and payable within thirty
(30 ) days after any dog is acquired and comes into the care , custody
and control of any person in said city. For failure to obtain such
original license within said thirty-day limit , such owner shall pay
an additional penalty fee of Three Dollars ($3 .00) .
The Deputy Animal Control Officer shall keep a record of the
name , address and telephone number of the owner of the dog, or
person making payment of said license fee, and to whom a certifi-
cate and tag shall have issued, and the number and date of such
certificate . Such metal tag issued for the current license year
shall be securely fastened to the collar or harness of the dog, and
shall be worn by such dog at all times other than those periods
when confined to the owner ' s house, enclosed yard or pen. A dupli-
cate of a lost license tag may be procured from the Deputy Animal
Control Officer upon proof of loss and payment of fifty cents $ . 50) .
4232 .1 . LICENSE FEE EXEMPTIONS . No license fee shall be
:
required for the following:
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(a) Seeing-eye dogs .
(b) Dogs or bitches honorably discharged from the armed forces
of the United States .
(c ) Dogs in the care, custody and control of nonresidents who
are traveling through the city, or temporarily staying in the city
for a period not exceeding thirty (30 ) days, or dogs temporarily
brought into the city for the exclusive purpose of being entered
in a bench show or dog exhibition, provided such dogs are so entered
and not kept elsewhere in the city .
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SECTION 2. This ordinance shall take effect thirty days from
its adoption. The City Clerk shall certify to the passage of this
ordinance and cause , same to be published within fifteen days of
its adoption in the Huntington Beach News , a newspaper of general
circulation, printed and published in Huntington Beach, California.
PASSED AND ADOPTED by the City Council of the City of
Huntington Beach at . a regular meeting thereof held on the 16th
day of February , 1970 .
Mayor
ATTEST:
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City erk
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
City Attorney
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Ord. N,o. 1555
STATE OF CALIFORNIA }
COUNTY OF ORANGE } ss :
CITY OF HUNTINGTON BEACH )
I , PAUL C. JONES, The duly elected, qualified, and
acting City Clerk of the City of Huntington Beach and ex-
officio Clerk of the City Council of the said City, do hereby
certify that the whole number of members of the City Council
of the City of Huntington Beach is seven; that the foregoing
ordinance was read to said City Council at a regular
meeting thereof held on the 2nd day of February
19_ZL ^, and was again read to said City Council at a regular
meeting thereof held on thel6th day of February ,
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19 70 and was passed and adopted by the affirmative vote of
more than a majority of all the members of said City Council.
AYES: Councilmen
Shipley, Bartlett , McCracken, Kaufman , Matney, Green
NOES: Councilmen:
None
ABSENT: Councilmen:
Coen
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City Clerk and -officio Clerk
of the City Council of the City
I, PAUL C. JONES, CITY CLERK of the City of of Huntington Beach, California
Huntington Beach and ex-officio Clerk of the City
Council, do hereby certify that this ordinance has
been published in the Huntington Beach News on
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in accordance with the Gi y Charter of said City
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Deputy City Clerk