HomeMy WebLinkAboutOrdinance #1907 ORDINANCE NO. 1907
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF HUNTINGTON BEACH
AMENDING THE HUNTINGTON BEACH ORDINANCE CODE BY
AMENDING SECTIONS 4231.3, 4232. 1 AND 4232. 2 OF
THE HUNTINGTON BEACH ORDINANCE CODE PERTAINING
TO ANIMAL CONTROL
The City Council of the City of Huntington Beach does
ordain as follows :
SECTION 1 . Sections 4231. 3, 4232 .1 and 4232 .2 of the
Huntington Beach Ordinance Code are hereby amended to read
as follows :
4231 . 3 ISSUANCE OF LICENSE TAGS AND CERTIFICATES. A
metallic tag or other means of permanent identification, such
as tattooing, and license certificate with corresponding numbers
shall be furnished by the Chief Animal Control Officer or one of
his authorized agents, to any person required by this chapter to
obtain a license upon payment of the appropriate fee prescribed
in this chapter. Said person shall bear the cost of the perma-
nent identification if other than a metallic tag is chosen by
said person.
The Chief Animal Control Officer shall keep a record of
the name, address and telephone number of the owner of the dog
or cat , or person making payment of said license fee, and to
whom a certificate 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 or cat , and shall be worn by such dog or
cat at all times other than those periods when confined to the
owner' s house, enclosed yard or pen. A duplicate of a lost
license tag may be procured from the Chief Animal Control Offi-
cer upon proof of loss and payment of One Dollar ($1) .
4232 . 1 PENALTY FEES. Any person who fails to pay the re-
quired dog or cat license fee prior to May 5, 1974 and prior to
August 1 each year thereafter shall pay, in addition to said
license fee, a penalty fee of 50 percent of the original or re-
newal license fee.
Any person who fails to obtain an original license within
thirty (30 ) days after his/her owning any dog or cat or any dog
or cat coming into his/her care, custody and control in this
city shall pay, in addition to the original license fee, a pen-
alty fee of 50 percent of the original license fee .
JQ, er 1.
4232 . 2 LICENSE FEE EXEMPTIONS. No license fee shall be
required for the following:
(a) Seeing-eye dogs .
(b) Dogs honorably discharged from the armed forces of
the United States .
(c ) Dogs and cats in the care, custody and control of non-
residents who are traveling through the city, or temporarily stay-
ing in the city for a period not exceeding thirty ( 30 ) days , or
dogs and cats temporarily brought into the city for the exclusive
purpose of being entered in a bench show or dog or cat exhibition,
provided such dogs or cats are so entered and not kept elsewhere
in the city.
(d) Dogs and cats under the care, custody and control of,
or owned by, senior citizens sixty-two (62) years of age or
older. However, all said senior citizens remain obligated to
license their dog( s) and cat (s) regardless of the license fee
exemption, and they shall be obligated to pay penalty fees for
late licensing of their dog(s) and cat (s ) .
SECTION 2. This ordinance shall take effect thirty days
after its adoption. The City Clerk shall certify to the pas-
sage of this ordinance and cause the same to be published
within fifteen days after adoption in the Huntington Beach
News , a weekly 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 lst
day of April, 1974.
Mayor
ATTEST:
City Clerk
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
City ttorn
2 .
Ord. No. 1907
STATE OF CALIFORNIA )
COUNTY OF ORANGE ) ss:
CITY OF HUNTINGTON BEACH )
I, ALICIA M. WENTWORTH, the duly appointed, qualified 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 18th 'day of March
19 74 , and was again read to said City Council at a regular
meeting thereof held on the 1st day of April 19 74 , 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, Gibbs, Green, Coen, Duke, Matney
NOES: Councilmen:
None
ABSENT: Councilmen:
None
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