HomeMy WebLinkAboutOrd 1364ORDINANCE N0. 1364
ORDINANCE AMENDING DOG LICENSE
The CITY COUNCIL of the CITY OF BURLINGAME does hereby
ORDAIN as follows:
Section 1. Section 9.04.013(a) of the Burlingame
Municipal Code is amended to read as follows:
"9.04.013 Dog License (a) Requirements. An annual
license fee shall be paid for every dog over the age of four E
months owned and harbored in this City. The annual license fee
shall be first due when the animal reaches four months of age or
within sixty (60) days after the dog is acquired and due on the
anniversary date of the original purchase date each year thereafter]
New residents shall have sixty (60) days in which to acquire such 1
license. Persons renewing their license shall have thirty f,30)
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days following their due date before being delinquent and having to
pay a late penalty. The fee for the license shall be as set forth
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in Section 9.04.031. The fee paid for the licensing of spayed
or neutered dogs shall be no more than one-half of the license fee
for unaltered dogs upon presentation of the proper certification.
The fee paid by persons over the age of sixty (60) shall be one-
half of the license fee. Any person who fails to pay the license
fee after the fee is due, or the dog is required to be licensed,
shall, in addition to paying any past due license fee or fees,
also pay a penalty in accordance with Section 3330.18 of the San
Mateo County Ordinance Code. A license shall be obtained but no
license fee shall be payable for the licensinq of any dog which is
being trained for guide or hearing purposes by a resident of the ',
City or used for guide or hearing purposes by a handicapped residenj
of the City and which has come from a guide or hearing dog training'
facility, or for dogs which have served as a member of the armed
forces of the United States of America, or any dog currently being ',
used by a local law enforcement agency for the purposes of crime
prevention or control. Dog licenses are not transferable between
owners; however, if the dog dies and the owner acquires a new dog,
the license is transferable to the new dog. The license does not
have to be renewed until the original purchase anniversary date.
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The fee paid for a dog license is not refundable. Licenses
provided for in this section shall be signed by the ��irector of
Community Services. The licenses shall be numbered consecutively.'
Section 2. Section 9.04.031 of said code is amended
to react
as follows:
(a)
Dog License Fees:
Unaltered dog
18.00
Altered dog
8.00
Late Penalty.
10.00
Duplicate Tag
3.00
(b)
Redemption and Shelter Charges:
Type A (Large Size Animal)
Impound cost
30.00
Board cost
per day
8.00
Transportation cost
$30.00
per animal
Type B (I�iedium Size Animals)
Impound cost
7.0.00
Board cost
.per day
5.50
Transportation cost
.$6.00
per animal
Type C (dogs)
Impound cost
First offense (licensed,
wearing
tag)
15.00
First offense (unlicensed/not
wearing
tag)
25.00
Second offense.
30.00
Third offense or more
.$55.00
per_ imx7ound
Board cost
per day
5.00
Type D (cats)
Impound costs
First offense
15.00
Second offense.
25.00
Third offense or more
$50.00
per impound
Board cost
per day
3.00
Type E (small size animals)
Impound cost
2.50
Board cost
per day
1.50
(c)
Quarantine fee:
25.00
(d)
Dangerous Animal
Permit Fee
50.00
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Section 3. This ordinance shall be effective July 1,
1988.
Section 4. This ordinanc
required by law.
I, JUDITH A. MALFATTI, City Clerk of the City of
Burlingame, do hereby certify that the foregoing ordinance was
introduced at a regular meeting of the City Council held on the
2nd day of MAY _,1988, and was adopted thereafter
at a regular meeting of the City Council held on the 16th day
of MAY ,1988, by the following vote:
AYES: COUNCILMEN:
NOES: COUNCILMEN:
ABSEIQT: COUNCILMEN:
AMSTRUP, BARYON, LEMBI, MANGINI, PAGLIARO
NONE
NONE
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