HomeMy WebLinkAboutOrd 1377ORDINANCE NO. 1377
LIMITING NUMBER OF CATS UPON A PREMISE TO THREE
The CITY COUNCIL of the CITY OF BURLINGAME does
hereby ORDAIN as follows:
Section 1. Sections 9.04.054 and 9.04.055 are hereby
added to the Burlingame Municipal Code to read as follows:
"9.04.054 - Number of Cats on Premises Limited. It
is a public nuisance for any person, firm or corporation to
have, keep or maintain or cause to be kept or maintained on
any premises within the City, more than three cats, either
male or female of the accepted age of two months and over.
Maintenance shall include the feeding of cats, whether or
not they are allowed within the buildings on the premises,
and whether or not ownership is claimed.
9.04.055 - Kittens under Two Months Excepted from
Limitation of Number on Premises. In the event of the
breeding of any cat on any premises within the City, the
kittens shall not be permitted to remain on the premises
for a longer period than the weaning time of same, which is
hereby fixed at not later than two months from birth of the
kittens, nor shall it be permitted to remove the kittens to
any other premises within the City, after the period of two
months, so as to cause an excess, including the kittens of
a three cat limit on any premises."
Section 2.- Section 9.04.060 of said code is amended
to read as follows:
"9.04.060 - Permit to Keep More than Two Dogs or
Three Cats. - Consent of Neighbors. The provisions of
Sections 9.04.040 to 9.04.055 are subject to the exception
that the City Council may grant a permit to an adult
resident of the City to have or keep more than two dogs or
three cats, but not to exceed five dogs and/or cats in all,
when such resident presents to the City Council a verified
petition containing the bona fide signatures of a majority
of adult residents within four hundred feet of the boundary
lines of the premises of the applicant. The petition shall
be accompanied by a drawing showing all adjoining or
adjacent property within four hundred feet from the
boundary lines and adult residents owning or in possession
of such property shall be eligible to sign the petition.
The permit shall be revocable at any time by the City
Council, upon its own motion or upon a petition by a
majority of adult residents within the radius."
Section 3. This ordinance shall be published as
required by law.
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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 17th day of October 1988, and was
adopted thereafter at a regular meeting of the City Ccuncil
held on the 7th day of November , 1988, by the
following vote:
AYES: COUNCILMEN: AMSTRUP, BARYON, LEP�BI, MANGINI, PAGLIARO
NOES: COUNCILMEN: NONE
ABSENT: COUNCILMEN: NONE
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City Clerk
10/4/88