HomeMy WebLinkAboutOrd 1218ORDINANCE N0, 1218
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING SECTION 9.04.013(a)
OF THE BURLINGAME MUNICIPAL CODE REGARDING
DOG LICENSING REQUIREMENTS
The CITY COUNCIL of the City of Burlingame does ORDAIN
as follows:
Section 1. Section 9.04.013(a) of the Burlingame
Municipal Code is amended to read as follows:
9.04.013 Doi Licenses
(a) REQUIREMENTS. An annual license fee shall be
paid for every dog over the age of four (4) months
owned and harbored in this city. Said annual license
fee shall be first due when the animal reaches four (4)
months of age or within thirty (30) days after the dog
is acquired, and shall be due on the anniversary date
of the original purchase date each year thereafter.
New residents shall have thirty (30) days in which to
acquire such license. The fee for such license shall
be in accordance with the fee schedule provided in this
chapter. The fee paid for the licensing of spayed or
neutered dogs shall be one-half of said license fee for
G� unaltered dogs upon presentation of the Proper
certifica-
tion. The fee paid by persons over the age of 65 shall
be half of said license fee. Any person who shall fail
to pay such license fee after said fee is due, or said
dog is required to be licensed, shall pay a penalty in
accordance with the fee schedule provided in this
chapter. A license shall be obtained, but no license
fee shall be payable for the licensing of any dog which
is being used for guide or hearing purposes by a handi-
capped resident of the city and which has come from a
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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 trans-
ferable to the new dog. The license does not have to be
renewed until the original purchase anniversary date.
Dog licenses are not refundable after being purchased.
Licenses herein provided for shall be signed by the
Director of Community Services. Such licenses shall be
numbered consecutively.
Section 2. Section 9.04:028 of said code is amended
to read as follows:
Section 9.04.028 SCHEDULE OF FEES AND CHARGES
Fees and charges referred to in this chapter are as follows:
(a) Dog License Fee
Unaltered dog
Altered dog
Late penalty
Duplicate tag
(b) Kedemption Charges
Type A (horses)
Impound cost
Board cost
Transportation cost
Type B (hogs)
Impound cost
Board cost
Transportation cost
$12.00
$10.00
$
2.00
$25.00
$ 7.50 per day
$20.00 per animal
$15.00
$ 5.00 per day
$ 5.00 per animal
Type C (dogs)
Impound costs
First Offense $15.00
Second Offense $25.00
Third Offense or more $50.00 per impound
Board Cost $ 5.00 per day
Type D (cats)
Impound costs
First Offense $15.00
Second Offense $25.00
Third Offense or more $50.00 per impound
Board Cost $ 4.00 per day
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Type E (birds, hamsters
Impound cost $ 2.00
Board cost $ 1.00 per day
Section 3. This ordinance shall be published as
required by law.
Mayo
I, EVELYN H. HILL, City Clerk of the City of
Burlingame, certify that the foregoing Ordinance was introduced
at a regular meeting of the Burlingame City Council held on the
7th day of December, 1981, and was adopted thereafter at a
regular meeting of said council held on the 215tday of December,
198 1, by the following vote:
AYES: COUNCILMEN: Amstrup-Barton-Crosby-Mangini-"Martin
NOES: COUNCILMEN: None
ABSENT: COUNCILMEN: None
City Council
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