HomeMy WebLinkAboutOrd 1082ORDINANCE NO. 1 O
ORDINANCE AMENDIPJG PROVISIONS OF CHAPTER 9.04 OF
THE BURLINGAME MUNICIPAL CODE RELATING TO DOGS
The CITY COUNCIL of the City of Burlingame does ORDAIN as follows:
Section 1. Section 9.04.011 of the Burlingame Piunicipal Code is
amended to read as follows:
"9.04.011 Dog license fee.
An annual license fee in the following amounts shall be paid
for each dog which is more than four months old and is owned, kept,
harbored or possessed within the City:
Pule and unspayed female dogs in the amount of $7.00
Spayed female dogs in the amount of 3.50
The license fee shall be due and payable on the first day of January
of each year. Any person who fails or neglects to pay the license
fee on or before the first of March of each year, as the license
fees become due, shall be deemed delinquent and shall pay a penalty
in the amount of four ($4.00) dollars. Any person who comes into
ownership of or commences to harbor, keep or possess a dog over the
age of four months after the first of March of each year shall, within
thirty days, obtain a license as herein provided for the remainder
of the license year in the full amount hereinabove provided. A fee
of one ($1.00) dollar shall be paid for any dog tag replacement."
Section 2. Section 9.04.015 is added to said code to read as
follows:
"9.04.015 Rabies Vaccination.
Every dog owner, after his dog attains the age of four months
shall procure its vaccination by a licensed veterinarian with a
canine anti -rabies vaccine approved by and in a manner prescribed
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by the State Department of Public Health. Such vaccination shat l
serve as a requirement prior to the licensing of any dog owned or
harbored in this City."
Section 3. Section 9.04:020 of said code is amended to read as
follows:
"9.04.020 Dogs running at large a nuisance - Impounding.
It is unlawful for any person to allow any dog owned or con-
trolled by him or her to run at large and uncontrolled within the
City, and any dog so running at large or uncontrolled is a nuisance
and it shall be the duty of the humane officer to impound such dog
in the public pound."
Section 4. Section 9.04.025 is hereby added to said code to read
as follows:
"9.04.025 Pound Master and Animal Shelter.
The Pound Master and Animal Shelter for the City of Burlingame
shall be that person or corporation employed as such by the County
of San Mateo under that agreement between the City and County dated
September 6, 1961, and any amendments thereof. All employees of
the Pound Master, when properly sworn, shall be authorized to issue
citations for violations of this Code. The licensing and impounding
provisions of Sections 3330.12, 3330.13 and 3330.15 through 3330.24
of the San Mateo County Ordinance Code shall apply within the City of
Burlingame."
Section 5. Sections 9.04.026 is hereby added to said code to read
as follows:
"9.04.026 Diseased or Vicious Animals.
Whenever the Pound Master shall have reasonable cause to believe
that any dog, either licensed or unlicensed, or any other animal, is
diseased or vicious or dangerous to any person or other animal, he is
hereby authorized to take custody of such animal and impound the same
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in a safe place for such period of time as is required in order to
observe, examine and determine whether or not such animal is diseased
or vicious or dangerous, or constitutes a menace to the public health
or safety.
It shall be the duty of the Director of the San Mateo County
Department of Public Health and Welfare, or his authorized agent, to
observe and examine any such animal and determine whether the same
is diseased or vicious or dangerous, or does constitute a menace to
public health or safety, and,if said director or agent so determines,
it shall be unlawful for any person to continue to maintain such
animal, and the Director or his agent shall direct the Pound Master
to dispose of said animal or to file a complaint against the owner
or keeper of said animal for violation of this provision; otherwise
said animal shall be returned to the owner or person entitled to its
possession.
It is hereby made the duty of any person having knowledge that
any dog or other animal has bitten any human being within the limits
of the City of Burlingame to immediately report that fact to the
Department of Public Health, the Pound Master, or to the Police
Department with full information in regard to the incident.
In the event that the Pound Master secures information of the
existence of any case of rabies or any other animal disease dangerous
to human beings, he shall immediately report the same to the Director
of Public Health."
Section 6. This Ordinance shall be published as required by law.
Mayor J
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'AYES: COUNCILMEN: Amstrup-Harrison-Mangini-Plartin
NOES: COUNCILMEN: None
ABSENT: COUNCILMEN: Crosby
�— City Clerk
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I, EVELYN H. HILL, 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 2._d_
day of August, 1976,
and was adopted
there-
after at
a regular meeting of the
City Council held on
the l6thday of
August
1976, by
the following vote:
'AYES: COUNCILMEN: Amstrup-Harrison-Mangini-Plartin
NOES: COUNCILMEN: None
ABSENT: COUNCILMEN: Crosby
�— City Clerk
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