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ORDINANCE 40. 1094
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING THE PROVISIONS
OF CHAPTER 9.04 OF THE
BURLINGAME MUNICIPAL CODE
RELATING TO DOG LICENSING AND
IMPOUNDING FEES
The CITY COUNCIL of the City of Burlingame, California, does
Section 1. Section 9.04.011 of the Burlingame Municipal Code is
amended to read as follows:
"9.04.011 Dog license fee.
An annual license fee of eight dollars ($8.00) shall be paid
for each dog which is more than four (4) months old and is owned,
kept, harbored or possessed within the city; provided, however, that
the fee shall be four dollars ($4.00) for each spayed female dog or
neutered male
dog.
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 fee becomes due, shall be deemed delinquent and shall
pay a penalty in the amount of five dollars ($5.00). Any person who
comes into ownership of or commences to harbor, keep or possess a
dog over the age of four (4) months after the first of March of each
year shall, within thirty (30) days, obtain a license as herein pro-
vided for the remainder of the license year in the full amount
hereinabove provided. A fee of one dollar ($1.00) shall be paid for
any dog tag replacement."
Section 2. Section 9.04.012 of said Code is amended to read as
follows:
"9 04.012 Exceptions to dog license requirement.
The provisions of this chapter requiring the licensing of dogs
shall not apply to dogs under the age of four (4) months, if kept
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within a sufficient enclosure, nor to dogs owned by or in custody or
under the control of persons who are nonresidents of the city traveling
through the city or temporarily sojourning therein for a period not
exceeding thirty (30) days, nor to dogs duly licensed with the
current license of an incorporated city within the County of San
Mateo, nor to dogs duly licensed by the County of San Mateo, nor to
dogs brought to the city exclusively for the purpose of entering the
same in any dog show or exhibition, and which are actually entered
in and kept at such show or exhibition, nor to dogs under treatment
in the custody or control of animal hospitals, nor to dogs on sale
in duly licensed pet shops, nor to dogs owned, kept or controlled by
any person having a permit to keep and maintain a dog kennel, provided
that such dogs are kept enclosed within such pet shop or dog kennel,
or to dogs under the ownership, custody and control of the owner of
a dog kennel or his duly authorized employee or agent when such dogs
are removed from such kennel in the bona fide operation thereof for
the purpose of exercise or training, provided that such dog bears a
metal identification tag attached to a collar around the dog's neck
or to a strap around its leg, which tag shall be of a size and type
designated by the poundkeeper, shall be furnished at the sole cost
and expense of the owner of the kennel, and shall set forth the name
and address of the kennel; and a dog bearing such tag shall be
treated in all respects as a licensed dog in the event of its escape
and subsequent impoundment; provided, however, that no unlicensed
dogs shall be allowed to run at large; provided, further, that no
license issued by the County of San Mateo or by any city in the
county other than the city shall be valid for a dog customarily
housed in the city."
Section 3. Section 9.04.020 of said Code is hereby amended to read
as follows:
119.04.020 Dogs running at large a nuisance - Impounding -
Redemption or sale.
It is unlawful for any person to allow any dog owned or
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controlled 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 immedi-
ately impound such dog in the public pound where it may be re-
deemed by the owner or person entitled to the possession thereof,
within five (5) days thereafter, on payment in full of fees in
accordance with the following schedule:
(1) For impounding any dog, the sum of ten dollars ($10.00) for
the first occurrence, the sum of twenty dollars ($20.00).
for the second occurrence, and the sum of thirty dollars
($30.00) for each occurrence thereafter;
(2) The sum
of
three dollars
($3.00)
per day for boarding and
keeping
any
impounded
dog;
each notice."
(3)
For
posting
notice
of animals impounded, the sum of one
dollar
($1.00)
for
each notice."
Section 4. This ordinance shall be published as required by law.
@ayor
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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 i5thday of November, 1976, and was adopted
thereafter at a regular meeting of the City Council held on the 6th day of
December, 1976, by the following vote:
AYES: COUNCILMEN: Amstrup-Crosby-Harrison
NOES: COUNCILMEN: i'langini
-Curtin
ABSENT: COUNCILMEN:"done
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