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HomeMy WebLinkAboutOrdinances - No. 627In the City Council City of Lodi Lodi, California ORDINANCE NO. 627 AN ORDINANCE REPEALING ORDINANCE NO. 342 AND AHENDING ORDINANCE NO. 297 ENTITLED, *AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF LODI RELATING. TO THE PUBLIC POUND. " The City Council of the City of Lodi does ordain as follows: SECTION 1. Ordinanae No. 342 is hereby repealed. SECTION 2. Section 3 of Ordinance No. 297 entitled as above set forth is hereby amended to read in full as follows: Section 3. The poundmaster shall be sworn in as a regular police officer of the City and shall be issued a police badge by' the Chief of Police. He shall have the powers of a peace officer and, in addition to the enforcement of the provisions of this or- dinance, shall enforce such state laws and local ordinances as relate to the care and treatment of animals and for the prevention of cruelty thereto. For the purpose of discharging the duties imposed upon him he is hereby authorized and directed (when it is lawful to do so) to enter upon any premises for the inspection or examination thereof or for the performance of any other of his official duties thereon; to take up and impound any animal or fowl which may hereafter be in said City contrary to any provision hereof; to destroy any animal lawfully impounded, which is by reason of age, disease or other cause, unfit for further use, or is dangerous to keep impounded. SECTION 3. Section 4 of Ordinance No. 297 entitled as above set forth is hereby amended to read in full as follows: Section 4. Every person owning or having possession of a dog or cat shall pay a license fee for the calendar year beginning January 1st or for any fraction part of such year as follows: For each male dog $2.00 For each female dog that has been spayed 2.00 For each female dog not spayed 4.00 For each male cat 1.00 For each female cat 1.00 The license fee shall be paid in advance to the City Treasurer within 30 days that such dog or cat within the corporate limits of the City of Lodi shall come into the charge, care or control of any person within said City and annually thereafter on or before the first day of January of each succeeding year. Such annual registration shall be made and the fee therefor paid on or before the first day of February. Failure to register and pay the required fee within the time prescribed will cause such fee to become delinquent, and a penalty of $2.00 shall be added to the regular annual fee and collected by the Treasurer at the time of such d el inqu ent regi s t rat ion. The license fee, for dogs only, will not be issued without the owner submitting proof that the dog has received a rabies vaccina- tion within two years of the date of obtaining such license. The San Joaquin Local Health District shall establish public dog vaccination clinics at such times and places as deemed necessary by the District Health Officer. The charge for vaccinations at such clinic shall not exceed the actual cost involved. The owner or person having possession of such dog or cat shall provide it with a suitable collar upon which shall be securely attached a license tag issued by the poundmaster on payment of the license fee, showing the license number and the year for which the dog or cat is licensed. The receipt for payment, a copy of which shall be kept on file, shall bear the same number as the license tag, also the name and description of the dog and the name and address of the owner. - 2- 'I SECTION 4. Section 6 of Ordinance No. 297 entitled as set forth above is hereby amended to read in full as follows: Section 6. Dogs under four months of age shall not be required to be licensed under the provisions of this ordinance if kept con- fined entirely to the premises of the owner or person entitled to the possession thereof. The poundmaster may require satisfactory proof, in writing, substantiating any claim of exemption under the provisions of this ordinance. SECTION 5. Section 14 of Ordinance No. 297 entitled as above set forth is hereby amended to read in full as follows: Section 14. Any dog not redeemed within the period of 100 hours and any cat not redeemed within the period of 72 hours from and after the time of impounding may be sold at such price as the poundmaster may deem obtainable, or may be given away if, in the opinion of the poundmaster, such animal has no sale value. No notice of sale or advertising of any kind shall be required and a11 unredeemed dogs or cats which have not been sold or given away after the expiration of said 100 hour or 72 hour redemption period shall forthwith be destroyed by the poundmaster at his discretion. SECTION 6; This ordinance shall be published one time in the Lodi News Sentinel, Lodi, California, and shall be in force and take effect thirty days after its passage. [r.qved this 5th day of November, 1958. I, City Clerk , City Clerk of the City of Lodi and he City Council of said City, do hereby oregoing Ordinance NO. 627 was introduced in regula of said City Council held October 15, 1958, and - 3- was thereafter passed, adopted and ordered to print at a regular meeting of the City Council held November 5, 1958, by the following vote: AYES : Councilmen - Brown, Clilbertson, Mitchell, Robinson and Katzakian NOES : Councilmen - None ABSEFJT: Councilmen - None 1 further certify that Ordinance No. 627 was approved and e Mayor on the date of its passage and has been published City Clerk - 4-