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Home My WebLink AboutORDINANCE 0015-1961A~ ORDI~J~, £1Ct~SI~G A~D ~oGULATZ~IG DOGS, PROVI~It:G FOR P~E~C~XBII'IG A I~,~ALTY FOR The City o£ Kenai orda£ns: Section 1o Definit~ons - (a) As u~ed t~ this ordinance, '*owner" megrim any (b) '~t ~e"~anm o~ the p~se~ of their ~t u~ ~ ~n- t~ol o~ the o~ o~ a ~be~ of h~9 ~ate ~ly~ ~the~ ~ leah o~ ot~. Section 2f License Required - No dog oamer $h~11 keep any dog within the City st~er t~e 1st day o£ January, 1962 unle6s a license therefor ha~ f~rst b~ secured. L£cen~es obaX1 be issued by the City Clerk £or a £ee o£ $2.00 £or each ~ale or spayed £~ale dog and $4.00 £or each urmpayed £e~ale dog. An applAcant £or a Xigerme £or a spayed £e~le dog shaX1 present a statement £rom 8 quallfied veterin~isn ind~cat£ng that the dog has been spayed and StYing t~e d~te of the operation. Licenses shall expire on the ist d~y o£ January next follo~ng their tssu~nce, ~ Date of Payment - It shall be the duty o£ each to pay the 11cen~e £ee ~u~posed in Section 2 to the City CXerk on or before thc £trat day o£ Janua:y Ln each yea~, or upon acquiring o~ner~hip or possession o£ any unlic~ed dog or upon e~ta~Xish~p? residence ~n t~ City. ~e CXe~k ~11 c~e ~t~ce o~ t~ ~ce~ty ~ p~y~ ~uch l~c~e ~ee to be prated . ~n the o~tc~l~p~e t~e b~o~e the 15t~y o~ Dec~be~ ~n each ..~ect~on 4o Receipts and T~.4gs - Upon the payment o£ the license fee, the receApt to the person~ho pays the ~ee, re~aAfltflg t~ ~pllcmte. He mhall · 1~ pro.re ~ ,u~ci~t n~r o~ sult,ble met8lllc t~s, ~ he shall del- ~ver one opproprtste t~ ~ ~e o~er~ the ~ee is pa~. ~ , ~nt ~t~l ~ast~tn~ ~ thc ~lis~ o~ the ~ ~ ltc~d ~n such ~er t~t the t~ may be easily sc~ by the officers o~ the City. ~e o~er m~11 ~e that t~ tM ts ~t~tly ~orn W ~ch ~8. Se..cttofl 6. Impounding - Thirty days a~ter the taking e££ect of this or- dirmnce and on and a~ter the ~trst day o£ February o£ each year theredter, the poXice o£.~i¢e~.' o£ the City may take up ~nd J~,tpound any doss ~ound ~n the City wJ. tlmut the t~ provided /~o~ JJJ Section 4 bareO~o Sect!on ?~ Notice o£ Xmpoundins - Upon tokir~ up and tmpoundtn6 any dos ns p~ovided in Section 6, there shall be posted on the City ~ouncil bulletin boerd m notice o£ impounding in substantially the £olXo~ing £orm: 163 P~TI(~ O~ IMPOUNDI~ DOG To Whom it may Concern: Date ......... I have this day taken up and ~mpounded in thc pound o£ the City of Kenai at,,,, ........ St., ados ans~ering to the £ollo~ing descriptton~ Sex Color Breed. App~x~l~te ~tge Name Of Owner ....... Not~Lge ~5 hereby g~ven tlmt unless said do~ is Claimed a~d' 'redee~ne~l on or before o'clock..~., on the day o£ .... ~ LC..._., the amne ~11~'~old or killed as prov"~=~by ordinanceS" Signed Poundm~ter The date of sale or killing of the doe shall be th~ 5th d*~y ~.ftc: th6 po&t- tag of t~ ~tice unless that ~te falls ~ a Su~m? or holtday, in ~ch case ~t s~11 ~ the follow~ng ~y. Section 8~ ~d~pt~on - Any ~g ~ r~d ~rom the pound by the ~ ..~ o~er ~t~n the t~ 6tated kn t~ ~ce ~ the ~ay~nt to the Clock o~ the ltce~ ~ee for t~ turret yea~ ~tth~ Lm~u~g ~ee o~ $3.~ a~ $2.00 ~ot each ~y the dog ~s ~n~tn~ Zn the ~=~ ~ the ~st o~ fe~cg, Section 9. Release - Upon the presentation of a correct li¢~me tag sad a receip~ for a dog license for the current year and for the fees provided in Section 8, the i~und~ster shall release tc ~ny o~nez the dog claimed Section 10. Duplicate Tags - In ¢~se any dog tag is lost, a duplicate nay be issued by the Clerk upon presentation of a receipt showing the payment of the 1t~e ~ee ~or the curr~t year. A charge o~ tw~ty-~ve ~ts sh811 be ~e for each such ~plL~ate tag. Section. 11r Disposition of Unclai~ned Dogs - Any dog M~iCh As not claimed im prov~ ~n S~t~ 8, w~th~n ~vc ~ys ~tcr ~u~g ~y be ~Xd ~or not leis t~ the ~nt provided ~ Section 8 to anyone delAr~ ~ ~rch~e the ......... : ........ ~1:~. Any ~g which L5 ~t ol~med by the o~ o~ ~ld shall ~ k~lled nnd ~ed by the p~n~ter. S~..~.J.J.J.J.J.J~ Bstablishment of Pound - The City Council is hereby auth- or/~ed' to designate ad or pound, or may ~ontract for services, £or the pur- pose of plsCin~ th£a ord~nnnce in ef£ect, The City Coun~l by gesolution may~ designate I poundmaster, who shall attend to the maintenance o[ any ebtsb- lished pound, presenting a proper claim to the C~unc~l monthly for the necems- ary e~penses ~hlch he may incur ~n ~o do~ng, ~h/ch claim $ha11 be audited by] (~_~%~otheClerk end, ~J~a~to~ed_by,the Council, paid by the treasurer. Section 13, Cb~fine~enz ox Certain Dogs - No female dog in heat, no dog of vicious haMts ~r likely to cause.injury to any person and no dog ~hich habituall~ chases automobiles shall he allo~ed by it~ o~n~t to rue at large. The police officers of the City may take up and impound any dog found at large in v~olation of th~s provision, and release it only upon payment of the fees provided in Section 8. X64 1 ~ction ~4. ~estrictions on Certain Dogs - /1o person shall keep or harbor a do~ ~l~iCh habitually bark~ or c~ies between the hours o£ lO:OO P.M. and 6~00 A.M, No dog o~ner shall pcrmit his dog to damage any lawn, garden, or other property. Section 15. Interference ~ith Of[icer$ - It ~hall be unlnv~ul for any un- authorized person ~'o break open the pound or to attempt to do so~ or to take or let out any dogs :nere£rom, or to take ur attempt to take from any officer a~y dog taken up by ~n i~ compliance ~ith th~s ordinance or ~n any m~nner to ~nter£ere ~ith or hL:~ler ~uch officer in the discharge of h~ ~ut~es under this ordinance. Section 16t Offenses Involving Tags - It shall be unle~ful to ~ounter- reit or attempt to counterfeit the tags provided for in Section :3 of this the ~ntent to place it upon another dog. Section 17. Tags Not Trartsferable - Dog tags shall not be transferable and no refunds shall be made on any license £ee because of leaving the City or death o~ the dog be£ore the exptrat~on of the license per~d. Sect~ 1~o Muzzling Proclamation - ~henever the prevalence of hydro- phob~renders such action necessary, to p~otect tbs public health and safety, the Mayor shall ~asue a proclamation ordering every per,on oan~ng or keeping a dog to confine it securely on has premises unless ~t ts m~z~led ~o that ~t cannot bate. No pe.r~on shall violate such proclamation, a~,~ any un~uzzZed dog running at large during the tLme f~xed in the proclamation shall be ktlled by the police w~thout not,ce to the owner. Section 19~ Y~nnels - No person, firm or ~orporation sha~l maintain in t~ts City a kennel ~heredngs are kept for sale aithout securing a license therefor £~om the C~ty Clerk. The license fee shall be $~.OOper year. This fee shall bm in addition to the ltcense fee prescribed An preceding ~ecttons £or each dog kept in such kennel. Section 20. Vaccination - No license shall be granted for a dog ~hlch has not been vaccinated a~ainat tables aa provided tn tlJ~s oec~on the 90-day period preceding the ~aking of an appl~¢ation for such except that ~hen a dog ~s ~irat l~¢ensed fo~ ~n entire year hereafter~ the l~¢ensemay be issued if the dog has been vaccinated a~thtn a per~od of six months preceding the application £~r a l~cense. Vaccination shall be per- £ormed only by a doctor qualt£ted to pract£ce veterin~ry medicine tn the state An ~hich the dog ia vaccinated. A veter~,arian ~ho vaccinates a dog to be l~censed An the City shall complete in duplicate a certificate of vac¢inetAon. O~e ~op~ e!tal! be. £aeue~ to the dog o~ner for a~*£~ng to the license application, end one c~py shall be retained ~n the vetertnar~an*s £~les. Upon &ssuance of a proclamation, by re~olutton o£ the City Council. no £utthe~ application6 will be accepted pursuant to Section 2 of the Ordinance until the applicant has £trst compiled with the prov~sions this section (Section Section 21. Penalty - Any person~ £irm or corporation violating any provision of this ordinance shall be guilty o£ a misdemeanor and upon con- vlctton thereof ohall ba p~nished by a fine of not ~ore than $100.Oa~ or i~- priaon~ent in jail for not more thm~ 30 days. First Reading 3rd day of October~ 1961. Paaseg 17th day of October~ 1961. Mayor Attest: P,an~ea Zogkilsen City Clerk I~SI~D 21at day o~ October~ 1961. 166