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City Council Meeting 9-22-81
Santa Monica, California
ORDINANCE NO. 1226
(City Council Serles)
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF
THE CITY OF SANTA MONICA AMENDING
SECTION 4116 OF THE SANTA MONICA
MUNICIPAL CODE TO PROVIDE THAT LICENSE
FEES FOR DOGS SHALL HEREAFTER BE
ESTABLISHED BY RESOLUTION
THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SANTA MONICA ORDAINS AS
FOLLOWS:
SECTION 1. Section 4116 of the Santa Monica Municipal Code
is amended to read as follows:
Sectlon 4116. D09s. Llcensins. Every
person who harbors a dog wlthin the City
shall
pay
to
the City Clerk, License
Division, an annual license tax in an amount
to be established by resolut1on of the City
Counc1l.
The Clerk shall from t1me to time
dellver to the person making such payment a
llcense
descrlbe the dog,
wh1ch
shall
together with a seal or metallic plate having
thereon the number of such license, and
figures indicating the year for which the
license has been paid, provided the person
making the payment has f11ed with the Clerk a
certifIcate
indicating the dog has been
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vaCCInated 1n accordance with this Chapter
and state law; otherw1se a receipt for
payment shall be issued. Dup11cates shall be
issued for lost tags for One Dollar and F1fty
Cents ($1.50) upon the filing of proof of
such loss. Such metallic tags shall be
attached to a collar or harness and such
collar or harness with the attached tag shall
be kept on such dog at all times, except1ng
as in the Code otherwise provIded.
The license fee herein mentIoned shall
be due and payable on the 2nd day of January
each year and shall expIre on the 31st day of
December next ensuing. Where a dog is
acquired after the 2nd day of January, the
license fee thereon shall be due on the date
of acquisitIon of such dog for such calendar
year and thereafter on the 2nd day of January
of each succeedIng year.
In the event that any person shall fail,
neglect or refuse to pay the required license
tax before the 1st day of AprIl of each year,
a penalty will be assessed, 1n addition to
the prescribed license fee, in the amount of
$5.00 for every neutered male or spayed
female dog and $10.00 for every unneutered
male or unspayed female dog.
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The provisions of thIS section shall not
apply to any dog not more than six (6) months
of age.
SECTION 2. Any provIsion of the Santa Monica Municipal
Code or appendices thereto InconsIstent with any provision of
this ordinance, to the extent of such inconsistencIes and no
further, are hereby repealed or modified to that extent necessary
to affect the provisions of this ordinance.
SECTION 3. If any section, subsection, sentence, clause,
or phrase of this ordinance is for any reason held to be invalId
or unconstitutional by a decision of any court of any competent
jurisdiction, such dec1s1on shall not affect the validity of the
remain1ng portIons of the ordinance. The City Council hereby
declares that it would have passed this ordinance and each and
every section, subsection, sentence, clause or phrase not
declared invalid or unconstitutional without regard to whether
any portion of the ordInance would be subsequently declared
invalid or unconstitutional.
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SECTION 4. The Mayor shall sIgn and the C1ty Clerk shall
attest to the passage of thIS ordinance. This C1ty Clerk shall
cause the same to be published once in the official newspaper
withIn fIfteen (15) days after its adoption. The ordinance shall
become effectIve after thIrty (30) days from its adoptlon.
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
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Robert M. Myers ()
City Attorney
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ADOPTED AND APpDOVED THIS
22nd
DAY
OF
September
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I HEREBY CERTIFY THAT THE FOREGOING ORDINANCE,
NO. l226(CCS) ~ WAS DULY AND REGULARLY INTRODUCED AT A
8th DAY OF Septernb~ r
r1EETING OF THE CITY COUNCIL ON THE
1981; THAT THE SAID ORDINANCE l~AS THEREAFTER DULY ADOPTED
AT A ~1EETING OF THE CITY cour~CIL ON THE 22nd DAY OF September
1981 BY THE FOLLO\o1ING COUNCIL VOTE:
AYES: COUtJCIU1Et1BERS: Edwards, Jennings, Reed, Zane
and Mayor Yannatta Goldway
rID E S : CO U N C I L ~1 P1 B E R S : ~ 0 n e
ABSENT: COUHCILMEf1BERS: Conn and Press
ABSTAIN: COUNCILMEMBERS: None
ATTEST:
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CITY CLERK
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