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City Council Meeting 9-22-81 Santa Monica, California
STAFF REPORT
TO: Mayor and City Counc~l
FROM: city Attorney
SUBJECT: Ordinance Amending Santa Monica Mun~cipal Code
Section 4116 to Establish Dog License Fees by
Resolution
At its meeting on September 8, 1981, the City Council
introduced for first reading an ordinance amending Santa
Mon~ca Munic~pa1 Code Section 4116 to estab1~sh dog license
fees by resolut~on. The ordinance ~s now presented to the
City Council for adopt~on.
RECOMMENDATION
It is respectfully recommended that the accompanying
ordinance be adopted.
PREPARED BY: Robert M. Myers, City Attorney
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CIty CouncIl Meeting 9-22-81 Santa Monica, CalIfornIa
ORDINANCE NO. 1226
(City Council Series)
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 t-lONICA ORDAINS A.S
FOLLmvS;
SECTION 1. Sect~on 4116 of the Santa ~onica MunIcIpal Code
IS -3.Jltended to read as follo't's:
SectIon 4115. Dog s . LIcens Ing . Every
pe r so n who harbors a dog wIthIn the CIty
shall pay to the CIty Clerk, LIcense
DIvISIon, an annual lIcense tax In an amount
to be establIshed by resolutIon of the CIty
Council. The Clerk shall from tIme to time
delI'ler to the person makIng such payment a
license WhICh shall descrIbe the dog,
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
ma kIng the payment has filed WIth the Clerk a
certIfIcate indJ.ca t~ng the dog has been
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vaccinated in accordance wIth this Chapter
and state law; otherwise a receipt for
payment shall be lsslled. Dupllcates shall be
issued for lost tags for One Dollar and FIfty
Cents ($1.50) upon the flllng of proof of
such loss. Such metalllc tags shall be
attached to a collar or harness and such
collar or harness wlth the attached tag shall
be kept on such dog at all tlmes, exceptlng
as 10 the Code otherWlse prov1ded.
The llcense fBe hereln mentloned shall
be due and payable an the 2nd day of January
each year and shall explr9 on the 31st day of
Decemb2t next ensulng. tvh ere a dog 15
acqulred after the 2nd day of January, the
lIcense fee thereon shall be due on the date
of acquls1tion of such dog Ear such calendar
year and thereafter on the 2nd day of January
of each s uc ceed 1ng year.
In the event that any person shall fall,
neglect or refuse to pay the required llcense
tax before the 1st day of Apr11 of each year,
a penal ty will be assessed, in addltion to
the prescribed llcense fee, in the amount of
$5.00 for every neutered male or spayed
female dog and $10.00 for every unneutered
male or llnspayed 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 ordlnance.
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 deCISIon shall ~ot affect the valIdity ~f t~e
reTLalnlng 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 reg a r d to whetner
any portIon of the ordInance would be subsequently declared
InvalId or unconstItutIonal.
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SECTION 4. The Mayor shall sIgn and the CIty Clerk shall
at tes t to the passage of th~s ordInance. ThIS CIty Clerk shall
cause the same to be publ~shed once in the off~clal newspaper
wIthin fIfteen ( 15) days after Its adoptIon. The ordInance Shall
become effectIve after thIrty ( 30) days from ~ts adoption.
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
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Robert M. Myers Q
CIty Attorney
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ADOPTED AND APPDOVED THIS 22nd DAY
OF September , 1 981.
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I HEREBY CERTIFY THAT THE FOREGOING ORDINANCE,
NO. 1226(CC5) . WAS DULY AND REGULARLY INTRODUCCD AT A
r'EETH~G OF THE CITY courlCIL ON THE 8th DAY OF SeDtembe r
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1931; THAT THE SAID ORDli:Ar~CE HAS THEREAFTER DULY ADC?TED
AT A ~lEETI;!G OF THE CITY cour~CIL OJ~ THE ?2ndDA'{OF Sep te "10 e r
1981 BY THE Fa L L 0 ~1 I N G C 0 U ,'~ C IL VaT E :
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AYES: COUrICIL~lE;'lBERS: Edwards, Jennlngs, Reed, Zane
and Hayor Yanna t ta Gold,\'ay
tl 0 E S : cau iJC I U., PI B E;:1.S: None
ABSEnT: C 0 U r ~ C I Ul E 1 8 E R S ; Conn and Press
ABSTAIn: c au r; c I U1 E r1 BE R S : None
ATTEST:
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