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HomeMy WebLinkAboutordinance.council.009-76RECORD OF PROCEEDINGS 100 Leaves ORDINANCE NO. 9 (Series of 1976) AN ORDINANCE MAKING A SERIES OF AMENDMENTS TO THE PROVISIONS OF' THE ASPEN MUNICIPAL CODE CONCERNING THE LICENSING AND IMPOUNDING OF DOGS; ~4ENDING SECTIONS 5-28 and 5-31 TO INCREASE FROM $1.50 TO $2.90 THE CHARGE FOR ISSUING OR TRANSFERRING A DOG TAG; AMEND- ING SECTION 5-45 TO INCREASE FROM $4.00 TO $5.00 THE CHARGE FOR IMPOUNDING DOGS, ~ND, IN THE SAME SECTION, INCREASING FROM $4.00 PER DAY TO $5.00 PER DAY THE CHARGE FOR MAINTAINING IMPOUNDING DOGS; .AND FURTHER AMENDING SECTION 5-45 TO REQUIRE THAT OWNERS OF LICENSED DOGS BE NOTIFIED BY MAIL OF THE IMPOUNDMENT OF THEIR DOGS; AMENDING SECTION 5-68(c) SO AS TO ESTABLISH A NEW PENALTY ASSESSMENT FOR FAILURE TO DISPLAY TAGS OF $5.00.AND INCREASING THE PENALTY ASSESSMENT FOR FAILURE TO HAVE RABIES VACCINATION FROM $10.00 TO $15.00 WHEREAS, the City Council has been presented by the administration with a series of changes to the City's animal code as to increase various charges and fines to better administer dog vaccinations and impoundment, NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF ASPEN, COLORADO: Section 1 That Section 5-28, Subsection (b) ~ the Municipal Code of the City of Aspen, Colorado, is hereby amended to read as follows: (b) The annual fee for licensing a dog shall be Two Dollars ($2.00), which fee shall be paid by the o%~er to the veterinarian at the time of inoculation. ~his fee shall be considered a license tax and shall be remitted by the veterinarian to the City Finance Director with- in ten (10) days following the end of the calendar month in which such dog was inoculated. Section 2 ~hat Section 5-31 of the Municipal Code of the City of Aspen, Colorado, is hereby amended to read as follows: Section 5-31 Procedure and compliance with articles required for dogs imported into City Ail dogs which are brought into the City shall be in compliance with the laws and rules and regulations of the state regarding the handling of the animal and shall have been vaccinated not more than twelve (12) months prior to importation. The tag denoting vaccination shall be firmly affixed to the collar or harness of the dog, and shall be evidence of compliance with this section. If the imported dog remains in the RECORD OF PROCEEDINGS 100 Leaves City more than thirty (30) days, such dog shall be licensed in accordance with the provisions of this article. Any legally acceptable certifi- cation of the vaccination issued by a legally authorized person to the owner of the dog, in any municipality, county or state, shall be exchanged for a current vaccination license tag of the City, which tag shall bear the date of vaccination shown on the aforesaid certificate. A transfer fee of Two Dollars ($2.00) shall be paid by the dog owner to the poundmaster at the time the exchange tag is issued, which fee shall be remitted to the City Finance Director by the poundmaster in the same manner as license fees under Section 5-28 hereof. Section 3 That Section 5-45 of the Municipal Code of the City of Aspen, Colorado, is hereby amended to read as follows: Section 5-45 Notice to owner; redemption When any dog is impounded, as provided in Section 5-44, it shall be the duty of the animal warden to make reasonable efforts to notify the owner, possessor or person who harbors the same, if known, which shall in- clude mailing a notice of impoundment to the owner of any licensed dog at the address of such owner given on any license records. If the owner or possessor is not known or cannot be contacted directly, the animal warden shall post at City Hall and at thepound a notice containing a description of such dog and information as to when and where caught. A charge of Five Dollars ($5.00) is hereby made for the impounding of any dog; and an additional charge of Five Dollars ($5.00) per day is hereby made for each day, or part thereof, the dog is kept in the pound, including the day of impound- ing. No dog shall be released from the pound until the owner shall have paid all charges for impounding the dog, and until the dog has been licensed and vaccinated in accordance with this article. Section 4 That Section 5-68, Subsection(c) of the Municipal Code of the City of Aspen, Colorado, is hereby amended to read as follows: (c) The penalty assessment and the nature of the violation for which the penalty assessment may be accepted and paid by the violator under the privileges of this section shall be as follows: -2- RECORD OF PROCEEDINGS 100 Leaves (1) Failure to display tags. $ 5.00 (2) NO dog license 10.00 (3) No rabies vaccination. 15.00 (4) Dog running at large, first offense 5.00 (5) Dog running at large, second offense 20.00 (6) Dog running at large for each offense after the second, the penalty assessment shall increase Twenty Dollars ($20.00) for each additional offense, up to the maxi- mum fine permitted by law. Section 5 If any provision of this ordinance or the application thereof to any person or circumstance is held invalid, such invalidity shall not affect other provisions or applications of the ordinance which can be given effect without the invalid provisions or applica- tions, and to this end the provisions or applications of this ordinance are declared to be severable. Section 6 A public hearing on this ordinance shall be held on the 22nd day of March, 1976, at 5:00 P.~. in the City Council Chambers, Aspen City Hall, Aspen, Colorado. INTRODUCED, READ AND ORDERED published as provided by law by the City Council of the City of As~e~, a~fits regular meeting held March 8, 1976. " " ATTEST: STACY~TANDLEY, III ~THRYN ~ HAUTER, CITY CLERK FINALLY ~OPTED AND APPRO~D ON~~~ ~ , 1976. RECORD OF. PROCEEDINGS 100 'Leaves STATE OF COLORADO ) ) COUNTY OF PITKIN ) SS. CERTIFICATE I, Kathryn S. Hauter, City Clerk of Aspen, Colorado, do hereby certify that the above and foregoing ordinance was introduced, read in full, and passed on ~~ reading at a regular meeting of the City'Council of the City of Aspen on ~~~ ~~ 197~, and published in the Aspen Times, a weekly newspaper of general circulation, published in the City of Aspen, Colorado, in its issue of ~~ // . , 197~, and was finally adopted and approved at a regular meeting of the City Council on ~~ ~Z , 197__~, and ordered published as Ordinance No. ? , Series of 197~, of said City, as provided by law. IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and the seal of said City of Aspen, Colorado, this ~ Kath~h S. Hauter City -Clerk