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ORDINANCE NO. 74
(Series of 1976)
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING THE MUNICIPAL CODE BY THE
ADDITION OF SECTION 5-7 THERETO AUTHORIZING THE
IMPOUNDMENT OF CATS WHICH ARE ABANDONED OR WHICH
CONSTITUTE A NUISANCE; FURTHER AUTHORIZING THEIR
DESTRUCTION IF NOT CLAIMED WITHIN FIVE DAYS, AND
IMPOSING AN IMPOUND FEE OF $3.00 PER DAY FOR EACH
DAY HELD PURSUANT HERETO
WHEREAS, the City Council is of the opinion that some
regulation of cats within the City is necessary and appropriate
at this time,
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL
OF THE CITY OF ASPEN, COLORADO:
Section 1
That the Municipal Code of the City of Aspen, Colorado,
is hereby amended by adding a section which said section reads
as follows:
Sec. 5-9 Regulation of Cats
Stray cats which are abandoned or which constitute
a nuisance and whose owners are unknown shall be
impounded for a period not execeeding five days
at which time they may be destroyed or given away
at the election of any city animal warden. Seriously
injured or diseased cats may be destroyed immediately.
Notice of cats impounded pursuant to this section
shall be posted in three (3) public places in the
municipality. There shall be paid, by any owner
claiming any impounded cat, Three ($3.00) Dollars
for each day said animal was held, plus any additional
charges for veterinary services rendered during
impoundment.
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Section 2
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
provision or application, and to this end the provisions of
this ordinance are declared to be severable.
Section 3
A public hearing on the ordinance shall be held on
~ /3 , 1976, at 5:00 P.M. 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 Aspen, colorado, at
its regular meeting held at the City of Aspen on the c~
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ATTEST: ,~...,~.--~'
Kathryn S~ Hauter
City Clerk
FINALLY adopted, passed and approved on the /~
day of ~ , 1976. /Y
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ATTEST:
Kathryn ~. Hauter
City Clerk
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STATE OF COLORADO )
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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 ~ /~ , 197_~,
and ordered published as Ordinance No. ~ , Series of
197i, 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 /~
day of ~ , 197~.
S. Hauter
City Clerk