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HomeMy WebLinkAbout1221—/.3 / [.LLJ1% r4 /t9,6" ORDINANCE NO. f 2 AN ORDINANCE relating to dogs and cats in the City of Port Angeles, fixing license fees therefore, declaring a nuisance, pro- viding for a City Pound, providing for the enforcement of this ordi- nance and for the disbursement of funds therefore, fixing penalties, repealing ordinances and parts of ordinances in conflict herewith, and declaring an emergency. THE CITY COTINISSION OF THE CITY OF PORT ANGELES DOES ORDAIN AS FOLLOXS : /524 /4,4/tr Section 1. That from and after the effective date of this ordinance it shall be unlawful for any person to own, keep or have in possession or control in the City of fort Angeles any dog or cat of either sex more than six months old without having first obtained a license therefore as herein provided'. Such license shall be issued] by the City. Clerk upon payment to him of the following fees: Male and spayed female dogs $2.00 Female dog 3.00 Cat of either sex .50 Such license shall consist of a metal tag of a size and shape suit - able to be attached to the collar of the animal for which issued, shall be serially numbered commencing with the number one each year and shall bear the number of the year for which issued. Such li- cense shall be for a period of one year, shall be due on January lst of each year and shall expire on December 31st of the year of issue. All licenses issued for dogs of either sex shall be permanently at- tached to the collar or harness of and worn by the animal for which issued until such license shall have expired. Before issuing any dog or cat license, the City Clerk shall take from the applicant therefore an application in writing which shall state the breed, age, sex, and general description as to color, weight and characteristics and give the name, if any, of the animal for which said license is being issued, and the serial number of the license tag to be issued therefore, and shall be signed by the applicant. Section 2. There is hereby established for the City of Port Angeles a Pound for the restraint, care and destruction of dogs, cats and other animals taken up for violation of any ordinance of said City, which Pound shall be located at such place as the City Commission. of said City shall, from time to time, designate. j�is x-v L /Z/7 Section 3. It shall bb unlawful for the owner or custodian 0- of any dog or cat to suffer or permit such animal to trespass upon any private property in the City of Port Angeles in such manner as to damage, injure or destroy such property, and any dog or cat so trespassing is hereby declared to be a nuisance and may be impounded as such. Section 4. It shall be unlawful for the owner or custodian of any female dog or cat to permit the same to run at large in the City of Port Angeles while in heat, and it shall be the duty of such owner or custodian to so confine such animal that it will not be a nuisance or annoyance to other persons during such period. Any such female dog or cat found to be running at large or improperly confined during such period of heat is hereby declared to be a nuisance and may be impounded. p Section 5. It shall be unlawful for any person to suffer or permit within the City of Port Angeles any dog or cat in their possession or under their control to bark or howl or to in any manner'. make or create any obnoxious noise or disturbance or do any other act or thing to the annoyance of any person or persons, or to keep, har- bor or maintain any dog or cat so doing. Any such dog or cat is hereby declared to be a nuisance and may be impounded. Section 6. It shall be unlawful for the owner or custodian of any dog to allow the same to run at large in the City of Port Angeles without having permanently attached to a suitable collar or • harness worn by such dog the current metal license tag issued for such dog. Any dog so running at large without such license tag is hereby declared to be a nuisance and may be impounded. Section 7. It shall be unlawful for any person to keep, har- bor or maintain any vicious or dangerous animal at any place within the City of Port Angeles. It shall be the duty of the Clallam County Humane Society, with the assistance of the Police Department of the City of Port Angeles in such cases as may be necessary, to kill or otherwise properly dispose of any such animal found within the City of Port Angeles. The Police Judge of the City of Port Angeles shall have authority to, in his discretion, and in addition to any other penalty imposed for the violation of this section, order any such animal killed or otherwise properly disposed of and assess the cost and expense thereof as an additional penalty to be taxed and collected as any they fine or cost in such case. Sect ion 8. Any dog or cat impounded for a violation hereof • shall be held for a period of at least 48 hours during which period the owner or custodian thereof may redeem and regain custody there- of by paying to the City of Port Angeles any license fee that may be I due for such animal plus a penalty of f1.00. Any dog or cat held so impounded' more than 48 hours may be`so redeemed by the payment of the sum of 50r/ for each 24 hours that such animal has been held in excess of 48 hours, ,in raddition to all other license fees and penal- ties herein provided for. Provided, however, that if any dog or cat so impounded shall be suffering from injury or disease of such nature' as to require the services of a veterinarian, the same shall not be released from the Pound or other place where the same may be held ex -I cept to a licensed veterinarian for treatment. Any impounded dog or cat suffering from any incurable injury or disease or any disease or I condition which shall cause the same to be a menace to public health • or safety shall be destroyed by the custodian of the Pound in a humane manner, and disposed of in such manner as to properly safe- guard and protect the public health and safety. Any impounded dog or cat not suffering as above provided shall, after being held for 48 hours, be humanely destroyed by the custodian of the Pound: pro- vided, however, that in the discretion of the Clallam County Humane Society, such animal may be held for a reasonable period in excess of 48 hours for purposes of redemption. At any time during the period of such discretionary holding, any person may redeem such animal by payment of the license fees and penalties herein provided for. Section 9. That the Clallam County Humane Society, a corpora- tion organized under and existing by virtue of the laws of the State of Washington (Chapter 146, Laws of 1901, Remington's Revised Stat- utes, sections 3184 to 3206), be, and it is hereby, employed by the City of Port Angeles and appointed the agent of said City for the purpose of enforcing the provisions of this ordinance, and all other ordinances of the City of Port Angeles relating to the same subjects, and all powers and duties of enforcement of the terms of such ordi- nances, which have heretofore been or now are vested in the City of Port Angeles or any of its officers or employees, are hereby dole- gated to and vested in the said Clallam County Humane Society. Such powers shall include the power of arrest in so far as the same is granted to the members, officers and employees of such Humane Society rby the laws of the State of Washington. All license tags, licenses, receipts, application forms and all other material and supplies of every kind and character necessary or proper for the issuing of dog and cat licenses, for the feeding and care of impounded animals, or for the enforcement of any of the provisions of this ordinance, shall be furnished to the City of Port Angeles by the Humane Society without cost or expense to the City. All buildings, except as here- inafter provided, all furnishings and equipment, all vehicles and all labor and material for the operation or maintenance of them shall be supplied by the Humane Society without cost to the City. The Humane Society shall, at its own expense, supply and pay all person- nel necessary or proper for the carrying out of the objects and pur- poses and the enforcement of the provisions of this ordinance. All license fees and penalties herein provided for shall be paid to the City Treasurer, who shall hold the same in a separate fund for pay- ment to the Humane Society as herein provided. Section 10. Any enforcement officer employed by the Clallam County Humane Society for the purpose of enforcing the licensing • - (provisions of this ordinance is hereby designated and appointed as a Deputy City Clerk for the purpose of collecting license fee o.ay, and shall serve as such without pay from the City of Fort Angeles. 1Such officer shall have authority to. collect license fees for dogs and cats under the provisions of this ordinance, and to take appli- ;cations for such licenses, and, upon payment of the license fees, to issue receipts for such payment and to issue such licenses. Such officer shall keep accurate and complete records of all monies re- ( ceived by him for such licenses and all licenses issued and shall, or the first day of each month, pay to the City 'Treasurer all monies•, so collected and deliver to the City Clerk all applications for li- censes taken by him and copies of all receipts issued for license fees during the preceding month. Such officer shall be bonded to the City of Port Angeles for the faithful performance of his duties and the accurate accounting for of all monies collected by him, such bond to be in the sum of $1,000.00. Section 11. As compensation to the Humane Society for the furnishing of the various items herein required by it to be furnished and supplied, and the discharge of the duties herein delegated, the City of Port Angeles shall pay to the Humane Society all license fees and penalties collected by said City under the provisions of this ordinance. Such payments shall be made on the tenth day of each calendar month, at wnich time there shall be paid to the Humane Society all such fees and penalties collected by the City subsequent to January 1, 1950, and then remaining unpaid. In addition to the foregoing payments and as additional compensation to the Humane Society for the performance of the duties herein delegatedto it, the City shall pay to such corporation the sum of 10., 500.00 appropri- ated for such purpose in the 1950 budget of the City of Port Angeles, i which payments shall be made on the following dates and in the follow- ing amounts: $750.00 on February 10, 1950; $250.00 on March 10, 1950 and $100.00 on the tenth day of each of the next succeeding five months until the entire sum of v$"1,500.00 so appropriated shall have been expended. The City Clerk of the City of Port Angeles is here- by authorized to issue and the Treasurer of said City is hereby authorized to pay the warrants necessary to accomplish the payments by the City above provided for. Section 12. There is hereby granted to the Clallam County Humane Society during the time that it shall continue to discharge the duties and obligations herein imposed upon it, the•use, manage- ment and control of the City Pound heretofore maintained by the City ' of Port Angeles, including all equipment now thereon or used in con- nection therewith. In consideration of the use of such premises and equipment, the Humane Society shall, without cost or expense to the City, defray all cost of the upkeep, maintenance, repair and replace -i ment thereof. Section 13. In addition to any other duties herein specified, it shall be the duty of the Humane Society to gather up, remove and properly dispose of any dead animals found in the City of Port Angeles. o`• Section 14. Any person violating any of the provisions of this ordinance shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction thereof, shall be fined in a sum not exceeding y 25.00. Section 15. This ordinance shall not be construed to require the payment by the City to the Clallam County Humane Society of any fines or court costs levied and assessed by the Police Judge of said City for the violation of this or any other ordinance of the City of 'Port Angeles. Provided, however, that the cost of killing or other- wise properly disposing of any vicious or dangerous animal assessed by the Police Judge as provided in Section 7 hereof, shall, if said animal has been so killed or disposed of by the Humane Society, be paid to said Humane Society in the same manner as other penalties therein provided for. Section 16. This ordinance shall not become effective until the Clallam County Humane Society shall have filed with the City 'Clerk a written acceptance, signed by the proper officers of such corporation, accepting and agreeing to the terms and conditions thereof. Section 17. The following ordinances and parts of ordinances of the City of Port Angeles, to wit: ordinance No. 143, Ordinance No. 284, Ordinance No. 391, Paragraph 11 of Sectional and Section 4 of Ordinance No. 673, Section 50 of Ordinance No. 971, Ordinance No. 1162, Ordinance No. 1205 and all other ordinances and parts of ordi- nances in conflict herewith, are hereby repealed. Section 18. It is hereby declared that this ordinance is necessary for immediate preservation of the public health, peace and safety of the population of the City of Port Angeles, and that an emergency exists, and that this ordinance shall be effective im- mediately upon its passage and publication as provided by law and the filing of the acceptance hereof by the Clallam County Humane Society as herein provided. -42 1 1950. 1950. 4-0(7 /3/7 Passed first reading by the City Commission Passed second reading by the City Commission Passed third reading and adopted by the City Commission ATTEST: la , 1950. Approved and signed by the Mayor City Ulerk APPROVED AS TO FORM: City Attorney c31ec) J..J /0, 175° • °, Mayor , 1950.