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HomeMy WebLinkAbout0008NORDINANCE NO--f ( NEW SERIES) 0 AN OPDINANCE TO REGULATE THE KEEPIYG OF DOGS IN THE CITY OF SAT? LUIS OBISPO, PROVIDE FOR WE REGISTRATION THEREOF AYD PROHIBIT UNREGISTERED DOGS RUONINO AT LARGE IN SAID CITY, Be it ordained by the Council of the City of San Luis Obispo, As follows: Section 1, No person shall harbor any dog within the cojporate limits of the City of San Luis Obispo unless the same be annually registered, as hereinafter provide:, and gear attached to its collar a metal tag as herein prescribed. Section 2 The City Collector of the City of San Luis Obispo shall annually, on the first day of April of each year, Provide, and during the ensuing year keep in his office a book, designated " Dog Register ", in which he shall, upon the application of any person owning or having the custody of any dog in said City, and the payment to him of the registration fee hereby prescribed register such dog by entering in said book its name ( if any ) , its sex and general description, the name of its owner or custodian, the number of the tag issued therefor as hereinafter provided, the date and the amount rec &ived for registration fee. Section 3, The City Collector shall, also, annually, on or v foie the first day of April of each year, procure and curing the ansuing year keep.c6nstantly on hand a sufficient number of metal tags of convenient size and shape to be attached to I dog's collar, on one side of which shall appear the words "San Luis j Obispo City Dog Tag" together with a4humber, and on the other the Gate " April i;_, _____— 0 with the proper year inserted; and at the time each Log is re,gistere? under the provisions hereof, he shall deliver to its owner or custodian one of such tags. The 0 71 tags for each year shall be cambered consedutively from one upward. Section 4. Each dog registered under the provisions of this ordinance shall wear a collar, to which shall be attached the tag issued at the time of its registration; and every dog so registered and wearing its proper tag shall be entitled to rMain or be kept in the City of San Luis Obispo during the year follow— the date of its tag. Section 5. On the first day of April of each year all prior registrations made under the provisions of this ordinance shall be cancelled and all tags theretofore issued shall become and be thereafter void and of no effect, and all dogs kept or permitted to remain in the City of San Luis Obispo must be again registered. Section 6. For registering each male dog and each spayed female dog or bitch the City Collector shall collect and receive a fee of Three Dollars, and for registering each unaltered female dog or open bitch, he shall collect and receive a fee of Yv . �L Dollars; which fee he shall accom-t for and pay. the City Treas- ury A the same manner as other city money received by him. Section 7. if the tag issued for any duly registered dog be lost or accidentally destroyed during the year for which it is issued, the owner or custodian of such dog, upon making proof to the satisfaction of the City Collector of its loss or destruction, shall, without charge, receive for such dog another tag; whereupon the collector shall enter 4�e number of the tag so issued on the register and cancel the tag previously issped for such dog anj report the number of the cancelled tag to the pound— keeper. Sectioh 8, It shall be the duty oi' the ptou.ndkeeper of the City of San Luis Obispo,, .. + D44� impo nd the public pound all unregistered any l A g �, all dogs that have not at-'-,ached to their collars proper tags, as hereby required, found running at large on any public street, road, alley, park, square, or place or any. vacant or uninclosed? lots or land within the corporate limits of said City; and all dogs shall be deemed running at large within the meaning of this ordinance unless lead or restrained by a chain, strap or cord attached to their collars and actually held by some person or made fast to some stationary object. Section O. Within twenty -four hours after impounding any dog under the provisions of this ordinance, the poundkeeper shall post a not ice thereof in front of the City Hall, and alt tD A public idthe C it it of San Luis Obispo. Such notices shall bear the date on which they are posted, contain a general description of the animal impounded and state that it is in the public pound where it can be redeemed by the owner by causing; it to be registered as hereby required and paying the accrued fees Prescribed by law, and if not so redeemed within two days, it will be sold or put to death,. Section 10. The poundkeeper shall securely keep all dogs so impounded for two days after posting the notices hereby required, supplying them with the necessary food and water, and during such time the owner of any such do may redeem the same by causing it to be registered, procuring arse attaching to it by a collar a proper tag and pairing to the poundkeeper the accrued fees herein Prescribed- Section ll. If any dog impounded under the provisions of this -6T .inance be not redeemed within the time herein specified the poundkeeper may sell the samie, at Public or private sale, to any person who .gill cause it to be registered, and if not sold, - he shall cause such dog to be put to death and its carcass proper -ly buried. Section 12 The poundkeeper shall keep a record of all dogs imr�ounded under the provisions of this ordinance and the disposition made thereof, in the same manner that the report of other im":;oun.ded animals are kept, ancf he shall, on the first Wonday' of each month, file ,p,ith the City= Clerk, an itemised, detailed and verified statement of all fees received and all dogs killed and buried pursuant to the provisions hereof during the preceeding caler_der month. r Section 13, No person owning any dog, or having the care, control or possessi .-n of any dog, shall suffer, allow or permit such dog, whether registered or not, to run, be, or remain upon the following streets or portions of streets iiithin the City of San Luis Obispo, unles8 such dog be lead by leash of suitable strength, and not more than six feet in length, to Grit: Upon that part or portion of Higuera Street between Nipomo ands Streets; upon that part or portion of horro Street between ant-f. Pal Streets; upon that part or ncrtion of j?_Tonter 3r Street u aAl.. between ,' m anc�h , Streets; and upon_ Court Street., The poundlkeeper shall catch and impound any c'.og fount-' upon said streets— or portions of streets when not bein;a led as rewired by this secioli. Section 1, every person -who shall counterf iet or imitate or attempt to counterfeit or imitate any tag required by the provisions of this ordinance; and ev3ry parson who shall attach to the collar of any dog or otherwise use or atten.pt to use in the City of San Luis Obispo any counterfeit or imitation of such • 4 • 3 tag; anf every person who shall, in any manner, interfere or attempt to interfere with the poundk-eeper in the performance of any duty imposed by the provisions hereof; and eve.r�, par d - kn who shall unlawfully take or att'emot- to `­ k­ any dog eeized pursuant to the provision: hereof from the Custody of the poundkpeper or any Of his deputies and every person who shall remove or atteriipt Ij to remove from the public poun,1 any dog impounded therein without hF.,,vin,s- first redeemed the saws herein provided, or obtained the permission of the poundkeeper to do so, and ever-1,/ person -,.7ho hhall violate Section !a of t"11-_'is ordinance, s'fll--Ill be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction thereof Shall be punished by a fine of not e-7ceadin,(-, 1TVxQ, hundred doll I ars or by imprisonment for not exceeding ninety days or by both such 'Line and imprisonment. Section 16. All ordinances or parts of ordinances in conflict herewith area<omx_Aeach of them is hereby repealed. Section 16 Any Person keepinor or harboring a dog for fifteen days consecutively shall be deemed to A the owner 'thereof within the r-rieaninE Of this ordinance. Section 1 This ordina together to-her xith the AyRs and T U N .L oes , shall be published for U,,-vro days before its final passage in the a daily newspaper printed and published" in sai4 G-itY Of San Luis Obispo, and shall take effecg thirty days from and after its final passage. Introduced [-,his day of August, 1911, and voted on and passed to print as follo,,rs:- Noes.-- Absent.,- Sinned this gii r day of August, 1911. Itayor of the tiVy of San Luir, Obispo. A.ttest:- Cit r . Finally passed the � day of �� 1911, by the following vote: Ayes:- Noes:- Absent:-