HomeMy Public PortalAbout81-571U ORDINANCE NO. 81-571U
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF CARSON AMENDING
SECTION 3301 OF THE CARSON MUNICIPAL CODE BY
AMENDING COUNTY SECTION NO. 411 INCLUDED
THEREIN, SECTION 3302 OF THE CARSON MUNICIPAL
CODE BY AMENDING COUNTY SECTION NO. 318 ( a)
INCLUDED THEREIN AND SECTION 3302.5 OF THE
CARSON MUNICIPAL CODE BY AMENDING COUNTY
SECTION NO. 809 INCLUDED THEREIN, AMENDING
THE ANIMAL CONTROL REGULATIONS, DECLARING
THE URGENCY THEREOF AND THAT THE ORDINANCE
SHALL TAKE EFFECT IMMEDIATELY.
THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CARSON DOES ORDAIN AS FOLLOWS :
Section 1 . Section 3301 of Chapter 3 , Article III
of the Carson Municipal Code is amended by amending Section
411 of the Animal Control Ordinance to read:
Sec. 411 . Dog Licenses, Fees.
Every person owning or having custody or control
of any dog over the age of four (4 ) months in the unincorporated
territory of the County of Los Angeles not covered by the
provisions of Section 410 shall first obtain an annual
license from the Director for each of such dogs and at the
same time obtain a dog license tag, and for such license or
licenses, in addition to the One Dollar ($1) fee for the dog
license tag , shall pay Fifteen Dollars ($15) , a total of
Sixteen Dollars($16) in all .
A person owning a dog having met the requirements
of Section 421 , infra, shall obtain a dog license tag in the
amount of One Dollar ($1) and in addition thereto obtain an
annual license at Seven Dollars ( $7) , a total of Eight
Dollars ($8) in all.
-Section 2. Section 3302 of Chapter 3 , Article III
of the Carson Municipal Code is amended by amending Section
318 ( a) of the Animal Control Ordinance to read:
Sec. 318. Public Spay and Neuter Clinic.
( a) The Director may establish a clinic, at
which members of the public may have dogs and cats spayed
or neutered in a humane manner upon payment of the following
fees:
For neutering a male cat . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $10 . 00
For spaying a female cat . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $15. 00
For spaying a female dog up to 25 pounds . $20. 00
For spaying a female dog up to 50 pounds . $26.00
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For spaying a female dog over 50 pounds . . $32.00
For neutering a male dog up to 50 pounds $20.00
For neutering a male dog over 50 pounds . . $30.00
A fee of one-half the amount stated shall be
charged to persons presenting a valid Medi-Cal card. In
addition to the above fee, a fee of $4 .00 shall be charged
for the giving of a distemper, rabies or enteritis vaccination.
(b) A person submitting a dog or cat for the
above service shall sign a consent form certifying thereon
under penalty of perjury that he is the owner of said
animal or setting facts showing that he is otherwise
authorized to present the animal for the above operation
and such person may be required to furnish proof of such
ownership or authority. Such consent shall contain a waiver
of any and all liability of the County, the Department of
Animal Care and Control and any County employees for any
injury or death to an animal arising out of the aforementioned
operation or any services provided incidental thereto.
(c) A deposit to cover the costs of spaying or
neutering shall be required when the above operation has
been scheduled . Upon failure to bring a dog or cat in for
the scheduled operation, the deposit shall be forfeited.
(d) The Department shall establish a return date
by which a person submitting an animal for the above operation
shall pick up said animal or be subject to a reasonable
board and care fee to commence the day after such return
date. Failure to pick up an animal within 15 days of said
return date shall be deemed abandonment of such animal and
the Director may dispose of it by sale or destruction.
Section 3 . Section 3302. 5 of Chapter 3 , Article
III of the Carson Municipal Code is amended by amending
Section 809 of the Animal Control Ordinance to read:
SECTION 809 . Any approved research institution
may, at any time, request the Director to deliver
to it any dog or cat impounded by him. Not less
than five ( 5) or more than thirty ( 30) days after
the taking and impounding of any dog or cat,
unless such dog or cat has been redeemed by the
owner, the Director shall deliver to the approved
research institution at the place of impounding
the dogs or cats, or both, designated by it, upon
payment of a fee, as below listed, except that the
Director shall not deliver any dog or cat to any
approved research institution if the owner of such
dog or cat or the person surrendering such stray
dog or cat has instructed the Director not to do
SO.
Not less than five (5) days after the taking up
and impounding of any dog or cat as herein provided
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unless it be sooner redeemed or delivered to an
approved research institution, the Director shall
destroy such dog or cat or shall dispose of such
dog or cat to any other person who will pay the
reasonable value of such dog or cat, but in no
case less than the below-listed fees. In the case
of a dog (other than delivery to an approved
research institution) , the purchaser also shall
procure and pay for the required license for
such dog for the current year unless such a
license is issued and in full force and effect.
Schedule of Fees:
(a) Dog:
1 . No vaccination. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$10. 00
2. No vaccination and altered at
County expense. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20 .00
3. Rabies vaccination at County expense 13 . 00
4 . Rabies vaccination and altered at
County expense. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23. 00
5. Distemper (DHL) vaccination at
County expense. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13.00
6. Distemper (DHL) vaccination and
altered at County expense. . . . . . . . . . . 23.00
7 . Distemper/kennel cough (DHLP)
vaccination at County expense. . . . . . . 14 .00
8 . Distemper/kennel cough (DHLP)
vaccination and altered at County
expense. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24 .00
9. Rabies and Distemper (DHL)
vaccination at County expense. . . . . . . 16.00
10 . Rabies and Distemper (DHL)
vaccination and altered at
County expense. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26.00
11 . Rabies and Distemper/kennel
cough (DHLP) vaccination at
County expense. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17. 00
12 . Rabies and Distemper/kennel cough
(DHLP) vaccination and altered at
County expense. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27.00
(b) Cat :
1 . No vaccination. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$ 2.00
2. No vaccination and altered at
County expense. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12. 00
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3. Enteritis vaccination at County
expense. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 .00
4 . Enteritis vaccination and altered
at County expense. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 .00
5 . Enteritis/rhinotracheitis vaccination
at County expense. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
6. Enteritis/rhinotracheitis vaccination
and altered at County expense. . . . . . . 16 . 50
Section 4 . The City Council of the City of Carson
hereby finds and determines that the control and regulation
of animals and the licensing thereof affect the public
peace, health, safety and welfare of the residents of
Carson. The County of Los Angeles, which provides said
control , regulation and licensing of animals, has raised its
fees to cover the costs of said services and has required
the City of Carson to increase its fees accordingly. unless
the City of Carson increases the fees for the control,
regulation and licensing of animals as set forth in Section
1 hereof, the County of Los Angeles will not provide said
services. This ordinance is therefore necessary for the
immediate preservation of the public peace, health, safety
and welfare and shall take effect immediately.
PASSED, APPROVED AND ADOPTED this 6th day of
July. 1981.
MAY R
ATTEST:
C1"P CLEF
STATE OF CALIFORNIA )
COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES ) ss.
CITY OF CARSON )
I, Helen S. Kawagoe, City Clerk of theCity of Carson, California, do hereby certify
that the whole number of members of the City Council of said City is five; that the foregoing
ordinance, being Ordinance No. 81-5710 was duly adopted by the City Council of said City on an
urgency basis at a regular meeting of said Council, duly and regularly held on the 13th
day of July , 1981, and that the some was so passed and adopted by the
following roll call vote:
AYES: COUNCIL MEMBERS: DeWitt, Egan, Mills, Bridgers &Colas
NOES: COUNCIL MEMBERS: None
ABSTAIN: COUNCIL MEMBERS: None
ABSENT: COUNCIL MEMBERS: None
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