HomeMy Public PortalAboutOrdinance 680ORDINANCE NO. 680
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY
OF BEAUMONT, CALIFORNIA, REPEALING CHAPTER 6.16
AND SECTION 6.20.110 OF THE BEAUMONT MUNICIPAL
CODE AND ADDING TO THE BEAUMONT MUNICIPAL CODE
CHAPTER 6.16, DEALING WITH DOGS -- LICENSES, TAGS
AND FEES, AND ADDING SECTIONS 6.20.110 AND 6.24.050
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF BEAUMONT,
STATE OF CALIFORNIA, AS FOLLOWS:
SECTION 1:
hereby repealed.
Chapter 6.16 of the Beaumont Municipal Code is
SECTION 2: Chapter 6.16 is hereby added to read as follows:
Sections:
6.16.010
6.16.020
6.16.030
6.16.040
6.16.050
6.16.060
6.16.070
6.16.080
6.16.090
6.16.100
6.16.110
6.16.120
Chapter 6.16
DOGS --LICENSES AND TAGS
Required for certain dgos.
Licenses --Fees.
Exemption for Seeing Eye dogs.
Expiration date.
Penalty fee for deilnquent renewal.
Tags furnished by collector --Contents.
Transfer of license and license tag.
County license --Temporary nonresidents valid.
Duplicate tags.
Use of tags other than those provided in this
Chapter.
Unathorized removal of tags --Collars.
License fee --Senior citizens.
6.16.010 Required for certain dogs. All dogs over the age
of four (4) months shall be licensed in accordance with the
requirements of Sections 6.08.060 through 6.08.090 and Chapters
6.12 through 6.20.
6.16.020 Licenses --Fees. Every person owning or harboring
a dog over the age of four (4) months shall pay to the license
collector or other proper official a license fee in the amount
set by resolution of the City Council for the annual dog license
fee for a one-year license. If application for a first-time
license is made after December 31st, the fee shall be two-thirds
(2/3) of the regular fee for the particular year license. The
annual license fee for spayed or neutered dogs shall be fifty
percent (50%) of the license fee imposed in this Chapter.
Certificate of alteration must accompany license application.
6.16.030 Exemption for Seeing Eye dogs. No license fee
shall be charged for Seeing Eye dogs whose owner (s) are legally
blind.
6.16.040 Expiration date. All dog licenses required by
this Chapter shall expire on the thirtieth (30th) day of June of
the succeeding year in which the same were issued.
6.16.050 Penalty fee for delinquent renewal. If the
license fee required by this Chapter is not renewed by the first
day of August there shall be added to such license fee a penalty
of one-third (1/3) of the regular fee. The penalty shall be
collected at the time of the renewal of the license.
-1-
11/15/89
6.16.060 Tags furnished by collector --Contents. The
license collector or other proper official shall deliver to the
applicant for a dog license, as required under this Chapter, a
metal tag bearing the number of the license issued stamped or
engraved thereupon, the current fiscal year, and the words
"Beaumont, California."
6.16.070 Transfer of license and license tag. No license
or license tag issued to one dog under this title shall be
transferred to another dog.
6.16.080 County license --Temporary nonresidents valid.
Notwithstanding the other provisions in this Chapter, a dog
license tag issued by the County shall be considered valid until
its expiration. This Section shall apply to nonresidents
temporarily within the City.
6.16.090 Duplicate tags. Duplicate tags, in case of loss,
may be issued by the license collector or other proper official.
Such tags shall be issued at the expense of the applicant. The
cost of a duplicate tag shall be one dollar and fifty cents
($1.50) .
6.16.100 Use of tags other than those provided in this
Chapter. No license tag shall be used on the collar of any dog
other than those tags provided for in this Chapter.
6.16.110 Unauthorized removal of tags --Collars. No person
shall remove the collar or tag from any dog without the consent
of the owner or the party to whom the license required under this
Chapter is issued.
6.16.120 License fee --Senior citizens. Notwithstanding the
provisions of Section 6.16.020 and upon proof of age, any person
sixty-five (65) years of age or older owning or having custody or
control over a dog over the age of four (4) months in the City
shall pay for such dog a fee of one dollar ($1.00) for a license
for one (1) year. Such fee shall be due and payable in the
manner prescribed by Section 6.16.020 of this Chapter; provided,
however, that the fee for obtaining a one-year license after
December 31st shall be the regular fee charged pursuant to
Section 6.16.020. The license fee provided for in this Section
shall be limited to one dog per person; the provisions of Section
6.16.020 shall govern the fees required to be paid by any person
sixty-five (65) years of age or older for any additional dogs
owned or over which control is exercised.
SECTION 3: Section 6.20.110 of the Municipal Code of the
City of Beaumont is hereby repealed.
SECTION 4: Section 6.20.110 is added to read as follows:
6.20.110 Sale of impounded dogs.
A. In the event any dog impounded in accordance with the
provisions contained in this Chapter is not claimed by its owner
within the time limit specified in this Chapter, the officer or
person mentioned in Section 6.20.010 may, in lieu of destroying
such animal, offer such animal for sale to general public for a
sum equal to the sum which an owner would have to pay in order to
have such dog released.
B. Upon the sale of any dog that has not been spayed or
neutered, a deposit for spaying or neutering the dog shall be
tendered to the license collector or other proper City official.
The deposit shall be in an amount to be fixed by resolution of
the City Council of the City of Beaumont, based upon the lowest
reasonable fee charged by veterinarians in the Beaumont area for
spaying or neutering a dog, but in no case to exceed forty
dollars ($40.00). In addition to the deposit, a processing fee
of five dollars ($5.00) shall be paid.
C. For any dog over the age of six (6) months at the time
it is sold pursuant to Subsection A, the dog shall be spayed or
-2-
neutered within sixty (60) days and a written statement or
receipt from a licensed veterinarian or clinic that has spayed or
neutered the dog shall be submitted to the licensed control
officer or other appropriate official. Upon receiving the
written statement or receipt, the City official shall return the
deposit described in Subsection B to the purchaser of the dog.
If the written statement is not returned timely, the deposit
shall be deemed unclaimed and forfeited. For dogs six (6) months
of age or younger at the time sold, the owner shall have a period
of six (6) months in which to submit the written statement or
receipt before the deposit shall be deemed unclaimed and
forfeited.
D. Any deposit not claimed under Subsection B shall be used
only for the following purposes:
1. A public education program to prevent overpopulation
of dogs and cats.
2. A program to spay or neuter dogs and cats.
3. A follow-up program to assure that animals sold or
given away by the pound or shelter are spayed or neutered.
4. Any additional costs incurred under this Section.
SECTION 5: Section 16.24.050 is added to read as follows:
6.24.050 Sale of impounded cats.
A. In the event any cat impounded in accordance with the
provisions contained in this Chapter is not claimed by its owner
within the time limit specified in this Chapter, the officer or
person mentioned in Section 6.24.020 may, in lieu of destroying
such animal, offer such animal for sale to general public for a
sum equal to the sum which an owner would have to pay in order to
have such cat released.
B. Upon the sale of any cat that has not been spayed or
neutered, a deposit for spaying or neutering the cat shall be
tendered to the license collector or other proper City official.
The deposit shall be in an amount to be fixed by resolution of
the City Council of the City of Beaumont, based upon the lowest
reasonable fee charged by veterinarians in the Beaumont area for
spaying or neutering a cat, but in no case to exceed thirty
dollars ($30.00). In addition to the deposit, a processing fee
of five dollars ($5.00) shall be paid.
C. For any cat over the age of six (6) months at the time
it is sold pursuant to Subsection A, the cat shall be spayed or
neutered within sixty (60) days and a written statement or
receipt from a licensed veterinarian or clinic that has spayed or
neutered the cat shall be submitted to the licensed control
officer or other appropriate official. Upon receiving the
written statement or receipt, the City official shall return the
deposit described in Subsection B to the purchaser of the cat.
If the written statement is not returned timely,the deposit shall
be deemed unclaimed and forfeited. For cats six (6) months of
age or younger at the time sold, the owner shall have a period of
six (6) months in which to submit the written statement or
receipt before the deposit shall be deemed unclaimed and
forfeited.
D. Any deposit not claimed under Subsection B shall be used
only for the following purposes:
1. A public education program to prevent overpopulation
of dogs and cats.
2. A program to spay or neuter dogs and cats.
3. A follow-up program to assure that animals sold or
given away by the pound or shelter are spayed or neutered.
4. Any additional costs incurred under this Section.
SECTION 6: This Ordinance shall take effect as provided by
l aw .
PASSED AND ADOPTED on this 5th day of Denemher , 1989,
upon the following roll call vote.
AYES:
NOES:
ABSTAIN:
ABSENT:
ATTEST:
Council Member Bauer, Leja, McLaughlin, Parrott and
Mayor Connors.
None.
None.
None.
CITY CL K
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
-QAT �'/
CITY AT R EY
MAYOR OF THE CITY OF BEAUMONT
CERTIFICATION
I, Robert J. Bounds, City Clerk of the City of
Beaumont, DO HEREBY CERTIFY that the foregoing Ordinance was
introduced at a regular meeting of the City Council of said City
held on November 13 , 1989, and was duly adopted upon second
reading on December 5 , 1989, upon the following roll call
vote:
AYES: Council Member Bauer, Leja, McLaughlin, Parrott and
Mayor Connors.
NOES: None.
ABSTAIN: None.
ABSENT: None.
CITY CLERK, CITY OF BEAUMONT