HomeMy Public PortalAboutResolution 29-94 Summary of Ordinance 671RESOLUTION NO.9%94
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF McCALL, IDAHO, APPROVING A
SUMMARY OF ORDINANCE 671.
WHEREAS the Idaho Code permits publication of ordinances by publication of a summary of the
ordinance; and Ordinance 671 is extremely lengthy,
BE IT RESOLVED by the Mayor and Council of the City of McCall that:
Section 1. The attached summary of Ordinance 671 is approved and shall be published in lieu of
publication of the Ordinance.
Passed and approved October 13, 1994
Dean A. Martens
Mayor
ATTEST:
James H. Henderson,
City Clerk
RESOLUTION APPROVING SUMMARY OF ORDINANCE 671 FOR PUBLICATION OCTOBER 13, 1994
SUMMARY OF
ORDINANCE NO. 671
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF McCALL, IDAHO, REPEALING AND RE-
ENACTING CHAPTER 7 OF TTTLE 5 OF THE McCALL CITY CODE, RELATING TO
DOG CONTROL; PROVIDING FOR A MISDEMEANOR TO BE KNOWN AS
IGNORING AN INFRACTION CITATION; AND PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE
DATE.
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BE IT ORDAINED BY THE MAYOR AND COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF McCALL,
IDAHO, AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. amends the McCall City Code Title 5, Chapter 7, to read as set out in the
Ordinance:
5-7-010 provides DEFINITIONS for words used in the ordinance, including "bitten," "dog," "fierce and
dangerous dog," "menace," and "Private Property Open to Enforcement."
5-7-020 tells who will ADMINISTER and enforce this Chapter , and provides that owning a dog in the City
or the purchasing of a license constitutes consent to this Chapter.
5-7-030 provides for the CITY POUND.
5-7-100 provides for the LICENSE and FEE.
5-7-110 provides for a KENNEL FEE if the Owner owns 3 or more dogs over 4 months of age.
5-7-120 provides for proof of RABIES VACCINATION and proof of NEUTERED STATUS.
5-7-130 provides for the LICENSE TO BE ATTACHED TO DOG COLLAR.
5-7-200 makes FALSE REPRESENTATIONS a misdemeanor.
5-7-210 makes an IMITATION LICENSE a misdemeanor.
5-7-220 provides that RUNNING AT LARGE is PROHIBITED, except when the dog is attached to and
controlled by a leash not exceeding eight feet (8') in length, confined in a motor vehicle, or in an area (if
any) which the Council has designated for the training or exercise of dogs under the effective control of a
responsible person. An infraction.
5-7-230 prohibits the running at large of FEMALE DOGS IN HEAT, a misdemeanor.
5-7-240 requires care and control of NUISANCE DOGS to prevent excessive, continuous or untimely
barking, molesting passersby, chasing vehicles, attacking other domestic animals, or trespassing upon
public or private property in such a manner as to damage the property, a misdemeanor.
5-7-250 declares FIERCE AND DANGEROUS DOGS a public nuisance. No Owner shall under any
circumstances ever suffer the same to be at large. To do so is a misdemeanor. Eadl day at large a separate
violation. A fierce and dangerous dog after September 8, 1994 shall be impounded or quarantined with a
licensed veterinarian.
5-7-260 prohibits INTERFERENCE with any person who may be engaged in enforcement actions, to do
so being a misdemeanor.
5-7-270 prohibits FAILURE TO PROVIDE CARE to a dog, good and wholesome food and water, proper
shelter and protection, veterinary care, when needed, and humane care and treatment. To do so is a
misdemeanor.
5-7-300 provides for the IMPOUNDING OF UNLICENSED OR AT -LARGE DOGS, and all fierce and
dangerous dogs, by the Police Department, and retention in the pound.
5-7-310 provides for the DISPOSITION OF IMPOUNDED UNLICENSED DOGS, other than diseased or
fierce and dangerous dogs, by adoption or destruction if not adopted.
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5-7-320 provides for the DISPOSITION OF IMPOUNDED LICENSED DOG, other than a diseased or
fierce and dangerous dog, by redemption by owner, by adoption, or by destruction if neither redeemed
nor adopted.
5-7-340 provides for DISPOSITION OF DISEASED DOGS AND OF FIERCE AND DANGEROUS DOGS,
and for the immediate destruction of a fierce and dangerous dog found running at large that has then
bitten a human being or is then menacing a human being. The section provides for the PROCEDURE for
the determination whether an impounded dog is a fierce and dangerous dog. The Section provides for
what the owner must do in order to be able to keep the fierce and dangerous dog, including a securely
fenced enclosure, or bond.
5-7-350 provides for the keeping of RECORDS.
5-7-360 provides PENALTIES for any violation, and that any violation not otherwise classified is an
infraction, except a misdemeanor if injury to a person or property results from the violation.
Section 2. amends the McCall City Code Title 5, Chapter 2, entitled CRIMINAL AND
CIVIL PENALTIES to provide that a person who ignores a parking ticket or fails in any
way to respond to an infraction citation thereby commits the crime of "Ignoring a
Citation," which crime is a misdemeanor.
Section 3. provides that this Ordinance shall be in full force and effect from and after
its passage, approval and publication of this summary.
The Ordinance was passed and approved October 13, 1994.
STATEMENT OF CITY ATTORNEY
The above summary of Ordinance 71 is true and complete and provides adequate notice to the
public.
Dated: October 13, 1994
Edward G. Burton,
City Attorney
SUMMARY OF ORDINANCE NO.671 FOR PUBLICATION
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