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HomeMy WebLinkAbout2110 Ordinance - RecordedORDINANCE NO. 2110 AN ORDINANCE amending Section 3.04.190 of the Pasco Municipal Code relating to license fees. THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PASCO DOES ORDAIN AS FOLLOUS: Section 1. That Section 8.04.190 of the Pasco Municipal Code be and the same is hereby amended to .read as follows: P.M.C. 8.04.190 -LICENSE REQUIRED. Except as provided in Section 3.04.2.60, no owner shall keep or permit any dog over seven months of age within the city, unless such dog is licensed and a license tag attached as provided in this chapter. (a) Licenses shall be issued annually by the Benton -Franklin County humane society for the city, upon payment of the required city license fee after January lst of each year and shall be valid until time last day of February of the next following year. The Benton - Franklin County humane society shall cause to be published in the official newspaper and announced by all local radio stations, once a year, a notice of the licensing provisions of this chapter. (b) Before a license is issued for any dog, the owner must present evidence that the dog has been vaccinated against rabies. Such evidence shall be a certificate of vaccination signed by a licensed veterinarian, and the certificate shall show that the vaccination does not expire within six months from the effective date of the dog license. (c) As proof that a dog has been neutered (spayed or castrated) -the license applicant shall exhibit to the licenser a certificate from a licensed veterinarian to that effect. (d) The following license fees shall be paid to the Benton - Franklin County humane society or the city upon application for a dog license: (1) Eight dollars and fifty cents for each neutered male or neutered female dog; (2) Ten dollars for each female or male dog not neutered or castrated; EXCEPT that dogs trained -to assist blind persons shall be licensed without fee; provided, that there shall be allowed an exclusion for the poor and infirm as follows: Poor and Infirm: A license -fee of fifty cents shall be charged to a head of household, over sixty-five years of age, provided only one dog, is owned in the household or dwelling unit, and an affidavit of indigency has been -filed with the director of the finance department. (e) In addition to the license fee prescribed by this section, each applicant who applies after the last. day of February, the time when he is required to have the license, shall pay a penalty often dollars. -2- (f) The license fees shall not apply to dogs owned by non- residents temporarily within the city for a period of not more than thirty days, but shall apply to the dogs of owners becoming residents of the city within thirty days after establishing such residence. (g) Any dog becoming seven months of age after the last day of February shall be licensed and registered and the license fee paid thereon. Section 2. This ordinance shall become effective on January 1, 1980, upon its passage and publication as required by law. PASSED by the City Council of the City of Pasco this 19 day of Noyember 1979. Chet Bailie, Mayor ST: ells, City Cler APP OVED AS TO FO 1 ) 0 �)SIj (" D his J. De.Fe e, City Attorney