HomeMy WebLinkAbout781 Dog OrdinanceORDINANCE NO.781
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF MERIDIAN REPEALING SECTION 8-116,
LICENSES, FEES, EXPIRATION, AND SECTION 8-128, IMPOUND FEES, OF
TITLE 8, CHAPTER 1, OF THE REVISED AND COMPILED ORDINANCES OF THE
CITY OF MERIDIAN; AND RE -ADOPTING SAID SECTION 8-116, LICENSES,
FEES, EXPIRATION, AND SECTION 8-128, IMPOUND FEES, OF THE REVISED
AND COMPLIED ORDINANCES OF THE CITY OF MERIDIAN; AND PROVIDING AN
EFFECTIVE DATE.
WHEREAS, the Mayor and the City Council of the City of
Meridian, State of Idaho, have concluded that it is in the best
interest of the said City to repeal Section 8-116 and 8-128 of the
Revised and Compiled Ordinances of the City of Meridian and to re-
adopt said sections to provide for additions of new paragraphs to
these sections.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL
OF THE CITY OF MERIDIAN, ADA COUNTY, IDAHO:
SECTION 1 That Section 8-116, LICENSES, FEES, EXPIRATION,
is hereby repealed.
SECTION 2: That Section 8-116, LICENSES, FEES, EXPIRATION,
is hereby re-enacted and shall read as follows:
"8-116: LICENSES, FEES, EXPIRATION:
A. All dog licenses within the City shall be valid
only in the calendar year issued and shall expire
December 31 of that year.
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B. The owner or person, except senior citizens who are
sixty-two years of age or older, having charge of
any dog, except as provided in this Chapter, shall
make application to the City for a dog license and
pay an animal license fee as follows:
Non -neutered male dog $15.00
Non -spayed female dog $15.00
Neutered or spayed dogs $ 7.50
C. Senior citizens (those sixty-two (62) years of age
and over) shall pay a license fee of five dollars
($5.00) .
D. A charge of five dollars ($5.00) shall be made for
each lost license tag reissued by the City.
E. A certificate of neuter or spay issued by a
veterinarian or the Idaho Humane Society shall be
required to be present at the time the license is
applied for in order to secure the license rate for
a neutered or spayed dog.
F. Exception to License Fee: Any dog owned and used
by a blind, visually or hearing impaired person and
used as a seeing -eye or hearing -ear dog or guide
dog(s) in training, shall be licensed annually at
no cost to the owner and user of the dog. To
qualify under this exception, the owner and user of
the dog must be medically certified as having a
visual or hearing impairment by a licensed medical
doctor."
SECTION 3:
repealed.
SECTION 4:
That Section 8-128, IMPOUND FEES, is hereby
That Section 8-128, IMPOUND FEES, is hereby re-
enacted and shall read as follows:
"8-128: IMPOUND FEES:
Any person recovering possession of any dog impounded
under the provisions of this Chapter, shall in addition
to obtaining a license for such do
then licensed, pay an impound fee and for ah16dda is not
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1" booster vaccination as follows:
First impoundment
Second impoundment
Third impoundment
Fourth & subsequent impoundments
$23.50
$36.00
$66.00
$96. 00
In addition to the impound fee, a board fee of three
dollars ($3.00) a day shall be charged."
SECTION 5: EFFECTIVE DATE: WHEREAS, there is an emergency
therefor, which emergency is hereby declared to exist, this
Ordinance shall be in full force and effect from and after its
passage, approval and publication according to 1 w.
PASSED AND APPROVED this 21t-16
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ORDINANCE NO. 781
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF MERIDIAN REPEALING SECTION 8-116,
LICENSES, FEES, EXPIRATION, AND SECTION 8-128, IMPOUND FEES, OF TITLE 8,
CHAPTER 1, OF THE REVISED AND COMPILED ORDINANCES OF THE CITY OF
MERIDIAN; AND RE-ADOPTING SAID SECTION 8-116, LICENSES, FEES,
EXPIRATION, AND SECTION 8-128, IMPOUND FEES, OF THE REVISED AND
COMPLIED ORDINANCES OF THE CITY OF MERIDIAN; AND PROVIDING AN
EFFECTIVE DATE.
WHEREAS, the Mayor and the City Council of the City of Meridian, State of Idaho,
have concluded that it is in the best interest of the said City to repeal Section 8-116 and
8-128 of the Revised and Compiled Ordinances of the City of Meridian and to re-adopt
said sections to provide for additions of new paragraphs to these sections.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL
OF THE CITY OF MERIDIAN, ADA COUNTY, IDAHO:
SECTION 1: That Section 8-116, LICENSES, FEES, EXPIRATION, is hereby
repealed.
SECTION 2: That Section 8-116, LICENSES, FEES, EXPIRATION, is hereby re-
enacted and shall read as follows:
"8-116: LICENSES, FEES, EXPIRATION:
A. All dog licenses within the City shall be valid only in the
calendar year issued and shall expire December 31 of that
year.
B. The owner or person, except senior citizens who are sixty-two
years of age or older, having charge of any dog, except as
provided in this Chapter, shall make application to the City for
a dog license and pay an animal license fee as follows:
Non-neutered male dog $15.00
Non-spayed female dog $15.00
Neutered or spayed dogs $ 7.50
C. Senior citizens (those sixty-two (62) years of age and over)
shall pay a license fee of five dollars ($5.00).
D. A charge of five dollars ($5.00) shall be made for each lost
license tag reissued by the City.
E. A certificate of neuter or spay issued by a veterinarian or the
Idaho Humane Society shall be required to be present at the
time the license is applied for in order to secure the license
rate for a neutered or spayed dog.
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F. Exception to License Fee: Any dog owned and used by a
blind, visually or hearing impaired person and used as a
seeing-eye or hearing-ear dog or guide dog(s) in training,
shall be licensed annually at no cost to the owner and user of
the dog. To qualify under this exception, the owner and user
of the dog must be medically certified as having a visual or
hearing impairment by a licensed medical doctor."
SECTION 3: That Section 8-128, IMPOUND FEES, is hereby repealed.
SECTION 4: That Section 8-128, IMPOUND FEES, is hereby re-enacted and
shall read as follows:
"8-128: IMPOUND FEES:
Any person recovering possession of any dog impounded under the
provisions of this Chapter, shat{ in addition to obtaining a license for such
dog, if the dog is not then licensed, pay an impound fee and fora 16 day "7
in 1" booster vaccination as follows:
First impoundment $23.50
Second impoundment $36.00
Third impoundment $66.00
Fourth & subsequent impoundments $96.00
In addition to the impound fee, a board fee of three dollars ($3.00) a day
shall be charged."
SECTION 5: EFFECTIVE DATE: WHEREAS, there is an emergency therefor,
which emergency is hereby declared to exist, this Ordinance shall be in full force and
effect from and after its passage, approval and publication according to law.
PASSED AND APPROVED this ~~~ day of CC~~I , 199~`.~
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