HomeMy WebLinkAbout868 - Licensing & Vaccination of DogsORDINANCE NO. 868
AN ORDINANCE OF THE
CITY OF NEWPORT BEACH
AMENDING SECTIONS 4110
AND 4112 AND ADDING
SECTION 4110.5 TO THE
NEWPORT BEACH MUNICI-
PAL CODE RELATING TO
LICENSING AND VACCINA-
TION OF DOGS.
The City Council of the City of
Newport Beach does ordain as
follows:
SECTION 1: Section 4110 of the
Newport Beach Municipal Code
is amended to read:
'SECTION 4110. Dogs. Li-
censing. Every person who
harbors a dog, of whatever
sex, over the age of three (3)
months, within the City,
shall pay to the City a bien-
nial license tax of Five Dol.
lars ($5.00) for each dog. The
City shall deliver to the per.
son making such payment a
license which shall describe
the dog, together with a seal
or tag having thereon the
number of such license and
figures indicatink the years
for which the license has
been paid, and shall keep a
record of the name of the
owner and a description of
the dog licensed. Duplicates
shall be issued for lost tags
for fifty cents (50c) upon
showing proof of such loss.
Such person shall attach the
tag to a collar or harness and
shall cause such collar or
harness with the attached
tag to be kept on such dog
at all times.
The license tax herein
mentioned shall be due and
payable on the first day of
January, 1959, and the first
day of January of each sec.
ond year thereafter. Where a
dog is acquired after the first
day of January in the second
year of the license term, a
license tax of Two Dollars
Fifty Cents ($2.50) shall be
due on the date of acquisi.
' Aion of such dog for the bal.
ance of the term.
In the event the license
-tax is delinquent on April
-first of the year in which it
is due, a penalty of One Dol.
lar ($1.00) shall be collected
in addition to the license
tax."
SECTION 2: Section 4110.5 is
added to the Newport Beach
Municipal Code to read:
"SECTION 4110.5 D o g s.
Vaccination V a c c i n a t i on
shall mean the inoculation
of a dog with a vaccine ap-
proved by the City Health
Officer of the City of New-
port Beach.
1. Every person who owns
or harbors any dog shall
have such dog vaccinated
against rabies on or prior to
the date such dog reaches
six (6) months of age and
thereafter at intervals of
not greater than two (2)
years.
2. Every duly licensed
veterinary after vaccinating
any dog shall sign a certif-
icate in triplicate contain-
ing the following informa-
tion:
a. The name and address
of the owner or harborer
of the vaccinated dog.
b. The kind and serial
number of vaccine used
and the date of vaccina-
tion.
c. The year, number of
dog license tag, and name
of city where issued, or, in
the event that the dog has
not previously been li-
censed, a notation to that
effect.
d. The breed, age, color
and sex of the vaccinated
dog.
Such veterinarian shall
immediately present the
original certificate to the
owner or harborer of the
dog, shall deliver the dup-
licate copy of the certifi-
cate to the City Humane
Officer, and shall retain
the triplicate copy thereof.
3. A dog may be licensed
prior to vaccination, provid-
ed, however, that such dog
shall be vaccinated as here-
in provided. If the dog be
not vaccinated as herein
provided for, the license
theretofore issued shall im.
mediately become null and
void, unless such dog shall
have been vaccinated by
vaccine appproved by the
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City Health Officer by a
duly licensed veterinarian
within one year prior to the
date of the issuance of the
license and the owner or
harborer of such dog dis-
plays upon demand a certif-
icate showing the fact of
such vaccination by a li-
censed veterinarian, signed
by him, and containing the
information set forth in
subsection 2 hereof.
4. The City Humane Of-
ficer shall retain and file
the copy of the certificate
as a part of the official reg-
istry of all dogs licensed.
5. No person who owns or
harbors any dog shall fail
or refuse to exhibit the cer-
tificate required by this sec-
tion upon demand of any
person charged with its en-
forcement.
6. Every owner and har-
borer of a dog shall attach
the official rabies tag to
the collar or harness of a
vaccinated dog and shall
cause such collar or har-
ness to be worn by the dog
at all times. The original
certificate of vaccination
shall be retained by the
owner or harborer of the
vaccinated dog for inspec-
tion by any person charged
with the enforcement of
this section.
7. No unauthorized person
shall remove from any dog
any collar or harness or
other device to which is at-
tached a license tag for the
current year or rabies tag
or remove such license or
rabies tags from any dog.
S. Every person who
brings a dog into the City of
Newport Beach, which has
not been vaccinated with
the approved vaccine as
herein prescribed w i t h i n
twelve (12) months prior to
the importation, shall have
such dog vaccinated within
five (5) days from and after
its arrival in the said City.
'.A certificate of vaccination
issued by a duly licensed
veterinarian from any other
jurisdiction for the specific
–d o g establishing vaccina-
tion with an approved vac-
cine may be accepted by the
Humane Officer as evidence
of vaccination, providing it
be within the interval pre.
scribed by this section.
9. No person shall make
use of or have in his pos-
session or under his control
a stolen, counterfeit, or
forged vaccination certifi-
cate, rabies tag, license, or
license tag.
10. In furtherance of the
program of the City of New-
port Beach for vaccination
of dogs against rabies, the
City Health Officer is here-
by authorized and directed
to:
a. Approve of such vac-
cine or vaccines as he may
find suitable for such use,
promulgate h i s findings
and approval and file a
statement of his findings
and approval in the office
of the City Health Officer
as a public record;
b. Change such findings
and approval when as a
result of experience, re-
search, practice or tests he
finds that a new or differ-
ent vaccine or vaccines are
suitable for such use, and
file a statement of his
findings and approval in
the office of the City
Health Officer as a public
record;
and the City Humane Of-
ficer is hereby authorized
and directed to:
a. Prescribe the form of
certificate to be used by
duly licensed veterinarians
under the provisions here-
of and to distribute such
form of certificate to duly
l i c e n s e d veterinarians
practicing in this County
upon request;
b. Distribute to every
owner or harborer of any
dog within the City the
names, addresses, and tele-
phone numbers of all duly
licensed veterinarians who
have agreed to vaccinate
the dogs of such residents
for not more than the sum
of Two Dollars ($2.00),
which is to be paid to them
as hereinafter provided.
11. There shall be added to
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and collected with the li-
cense tax provided by other
sections of this chapter the
sum of Two Dollars ($2.00)
for each dog owned or har-
bored by such applicant for
a license unless applicant
exhibits to the City Hu-
mane Officer a certificate
complying with the require-
ments of subsection 2 here-
of signed by a duly licensed
veterinarian certifying that
the dog has been vaccinated
with an approved vaccine
within the preceding twelve
(12) months. Said sum of
Two Dollars ($2.00) so col-
lected shall be deposited
with the Director of Finance
at such times and manner
as license taxes are so de-
posited.
12. The Director of Finance
shall draw his warrant on
the City in favor of each
such veterinarian in pay-
ment of the amount of Two
Dollars ($2.00) for each
such vaccination as he shall
have made upon satisfac-
tory proof thereof.
13. The vaccination re-
quirement above shall not
apply to a dog where a cer-
tificate has been issued by
a duly licensed veterinarian
doing business in the Coun-
ty of Orange setting forth
that the giving of the inocu-
lation would endanger the
life of the dog. In such an
event, said dog shall be
confined at all times within
the premises of the owner or
within a motor vehicle own-
ed by or under the super-
vision of the owner of such
dog."
SECTION 3: Section 4112 of the
Newport Beach Municipal Code
is amended to read:
"SECTION 4112. K e n n e l
Tax. Every person who har-
bors more than three (3)
dogs over the age of three
(3) months on any premises
in the City, except on busi-
ness premises on which a
licensed business is operat-
ed which reasonably in-
cludes keeping dogs, shall be
deemed to have a dog ken-
nel. In lieu of the biennial
license tax imposed by Sec-
tion 4110, such person shall
pay a kennel tax of Five Dol-
lars ($5.00) per year for each
dog kept at a dog kennel as
herein defined."
SECTION 4: This Ordinance
shall be published once in the
Newport Harbor Ensign, a news-
paper of general circulation,
printed and published in the
City of Newport Beach and the
same shall be effective 30 days
after the date of its adoption.
This Ordinance was introduced
at a regular meeting of the City
Council of the City of Newport
Beach held on the Sth day of
December, 1955, and was adopted
on the 22nd day of December,
1955, by the following vote, to
wit:
AYES, COUNCILMEN: HART,
LORENZ, SOMERS, KINGSLEY,
ATKINSON, HIGBIE, STODDARD.
NOES, COUNCILMEN: NONE.
ABSENT COLNCILMEN: NONE.
JAMES STODDARD
Mayor
ATTEST:
MARGERY SCHROUDER
City Clerk
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STATE OF CALIFORNIA I
COUNTY OF ORANGE SS-
CITY OF NEWPORT BEACH
Margery Schrouder City Clerk of the City of Newport
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Beach, California, do hereby certify that the foregoing Ordinance
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was duly and regularly adopted, passed, and approved by the City Council
of the City of Newport Beach, California, at a regular meeting of said City Council held at the
22d--- - - -.da of -.... ...December 58
regular meeting place thereof, on the--- ----- - - - - -- - y, ----.------------------------ .----------- 19........
by the following vote:
Hart, Lorenz, Somers, Kingsley, Atkinson,
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NOES: COUNCILMEN ..... None
ABSENT: COUNCILMEN .... Alone
Dated this ... l2gh .......... day o
NB 130 -500 12/56
January
1959 .
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Cit Clerkcio Clerk of the Cit Coancil,
City of Newport Beach, State of California