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HomeMy WebLinkAbout1188 - Dog License Taxes & Vaccinations. - -. - I THS :mec 9/20/66 ORDINANCE NO. 1188 AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF NEWPORT BEACH AMENDING SECTIONS 7.04.060 AND 7.04.070 OF CHAPTER 7.04 OF THE NEWPORT BEACH MUNICIPAL CODE AND ADDING SECTION 7.04.061 THERETO RELATING TO DOG LICENSE TAXES AND DOG VACCINATIONS The City Council of the City of Newport Beach does ordain as follows: SECTION 1. Section 7.04.060 of the Newport Beach Municipal Code is amended to read: "7.04.060 License Required -- Fees -- Terms. _Every person w o ar ors a dog ot whatever sex, over the age of four (4) months, within the City, ,shall pay to the City an annual license tax of Three Dollars ($3.00) for each dog. The City shall deliver to the person making such payment a license which shall describe the dog, together with a seal or tag having thereon the number of such license and fig- ures indicating the year for which the license has been paid,and shall keep a record of the name of the owner and a description of the dog licensed. Duplicates shall be issued for lost tags for Fifty Cents ($.50) 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 pay- 40 able on the first day of January, 1967, and the first day of January of each year thereafter. Where a dog is ac- quired after the first day of January in any year, the license tax shall be due on the date of acquisition of such dog, License taxes shall become delinquent thirty (30) days following the date on which they are due, and all delin- quent license taxes shall be subject to the payment of a penalty of Three Dollars ($3.00) in addition to the tax." SECTION 2. Section 7.04.061 is added to the Newport Beach Municipal Code to read: "7,04.061 Unauthorized Removal of Tag. No unautho- rized person shal remove from any dog any collar or harness or other device to which is attached a license tag for the current year or remove such license tag from any dog." SECTION 3. Section 7.04.070 of the Newport Beach Municipal Code is amended to read: "7.04.070 Vaccinations. A. DEFINED. The term °vac - cinatinnaa I mean the inoculation of a dog with a vaccine approved by the Orange County Health Department. B. REQUIRED. Every person who owns or harbors any dog shall have such dog vaccinated against rabies on or prior to the date such dog reaches four (4) months of age and there- after at intervals of not greater than two years. A dog may not be licensed prior to vaccination. C. VETERINARIAN'S CERTIFICATE, Every duly licensed veterinarian after vaccinating any dog shall sign a certifi- cate in triplicate containing the following information: 1. The name and address of the owner or harborer of • the vaccinated dog, 2. The kind and serial number of vaccine used and the date of vaccination. 3. The year, number of dog license tag, and name of City where issued; or, in the event that the dog has not previously been licensed, a notation to that effect. 4. 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 duplicate copy of the certificate to the Orange County Health Department, and shall retain the triplicate copy thereof. D. DISPLAY OF CERTIFICATE, No person who owns or harbors any dog shall fail or refuse to exhibit the certifi- cate required by this section upon demand of any person charged with its enforcement. E. IMPORTATION. Every person who brings a dog into the City, which has not been vaccinated with the approved vaccine as herein prescribed within twelve (12) months prior to the importation, shall have such dog vaccinated within seven (7) days from and after its arrival in the City. A certificate of vaccination issued by a duly licensed veteri- narian from any other jurisdiction for a specific dog estab- lishing vaccination with an approved vaccine may be accepted by the City as evidence of vaccination, providing it be within the interval prescribed by this section. F. STOLEN OR COUNTERFEIT CERTIFICATE, No person shall make use of or have in his possession or under his control a stolen, counterfeit, or forged vaccination certificate or license tag. G. DUTIES OF HEALTH DEPARTMENT. In furtherance of the program of the City for vaccination of dogs against rabies, the Orange County Health Department is authorized to: 1. Approve of such vaccine or vaccines as it may find suitable for such use, promulgate its findings and approval, and file a statement of such findings and approval in the office of the City Finance Department as a public record. 2. Change such findings and approval when as a result of experience, research, practice or tests it finds that a new or different vaccine or vaccines are suitable for such use, and file a statement of such findings and approval in the office of the City Finance Department as a public record. 3< Prescribe the form of certificate to be used by duly licensed veterinarians under the provisions hereof and to distribute such form of certificate to duly licensed veterinarians practicing in this City upon request. 2, H� EXCEPTION. The vaccination requirement above shall not apply to a dog where a certificate has been issued by a duly licensed veterinarian doing business in the County of Orange setting forth that the giving of the inoculation would endanger the life of the dog. In such an event, the dog shall be confined at all times within the premises of the owner or within a motor vehicle owned by or under the supervision of the ov er. of such dog," SECTION 4, This ordinance shall be published once in the official newspaper of the City, 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 or. the 26th day of September 9 19669 and was adopted on the 10th day of October , 1966, by the following vote, to wit; AYES, COUNCILMEN: Fe, :,It, Gruber, Mar. shall, Parsons, Ror c•: , J'-- :'.to_n. NOES, COUNCILMEN* Cook ABSENT COUNCILMEN- none ATTEST- • T #ctinngg City C ^ .r;c Mayor I 3.