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7/19/88
ORDINANCE NO. NS- 1974
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF SANTA ANA
AMENDING SECTIONS 5-51 AND 5-52 OF THE
SANTA ANA MUNICIPAL CODE TO REVISE THE
CITY'S DOG LICENSING REGULATIONS.
THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SANTA ANA DOES ORDAIN
AS FOLLOWS:
SECTION 1: That section 5-51 of the Santa Ana Municipal Code
is hereby amended to read as follows:
Sec. 5-51. Dog licenses
(a) A license fee is levied on all dogs over
the age of four (4) months (except as otherwise herein-
after provided) owned, kept or harbored by, in the
custody of, or under the control of any person within
the city. The amounts of fee for neutered and unneutered
dogs and exemptions therefrom, if any, shall be established
by resolution of the council. Each license fee shall be
paid annually to the director of finance. The license
shall be valid for a period of one (1) year from the date
of purchase. The director of finance may provide for the
renewal of dog licenses by mail.
(b) Any person who imports or brings into the city
any dog with the intent to remain longer than two (2) weeks
shall, within five (5) days after its arrival, cause the
same to be vaccinated and licensed as herein provided.
(c) A penalty assessment of four dollars ($4.00) shall
be charged against all persons who fail to secure said
license within thirty (30) days after said license is re-
quired.
(d) Said license fee shall be deemed a debt due the
city from the owner and in addition to the criminal penalties
of this Code provided, such debt may be collected in the name
of the city as any other debt may be collected.
The foregoing license fee shall not apply to any dog
while kept in a duly licensed commercial kennel, nor to
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any seeing eye dog trained to assist blind persons while
such dog is actually being kept and used by a blind person
for the purpose of aid in going from place to place.
SECTION 2: That section 5-52 of the Santa Ana Municipal Code
is hereby amended to read as follows:
Sec. 5-52. Same--tag.
Upon payment of the license fee, the finance department
or the animal control officer shall issue to the owner a
license certificate and a tag'for each dog so licensed.
The tag shall have stamped thereon an identifying number.
Every owner shall be required to provide each dog, not kept
in a kennel or otherwise exempted, with a collar to which
the license tag must be permanently affixed and shall see
that the collar and tag are continuously worn by said dog.
In case a dog license tag is lost or destroyed, a duplicate
will be issued by the finance department upon presentation
of the receipt showing payment of the license fee for the
current license period and upon payment of the fee fixed for
the issuance of such duplicate tag. No owner shall transfer
any dog tag from one dog to another and no person shall
place a dog tag upon any dog except the dog for which it was
issued.
SECTION 3: If any section, subsection, sentence, clause,
phrase or portion of this ordinance is for any reason held to
be invalid or unconstitutional by the decision of any court of
competent jurisdiction, such decision shall not affect the
validity of the remaining portions of this ordinance. The City
Council of the City of Santa Ana hereby declares that it would
have adopted this ordinance and each section, subsection, sen-
tence, clause, phrase or portion thereof irrespective of the fact
that any one or more sections, subsections, sentences, clauses,
phrases, or portions be declared invalid or unconstitutional.
SECTION 4: Neither the adoption of this ordinance nor the
repeal hereby of any ordinance shall in any manner affect the
prosecution for violation of ordinances, which violations were
committed prior to the effective date hereof, nor be construed
as affecting any of the provisions of such ordinance relating
to the collection of any such license or penalty or the penal
provision applicable to any violation thereof, nor to affect
the validity of any bond or cash deposit in lieu thereof,
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PAGE THREE
required to be posted, filed or deposited pursuant to any ordi-
nance and all rights and obligations thereunder appertaining
shall continue in full force and effect.
ADOPTED this 6th day of
September , 1988.
ATTEST:
~ca~ice C. Guy
lerk of the Council~
COUNCI LMEMBE RS:
Young A,¥e
McGuigan AyP
Acosta Ave
Griset Ave
Hart Ave
May Ave
Pulido Aye
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
City Attorney