HomeMy WebLinkAbout74-35 Reducing Penalty Clause $6 to $31'
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ORDINANCE NO. 74-35
AN URGENCY ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE
CITY OF COSTA MESA AMENDING SECTION 3-105 OF THE
COSTA MESA MUNICIPAL CODE REDUCING THE PENALTY
CLAUSE FROM $6.00 to $3.00 AND STATING REASONS
THEREFOR.
THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF COSTA MESA DOES HEREBY
ORDAIN AS FOLLOWS:
SECTION 1: The City Council of the City of Costa Mesa
finds and declares that a penalty of $6.00 in addition to the
License fee for dogs is self defeating. The City Council
further finds and declares that said penalty tends to encourage
owners of unlicensed dogs to avoid licensing altogether rather
than appearing for a late license and paying late fees. The
City Council further finds and declares that a fee equal to the
license for late application is unreasonable.
Accordingly, Section 3-105 of the Costa Mesa Municipal
Code is amended to read as follows:
SECTION 2: "Section 3-105 License Delinquency Date;
Additional Fee.
Licenses shall become delinquent thirty (30) days
following the date on which they are due, and all delinquent
licenses shall be subject to a payment of penalty of $3.00 in
addition to the license fee."
SECTION 3: Section 3-7 is hereby amended to read as
follows:
"Section 3-7 License Year Established. The
license year under this title shall commence on July first of
each year and shall end on June thirtieth of the following year."I
SECTION 4: This ordinance is adopted as an urgency
ordinance pursuant to Section 36934 California Government Code.
The reasons in support of the urgency actions of the
City Council of the City of Costa Mesa are as follows:
Licenses are due on July 1 of any calendar year and are
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delinquent thirty (30) days thereafter. It is necessary that
this ordinance be adopted as a urgency ordinance to provide ample
time for the preparation and printing of the necessary forms and
the development of procedures and training of personnel in the
license bureau for the adjustment provided for in this ordinance.
SECTION 5: This ordinance shall take effect and be in
full force and effect immediately from and after its passage,
and before the expiration of fifteen (15) days after its passage,
shall be published once in the Orange Coast Daily Pilot, a news-
paper of general circulation printed and published in the City of
Costa Mesa, together with the names of the members of the City
Council voting for and against the same.
PASSED AND ADOPTED this 3rd day of June , 1974.
AeVi A
ATTEST:
City Clerk of the City of db^sta Mesa
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STATE OF CALIFORNIA )
COUNTY OF ORANGE ) SS
CITY OF COSTA MESA )
I, EILEEN P. PHINNEY, City Clerk and ex -officio Clerk of
the City Council of the City of Costa Mesa, hereby certify that
the above and foregoing Ordinance No. 74-35 was introduced and
considered section by section at a regular meeting of said City
Council held on the 3rd day of June, 1974, and thereafter passed
and adopted as a whole at a regular meeting of said City Council
held on the 3rd day of June, 1974, by the following roll call
vote:
AYES: Council Members: Wilson, Hammett, Pinkley,
Raciti, Hertzog
NOES: Council Members: None
ABSENT: Council Members: None
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereby set my hand and affixed
the Seal of the City of Costa Mesa this 4th day of June, 1974.
City
Clerk and
ex -officio
erk of the
City
Council of
the City cC#
Costa Mesa