HomeMy WebLinkAbout76-21 Setting Animal License Fee at $10ORDINANCE NO. 76-21
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE
CITY OF COSTA MESA AMENDING THE ANIMAL
CONTROL ORDINANCE PROVIDING FOR LICENSE
COSTS FOR NEUTERED ANIMALS, AND SETTING
THE ANIMAL LICENSE FEE AT TEN ($10.00)
DOLLARS.
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 State law now requires a reduced
license for spayed or neutered animals. The City Council
further finds and declares that a fee adjustment to Ten
($10.00) Dollars per year is necessary. to defray expenses of
administration of the Animal Control Program.
Accordingly, the following section is amended in the
Costa Mesa Municipal Code to provide for the matters set out
herein.
SECTION 2. Section 3-102 is hereby amended to read as
follows:
°Section 3-102 Licenses - Reduced Fees
Every person who owns, possesses, keeps, or harbors a
dog of whatever sex over the age of four (4) months within
the City shall pay to the City an annual license tax of Ten
($10.00) Dollars for each dog. Every such person whose dog
has been spayed or neutered shall pay one-half (1/2) of the
applicable license tags; provided, however, that said person
can present a certificate of sterility issued by a licensed
veterinarian.
Any dog which cannot be spayed or neutered for health
reasons shall, upon proof of this fact in writing from a
licensed veterinarian, be required to pay one-half (1/2) the
applicable license tax."
SECTION3. This ordinance shall take effect and be in
full force and effect thirty (30) days 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 newspaper 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 17th day of May, 1976.
City Clerk of the City of sta Mesa
STATE OF CALIFORNIA )'
COUNTY OF ORANGE ) SS
CITY'OF COSTA -MESA )
AAP OVED AS TO FORM
.....---� --- ATT---- NEY .•_•••-
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. .76-2.1 was
introduced and considered section by section at a regular
meeting of said City Council held on the 3rd day of May,
1976, and thereafter passed and adopted as a whole at a
regular meeting of. said City.Council.held on.the 17th .day of
May, 1976, by the following roll call vote:
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ABSENT:. Council.Members: 117�'✓
IN WITNESS WHEREOF,, I have hereby set my hand and
affixed the Seal of the City of Costa.Mesa this 18th day of
May, 1976.
_. ._ City
Jerk and
ex -officio Clerk
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Council of
the City of Cos
ll Mesa