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HomeMy WebLinkAbout89-12 Include a Provision for Establishing Fees for Dog Licenses by City Council ResolutionORDINANCE NO. 89-12 AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF COSTA MESA, CALIFORNIA, AMENDING TITLE 6 OF THE MUNICIPAL CODE TO INCLUDE A PROVISION FOR ESTAB- LISHING FEES FOR DOG LICENSES BY CITY COUNCIL RESOLUTION. THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF COSTA MESA DOES HEREBY ORDAIN AS 01KO N -If SECTION 1. The City Council finds and declares that: 1. Title 3 of the Costa Mesa Municipal Code presently specifies fees to be charged for dog licenses; under State law these fees need not be codified and may be set by,City Council resolution, thereby simplifying the process of updating fees to reflect current rates. ACCORDINGLY, the City Council of the City of Costa Mesa hereby amends Title 3 of the Municipal Code as set forth below. SECTION 2. Amend Section 3-102(a) to read as follows: "(a) 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 fee, to be set by a resolution of the City Council, for each dog. Every such person whose dog has been spayed or neutered shall pay one-half (1/2) of the applicable license fees; provided, however, that said person can present a certificate of sterility issued by a licensed veterinarian." SECTION 3. This Ordinance shall take effect and be in full force thirty (30) days fron and after the passage thereof, and prior to the expiration of fifteen (15) days from its passage shall be published once in the ORANGE COAST DAILY PILOT, a newspaper of general circulation, printed a and published in the City of Costa Mesa or, in the alternative, the City Clerk may cause to be published a summary of this Ordinance and a certified copy of the text of this Ordinance shall be posted in the office of the City Clerk five (5) days prior to the date of adoption of this Ordinance, and within fifteen (15) days after adoption, the City Clerk shall cause to be published the aforementioned summary and shall post in the office of the City Clerk a certified copy of this Ordinance together with the names of the members of the City Council voting for and against the same. PASSED AND ADOPTED this 15th day of May, 1989. ATTEST: p City Clerk of the City of Costa tesa STATE OF CALIFORNIA ) COUNTY OF ORANGE ) ss CITY OF COSTA MESA ) _ w Mayor of the CitPO Costa Mesa rl APPROVED AS FORM CITY ATTORNEY 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 fore- going Ordinance No. 89-12 was introduced and considered section by section at a regular meeting of said City Council held on the 1st day of May, 1989, and thereafter passed and adopted as a whole at a regular meeting of said City Council held on the 15th day of May, 1989, by the following roll call vete AYES: COUNCIL MEMBERS: j NOES: COUNCIL MEMBERS: ABSENT: COUNCIL MEMBERS: IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the Seal of the City of -Costa Mesa this 16th day of May, 1989. City Clerk and ex -officio Clerk of #e City Council of the City of Costa 'Psa