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
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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
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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.
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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
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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