HomeMy WebLinkAboutORD 107ORD 107ê79wV ×P ç [ ORDINANCE NO. 107
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE
CITY OF BALDWIN PARK AMENDING THE DOG
LICENSING AND IMPOUNDING PROVISIONS OF
THE BALDWIN PARK MUNICIPAL CODE.
The City Council of the City of Baldwin Park does or-
dain as follows:
Section 1. A new section, numbered Section 4101, is
added to Part I, Chapter I, Article IV, of the Baldwin Park
Municipal Code, to read as follows:
4101. Whenever the County acts as Poundmaster for
the City, the manner in which dogs are licensed, the fees
required therefor, and the collection and disposition of
such fees, shall be a.s provided in Sections 351, 352, 353,
354, 355, 356, 357, 408.5, 409, 409.5, and 410 of the
County's Pound Ordinance," notwithstanding anything in
this article to the contrary. These sections provide as
follows:
Sec. 351. Pursuant to Section 439.01 of the
State Agricultural Code, the County Clerk shall issue
serially numbered metallic dog license tags stamped with
the name of the County of Los Angeles and year of issue
and shall collect for each such tag the sum of Fifty Cents
50fiO
Sec. 352. The County Clerk shall deposit all
sums received for dog license tags in a. special fund hereby
created in the County Treasury, to be known as the Live-
stock Indemnity Fund.
Sec. 353. Pursuant to Section 439.55 of the
State Agricultural Code, all fines collected for violations
of Chapter 9 of Division 3 of said Code also shall be
deposited in the Livestock Indemnity Fund.
Sec. 354. Pursuant to Section 439.55 of the
State Agricultural Code, the Livestock Indemnity Fund
shall be used to pay damages to owners of livestock killed
by dogs.
Sec. 355. Every person owning any livestock
killed by dogs may file a claim with accompanying affi-
davits as provided in Section 439.56 of the State
Agricultural Code.
Sec. 356. The Board of Supervisors shall refer
every such claim to the County Poundmaster. The County
Poundmaster shall investigate all such claims and shall in-
form the Board of Supervisors whether or not, in his opinion,
such claims are valid; and, if valid, for what amount.
Sec. 357. At the close of each fiscal year, the
County Treasurer shall reimburse the General Fund from any
unused balance remaining unexpended in the Livestock In-
demnity Fund for all expenses paid from the General Fund
for the enforcement of those portions of this ordinance
relating to dogs, to the extent that funds remain available
in the Livestock Indemnity Fund. As used in this chapter,
livestock includes domestic fowl and rabbits.
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ORD 107ê79wV ×P ç [ Sec. 408.5. The County Clerk may accept the
payment of the fee for a. license tag and a license for a
dog who has not been vaccinated as required by this ordi-
nance on condition that the owner of such dog, within five
days thereafter, have such dog vaccinated and submit the
required veterinarian's certificate to the County Clerk.
Upon receipt of such certificate the County Clerk shall
issue the license tag and license.
Sec. 409. A license for an individual dog shall
be in the form of a receipt for the fifty cents paid for
the dog license tag and the additional amount, if any,
paid for the license.
Sec. 409.5. Every dog license tag issued prior
to July l, 1954, for a dog of either sex which has been
honorably discharged from the armed forces of the United
States or for a dog of either sex owned by a blind person,
if a certificate was filed with the County Tax Collector
executed by some recognized dog training institution
which certified that such dog has been successfully trained
to lead the blind, shall continue to be valid as both dog
license tag and license so long as the same dog is owned
or harbored by the same person. Every person owning or
having custody or control of a dog of either sex over the
age of four 4) months which has been honorably discharged
from the armed forces of the United States, or a dog of
either sex owned by a blind person, if a certificate is
filed with the County Clerk executed by some recognized
dog training institution which certifies that such dog
has been successfully trained to lead the blind, for
which a dog license tag was not issued prior to July 1,
1954, shall procure a dog license tag and a license, which
dog license tag and license shall be good while such dog
is owned or harbored by the same person. No fee shall be
charged for such license over and above the fifty cents
0 required for the dog license tag.
Sec. 410. Every person owning or having cus-
tody or control of any dog over the age of four 4) months
in the incorporated territory of the City of Baldwin Park
not covered by the provisions of Section 409.5 shall first
obtain an annual license from the County Clerk for each
of such dogs and at the same time obtain a. dog license
tag and for such license or licenses, in addition to the
fifty-cent 50¢) fee for the dog license tag, shall pay
Two Dollars and Fifty Cents $2.50), a total of Three
Dollars $3.00) in all."
Section 2. Section 4120 of said Municipal Code is
amended by adding the following words thereto: and dogs
which are unvaccinated in violation of this chapter."
Section 3. A new section, numbered Section 4125, is
added to Part III, Chapter I, Article IV, of said Municipal
Code, to read as follows:
4125. The Poundmaster shall pick up and dispose of
all dead animals on public highways, and on public and
private property within the City.
Section 4. A new section, numbered Section 4135.5,
is added to Part IV, Chapter I, Article IV, of said Municipal
Code, to read as follows:
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ORD 107ê79wV ×P ç [ 4135.5. The Poundmaster, any officer or employee
thereof, and any peace officer shall have the right to
enter upon any public or private property in the incor-
porated territory of the City of Baldwin Park, except a
building designed for or used for residential purposes,
for the purpose of examining or capturing any dog thereon
or therein. Every person who denies or prevents, obstructs,
or attempts to deny, prevent, or obstruct, such access is
guilty of a misdemeanor.
Section 5, Section 4137 of said Municipal Code is
amended by changing the opening sentence to read: The
licensing provisions of this chapter do not apply to:"
Section 6. Section 4138 of said Municipal Code is
amended by deleting therefrom the words provided there is in
addition thereon in some noticeable place the words City of
Baldwin Parkr."
Section 7, Sections 4140 and 4152 of said Municipal
Code are repealed.
Section 8, Paragraphs 1 and 2 of subsection c) of
Section 4172 of said Municipal Code are amended to read as
follows:
1) One Dollar $1.00) for a cow, bull, steer, horse,
mule, burro, pony, Jack, jenny, or hinny.
2) Fifty Cents $.50) for any other animal, except
a cat.
Section 9. Said Section 4172 is further amended by
adding the following subsection d) thereto:
d) For taking up and impounding any cat, One Dollar
$1.00), and for feeding and caring for such cat, twenty-
five cents $.25) for each day or fraction thereof during
which such cat is kept in such pound except the day on
which it is impounded, shall be collected.
Section 10. Section 4176 of said Municipal Code is
amended by deleting the words and figures Two Dollars and
Fifty Cents $2,50)" and substituting the following in place
thereof: Six Dollars and Fifty Cents $6.50) if the dog has
been vaccinated at County expense by the Livestock Inspector,
otherwise Three Dollars and Fifty Cents $3.50)."
Section 11. Subsection d) of Section 4176.1 of said
Municipal Code is amended by changing the words and figures
Five Dollars $5.00)" to read Three Dollars $3.00)."
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ORD 107ê79wV ×P ç [ Section 12. Section 4184 of said municipal Code is
amended to read as follows:
4184, For taking up and impounding any dog, Three
Dollars and Fifty Cents $3.50); for feeding and caring
for any such dog, twenty-five cents $.25) for each day
or fraction thereof during which such dog is kept in
such pound except the day on which it is impounded,
shall be collected.
Section 13. A new section, numbered Section 4196.4,
is added to Part IX, Chapter I, Article IV, of said Municipal
Code, to read as follows:
4196.4. If the Poundmaster finds that any dog im-
pounded by him or in any pound of a corporation formed
pursuant to Section 10400 of the Corporations Code,
probably can be sold, or that in order to protect the
public health such dog should be vaccinated, he may
cause such dog to be vaccinated with chick embryo vac-
cine or phenolized tissue vaccine.
Section 14. This ordinance is declared to be an
emergency ordinance for the immediate preservation of the
public peace, health and safety. The facts constituting
the urgency are as follows: The City has lost the services
of the agency which has heretofore handled its pound or
animal shelter services. The County of Los Angeles will
undertake to render such service as soon as the City's
Pound Ordinance" is amended to conform to the County's
regulations on the subject. The amendments in this ordi-
nance are designed to accomplish this purpose. It is,
therefore, important to the public peace, health and safety
that this ordinance become effective as soon as possible.
Section 15. The City Clerk shall certify to the
adoption of this ordinance and shall cause the same to be
published or posted as required by law. This ordinance
shall take effect immediately upon its adoption.
PASSED and ADOPTED this 2nd day of March, 1959.
Cole, Mayor
A T T E S T:
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ORD 107ê79wV ×P ç [ STATE OF CALIFORNIA
COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES: SS,
CITY OF BALDWIN PARK
I, THELMA L, BALKUS, City Clerk of the City of
Baldwin Park, do hereby certify that the foregoing ordi-
nance was duly and regularly passed and adopted by the
City Council of the City of Ba.ldwin Park at its regular
meeting held on the 2nd day of March, 1959, by the
following vote:
AYES: Councilmen BISHOP, HOLMES, LITTLEJOHN, WILSON AND MAYOR COLE
NOES: Councilmen NONE
ABSENT: Councilmen NONE
e ma L. a s, y Clerk
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ORD 107ê79wV ×P ç [ ORDINANCE
NO. 107
CERTIFICATE OF POSTING
STATE OF CALIFORNIA I
COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES 1 ss
CITY OF BALDWIN PARK 1
I hereby CERTIFY that I am the duly elected and qualified
City Clerk of the City of Baldwin Park; that on the 4th day
of March 19,x, 1 caused to be posted in three conspicu-
ous places a copy of Ordinance No. 107 as required by law and
the Baldwin Park Municipal Code.
2 J
City Clerk
Subscribed and sworn to before
nte this
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k
/1o l Notary
Public
In and for the County of Angeles. State
of California
EVA
ELDER PUGH
My Commission Expires March
6, 1965
CERTIFICATE OF PUBLISHING
STATE OF CALIFORNIA f
COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES I SS
CITY OF BALDWIN PARK I
1 hereby CERTIFY that I am the duly elected and qualified
City Clerk of the City of Baldwin Park; that on the 12th
day of March 19_.22-, I caused to be published
in the Baldwin Park Bulletin a copy of Ordinance No. 107 as
required by law and the Baldwin Park Municipal Code.
City Clerk
Subscribed and sworn to before
me this
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s Notary
Public,,
in and for the County of Los J Qetas, Stab of
Callforala
EVA
ELDER PUGH
My commission Expires March
6, 1963
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