HomeMy WebLinkAboutOrdinance 2079 N.C.S. 11/02/19981 vE on Am E
OF 02 DANA
1 DEC -219 8
2
3
4
5
6
7
8 Introduced by
9
10
11 Matt Maguire
12
13
14
ORDINANCE NO. 2079
N.C.S.
Seconded by
Mary Stompe
15 AN ORDINANCE OF THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PETALUMA
16 AMENDING CHAPTER,9,.08OF THE PETALUMA MUNICIPAL
17 CODE RELATING TO ANIMAL OWNERSHIP AND KEEPING
18
19
20 BE IT ORDAINED BY TIDE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PETALUMA AS
21 FOLLOWS:
22
23 Section 1. Section 9.08.120(F) of Chapter 9.08 of the Petaluma Municipal Code is
24 hereby amended to read as follows:
25
26 9.08.120(F) Animals at large.
27 F. No person owning or otherwise having a cat over four months of age in
28 his/her care, charge, control, custody or possession shall cause, permit or
29 allow such cat to be unconfined in or upon any public street, road, alley or
30 other public or private place, including the exterior yards of the animal
31 owner's property, unless such cat is spayed and neutered. An animal services
32 officer may seize and/or impound every cat found in violation of this section
33 and shall require owners of the cat to either spay or neuter the cat or to
34 produce a certificate of sterilization signed and dated by a veterinarian which
35 lists the veterinarian's name, clinic's name, address, telephone, license
36 number, pet name, age, breed and adequate description of the cat. When a
37 person is cited or an animal impounded under this section, the owner of the
i
Ord 2079 NCS
Page 1 of 3
I cat, if known, shall be notified in writing and given seven (7) calendar days
2 to request a hearing to determine if such sterilization should be held ill
3 abeyance. (Ord. 2045 NCS §1, 1997: Ord. 1955 NCS §1 (part), 1994: Ord.
4 1616 NCS §1, 3 (part), 1985.)
5
6 Section 2. Section 9.08.120(G) of Chapter 9.08 of the Petaluma Municipal Code is
7 hereby added and shall read as follows:
8
9 9.08.120(G) Recidivism.
10 Any unsterilized dog over six (6) months of age which is impounded a second
11 time for being "at large" in violation of the requirements of section 9.08.120 shall
12 be spayed or neutered at the owner's expense within 14 days of redemption.
13 Written verification from the veterinarian performing the surgery shall be provided
14 by the owner to the shelter manager within 7 days of surgery.
15
16 Section 3. Section 9.08.190 of Chapter 9.08 of the Petaluma Municipal Code is hereby
17 added and shall read as follows:
19 9.08.190 Selling or giving away of animals is prohibited.
20 No person shall publicly sell, offer for sale, barter, give away or display for
21 sale any animal within the city limits, except as follows: This section shall not be
22 construed to prohibit the sale/adoption or display of any dog, cat or any other
23 animal by pet stores engaged in the business of selling them; nor shall this section
24 be construed to prohibit the sale or gift of a pet, or its offspring, by its master, or
25 by the family or individual owning the same as a family pet, from or on private
26 agricultural or residential property; nor shall this section prohibit such display or
27 sale from or on the premises of an animal shelter or other animal organization.
28
29 Section 4. If any section, subsection, sentence, clause or phrase or word of this ordinance
30 is for any reason held to be unconstitutional by a court of competent jurisdiction, such decision
31 shall not affect the validity of the remaining portions of this ordinance. The City Council of the
Ord. 2079 NCS Page 2 of 3
2
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
21
22
23
24
25
26
27
28
29
30
31
32
33
34
35
36
37
City of Petaluma hereby declares that it would have passed and adopted this ordinance and each
and all provisions thereof irrespective of the fact that any one or more of said provisions be
declared unconstitutional.
Section 5. The City Clerk is hereby directed to post this ordinance for the period and in
the manner required by the City Charter.
INTRODUCED and ordered posted/pi"iski this 19th day of October , 1998.
ADOPTED this 2nd day of November 1998 by the following vote:
AYES: Torliatt, Read, Vice Mayor Maguire, Mayor Hilligoss
NOES: None
ABSENT: Keller, Hamilton, Stompe
ATTEST:
City Clerk
ord
l oi7i98 (fink-)
1 �ym Vice ayor 1&ruire
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
City Attorney
Ord. 2079 NCS
3
Page 3 of 3