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HomeMy WebLinkAboutOrdinance 2045 N.C.S. 04/07/1997 ~ ~,,;:,:y d ,ice 1 . 2 M AY 4 5 ORDINANCE NO. 2045 N.C.S. 6 7 8 Introduced by Seconded by 9 10 11 Vice Mayor Hamilton Mary Stompe 12 13 14 15 AN ORDINANCE OF TFIE COITNCII.OF TIIE CITY OF PETALIJMA 16 AMENDING SECTION 9.08.120 "ANIMALS AT I.,ARGE" OF 17 CRAFTER 9.08 "ANIMAI.OWNERSRIP AND KEEPING" 18 OF THE PETAI,UMA MiJNICIPAi, CODE 19 20 21 BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PETALUMA AS 22 FOLLOWS: 23 24 Section 1. Section 9.08.120 of Chapter 9.08 "Animal Ownership and Keeping" of the 25 Petaluma Municipal Code is hereby amended by amending 9.08.120.F to read as follows: 26 27 9.08.120 Animals at barge. 28 F. No person owning or otherwise having a cat over six (6) 29 months of age in his care, charge, control, custody or 30 possession shall cause, permit or allow such cat to be in or 31 upon any public street, road, alley or other public or private 32 place other than animal owner's property unless such cat is 33 spayed or neutered. An animal control officer is 34 empowered to seize and impound every cat found in 35 violation of this section and shall require owners of the cat 36 to either spay or neuter the cat or to produce a certificate of 37 sterilization signed and dated by a veterinarian which lists 1 the veterinarian's .name, clinic's name, address, telephone , 2 license number, pet name, age, breed and adequate 3 description of the cat. 4 5 Section 2. If any section, subsection, sentence, clause or phrase or word of this ordinance 6 is for any reason held to be unconstitutional by a court of competent jurisdiction, such decision 7 shall not affect the validity of the remaining portions of this ordinance. The City Council of the 8 City of Petaluma hereby declares that it would have passed and adopted this ordinance and each 9 and all provisions thereof irrespective of the fact that any one or more of said provisions be 10 declared unconstitutional. 11 12 Section 3. The City Clerk is hereby directed to post this ordinance for the period and in 13 the manner required by the City Charter: 14 15 INTRODUCED and ordered posted/paa~i~~l this 17th day of March , 1997. 16 17 ADOPTED this 7th day of April , 1997 by the following vote: 18 19 AYES: Read, Keller, Stompe, Torliatt, Maguire, Vice Mayor Hamilton, Mayor Hilligoss 20 NOES: None 21 ABSENT: None 22 ~ c 23 ~ , ; ~ i 24 25 Mayor 26 27 ATTEST: APPROVED AS TO FORM: 28 31 City Clerk City Attorney 32 ®E~p'U~` CO 33 ord 34 4/10/97 (fmk) Ord. 2045 NCS 2