HomeMy WebLinkAboutOrdinance 20?he City of Columbia [[eigkt~ ~oes ordain as follows:
Section i.
every owner or keeper of a dog or ~kuimal of
the dog ~ind, within thc limits of the City of Co!unbia Heights,
shall cause the same to be registered, n~u:~bered, d.~.ucribed and
licensed in thc office of the City Clerk of s~id city. Such tioens-
in~ shall be for the whole er unexpired portion of tho year ending
on the ensuin~ first da~, of
Providoa, That no license shall bo required for a dog or ~imal
of the dog kind while it is tes~; th~m three months old.
owner orKc: ,.p~'r,~r shall pay thero£or to tho City Clerk the
dollars for each fema!¢ dog.
~ec. z. Tho City Clerk of said city shall, in tho matter ~,f
issuin.~ such licenses, perform alI d~ties fixed by the general laws
of the state. }[,~ shall, at ~ expens~ not exceeding five cents each,
provide and furnish for each licensed dog a m~tal!io tag upon which
he shall have stamped or engraved the register numOer of the dog and
tho year when registered; the de~iKn of such metallic tag to be
ch~ged eaca year, '.
Any person wac sha]! m~e, ~ell, purchase, pos~.~ess, or shall
place or a].lo~ to b~'plaoed on their dog any m~tallic tag of the S~EO
form, shape, or intended to be like the official tag, or shall
attempt in ~ny w$~y to counterfeit tho d,~slrn adopt~d for such
official tag/ shall be guilty of a misdemeanor. ~
In case the said metallic tag is lost or stolen, after having
beer~ regularly issued t~s h~roin provided, the owner or keeper of a
dog upon prosontin~..~ ~d zurrondering to the Uity Clerk the license or
reo~:~ipt issued when the dog w~s registered, numbered, do~cribed and
licensed, as heroin provided, shall reo~ive a duplicate tag and a
duplic~t~ tick, nsc upon t~c~,.~a,~m..nt of twenty-five cents ('~'~o~ '~) to the
City Clerk, whi~ said duplicate license s~n~ll be registered, ~mbered,
described and issued as tho ori~rinal license.
]~ut no person shall b~? granted a duplicate tag and license'
unless ti',~.~ original tag h~as actu~]~ly been lost or stolen, and the
City C!er~ may, ~efore is~uin~ such duplic~te tag ~nd license,
require ~ afi'iaavit to Oo ~nade and ffurnl~hod by ~ch applio~nt for
a duplicate license ~d taM, sett[n~ forth ~e f~ct theft such t~g
has been lo~t or stolen ~d is not at t~e time in their
Sec. Z. The City Cter,~ ~hall pay over monthly to the City
Tr,~asuror all moneys received for licenses ios~o~ ~s herein provided.
,'Jet. 4. Y~w?ry owner or keeper of a ,~.n~ or ani:nal of the dog
,kind, within said city, ~,~hall place ~d kee~ aro~u~d the neck of the
dog or ~I:~al owned or kept by him, a collar, on which shall be
~ixed the ~et~llic tag above ~nentioned.
securely ~ ~ ~.
Sec. 5. 17o person h~vinf~ the ,custody or control of ~ny dog
or ani~al of the dog kind ~h~ll permit the s~xme to go upon any street
in said city or to run at 1.~rge within the limit~ of said city
unless it wear~s the coll~xr '~and tag ~bov~: described.
Sec. 6. It shall be lawful for any person to kill or de~troy
any dog or animal of the dog kind found runni~g ~,~t largo within the
limlt~ of said city contr,~ry to t~e [~rovi~ioz~s of this ordin~ce.
Sec. 7. i~o person ~h~]l ~ee~ or suff~.~r to be ~ept on hi~
premises, or on ~remise~ oc~upied by him, within ~id oit~, nor
permit nor suffer to r~n~ ~t l~.~rge in said cl~y or on ~ny street
thereof, any dog of a ferocious or vicio~ character, habit or
~'[isposition.
.A~'~a it s.h~xll be lawful for ~y peri, on to kill or destroy ~y
such ~.~l~n~xl if fou~'~d in ~ny ~treot at lar~;~ in ~zid city.
Sec. 8. i~o owner or k~.~per of a fe~alo ~og shall permit or
suf£er the saa~e to ru~ ~t l~rge, or b£~ in ~ny ~trect, ~lley er
public place in said city ~hil,: the same is in he~t, and it shall be
lawful for ~ny person to kill or def~troy such fem~lo dog if so
runni~ at t~rge in ,~,~id city,
,0. 9. The Mayor of staid C,i~y may ey order and notice posted
least five days in three of the most public places in said
Columbia Heights, require ~ha~ all dogs running at large In
cots of ~he city be muzzled in ~uch m~ner as the notice ~y
~e until the order is revoked.
y person having the~eare or con~rol efta dog within s~d city,
the o~er or ~eeper or othe~wise,.who shall re,use or neglect
,ly with such order shall ~e guilty o~ a violation of the ~erms
ordin~oe.
shall De the duty of %ho police officers of the city ~d the
D~partment to enforce ~he provisionm of thi~ or din~oe and to
cause to be hi!lcd all dogs kept within the city cT r~ning
e within the city contrary to the provisions of thl~ ordinate.
shall also be ~he duty of every ~petice officer of said city to
me to time repor~ to tho Chief of Police or Police Heaaqu~rter~,
s r~ning at largo upon cf.;within ~he ~erri~ory which he is
assig~,d for patrol duty, which are not 'properly licensed and t'agged.
or which are existing contr~ry to the PrOvisions of this ordin~nee.
f~ ?hall be unlawful, for ~y por~on to re~t~e to e~ibit his
. lio.en~ or receipt to any police officer when requested so to do.
Se'O.~:~,~i I0. The ~ayo'r le hereby authorized to appoint or designat~
a pol~ officer to be detailed as dog license inspector. It shall be
,, of suoi~ officer m~ile detailed to act as dog llc6,nse Inspector
to en~?~ce ~he provision~ of this ordinance and report all diseased
dogs ~ the Health el'fleer and perform such duties in connection with
tho endOrcoment thereof as ,the MaYor or Chief of, Police may diroc~
· I1. The Chief of Police under the direction of the Mayor Is
hereby~uthortzed: to ~Ploy, at SUch times as he may de<~m necessary,
per~ong:~ and teams for the oarpose of capturing and convoying to a dog
pound '~[~3. dog~ not properly licensed, collared ~d tagged.
S~h, persons and tea~s so employed ~ha2! act ~der the supervision
of a p~ioo officer or of~toer,.~ "to be det~lled by the ~,fayor to aocomp~y
such pe~son~ while so capturing' dog~. All dog~ conveyed to the dog
pound o all be kep~, wi~ kind ~r~a~aen~ ~d euffielent food and
for g~'~e~r,, oomforO, at lea~t three days, 'unlr~es Sooner reclalme~ by their
, ~s herein provided. In ca~e the owner of ~ny dog sh~ll
~e r,~el~im him from the dog pound , such dog may be released
e dog pound upon the ~ayment by such owner of the sum of one
which s~ll be for ~e rele~ing oF ~uoh dog from the
dog pound
and ~pon the further p~vment of the regainer license fee required for
euc~og. Said p~yments ~o be ma~ to the Dog License Inspector a
ree~? showing that such lloen~e ~6e has' been paid, ~d ~pon which
reoeZ'~ w~e.~'~ presented ~o the OD$,~ Clerk. 's~:ati be'~i~ued ~
lioen,~e and tag for such dog. ~., ' .~--" /'~ '~'
~;~ c. l~. At ~he expiration of thre~ days from t~e time any dog
is im~Oundod. If tho sa~e ~ms not been r~cl~i~ed In aceord~ce with the
prov~ions of ~he preceding sections, the Dog ~locn~e !~z~pector shall
Cause ~uoh dog to be k~lled and ~hmll properly dispo~e o~' the re~i~
ther~G~, ~d shall accouter for and p~y over monthly ~o the City Treasure~
all moDeys recelvca by hi~a for such remain~ or otherwise.
Z~. 1~. Tho ,l~o~ LIocn~e "~peotor sh~lt ke~p ~ accurate ~ocount
of ~ deg~ received at ~he dog pound, ~d o~ all doMs killed or
re!oE~Od therefrom.~ ~ ~
Se~. i~. Whenever ar~y dog wl.~hin the City of Columbia
s~%all ~ave bitten ~y person, or have be~n reported to ~he Health Officer
as pro~ided in section seven ('/) of this ordinate or by ~y other
pcrson~ If the Health Officer of ~he Ol~y of Columbt~ ~:{eighte shall
req~ms~, it s~all ce t~e duty o¢~ ~he ?~og License inspector, and he
hereby~ a~horize~ ~o t~e e~e~ dog to ~ae"~o~; po:~n~ ~nd there keep such
do~ fo~ sueh ~i~e as said H~l~h Offioe~ m~2 reque~ ~o gtve
~-~. o. ~]o perso~ shat]. In any m~ner molest, hinder or interfere
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wi~h ~y per~on employed by t~e ~ayor to capture dog~ and convey the
same %~ ~h~, dog pound ~htl~ engaEea {n such bcoupation.
SeC. 16. Whoever viol~tes ~y of ~he. proviz]ions of ~his ordinance
~hall n:- conviction thereof ~h~tl.~bo ~bJ~{'ed to a fine not exce~ding
One Hn~dred Doll~r~ ($100) or to lmpriSo~ont in the co~ty ~il not
~eeed~ng nin. ty (90) days. ~ I ~
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~11 ordlnaneem or pmrt~ of ord~n~u~oe~ whioh oonfl~et
with this ordinance arc,
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