HomeMy WebLinkAboutOrdinance-1981-0444INTRODUCED BY COUNCILMEMBER MERKL
ORDINANCE NO. 444
Series of 1981
TITLE: AN ORDINANCE REPEALING AND REENACTING SECTIONS 4-13 and 4-14
OF THE CODE OF LAWS OF THE CITY OF WHEAT RIDGE RELATING TO DOG
LICENSES AND REGISTRATION AND PROVIDING PENALTY FOR VIOLATION.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF WHEAT RIDGE, COLORADO:
Section 1. Sections 4-13 and 4-14 of the Code of Laws of the City of
Wheat Ridge are hereby repealed in their entirety, and in their place
and stead are hereby enacted the following:
"Section 4-13. License
(a) A valid dog license shall be a current Mile-Hi Rabies
Tag and Registration Certificate.
(b) A current and valid Mile-Hi Rabies Tag shall be worn on
a collar or harness by the dog at all times. A current and valid
Registration Certificate as above described shall be kept in the
possession of the owner, of an-,7 dog within the City of Wheat
Ridge, and said Registration Certificate or a copy of it shall
be produced or producible by the owner as proof of current
registration in the event of loss of the corresponding numbered
tag.
(c) A dog owner shall obtain a license as above described
for his/her dog within ten days after the dog reaches four
months of age or within ten days after the dog's first permanent
teeth appear, whichever comes first.
(d) The owner of any dog shall have his dog re-licensed
annually, between November 1 and March 1, with a Mile-Hi
Rabies Tag and Registration corresponding to the calendar
year of that January between November 1 and March 1. Such
Mile-Hi Rabies Tag and Registration Certificate shall be con-
sidered current until March 1 following the date of issue.
(e) Mile-Hi Rabies Tag and Registration Certificates are
only to be issued by and obtained from veterinarians currently
licensed to practice Veterinary Medicine in the State of
Colorado after vaccination of the dog with a U.S.D.A. licensed
Rabies vaccine.
(f) New residents of the City of Wheat Ridge may be issued
a current Mile-Hi Rabies Tag and Registration Certificate
for their dog by a veterinarian licensed to practice in the
State of Colorado upon proof of having had the dog vaccinated
for Rabies by a licensed veterinarian with a U.S.D.A. licensed
Rabies vaccine within the last 12 months.
(g) No person shall affix to the collar or harness of any
dog, or permit to remain affixed, a Mile-Hi Rabies Tag
evidencing licensing and vaccination except for the specific
dog for which the tag was assigned at the time the tag was
issued.
Section 4-13.1. Territorial Application
The provisions of Sections 4-13 and 4-14 hereof shall apply to
all dogs, and all owners of all dogs, present within the juris-
dictional boundaries of the City of Wheat Ridge, regardless of
whether the owner or keeper of said dog resides within the City
of Wheat Ridge.
ORDINANCE 444 PAGE TWO
Section 4-14. Violations and Penalty
Any person violating, or owning, keeping, caring for, or possessing
a dog violating, any of the provisions of Section 4-13 hereof shall
be guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction thereof shall be
subject to a fine not to exceed $300.00."
Section 2. Safety Clause. The City Council hereby finds, determines
and declares that this ordinance is promulgated under the police power
of the City of Wheat Ridge; that it is promulgated for the health,
safety and welfare of the public, and that this ordinance is necessary
for the preservation of health and safety for the protection of public
convenience and welfare. The City Council further determines that the
ordinance bears a rational relation to these objectives.
Section 3. Severability. If any clause, sentence, paragraph or part
of this ordinance or the application thereof to any person or circum-
stances shall for any reason be adjudged by a court of competent juris-
diction invalid, such judgment shall not affect, impair or invalidate
the remainder of this ordinance or its application to other persons
or circumstances.
Section 4. This ordinance with take effect 1 day after final
publication.
INTRODUCED, READ AND ADOPTED on first reading by a vote of 6 to
1 this 23rd day of February 1981; ordered published in full in
a newspaper of general circulation in the City of Wheat Ridge and
Public Hearing and consideration on final passage set for Marc, 9
1981, at 7:30 o'clock P.M., at Council Chambers, 7500 West 29th Avenue,
Wheat Ridge, Colorado.
READ, ADOPTED AND ORDERED PUBLISHED on second and final reading
by a vote 7 to 1 this at;l day of March, , 1981.
SIGNED by the Mayor on this
10th day of Mar&.. , 1981.
F
Frank Stites, Mayor
ATTEST:
Carol F. Hampf, City rk
lst Publication Feb. 26, 11,181
2nd Publication Mar. 19, 1981
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Effective Date Mar. 20, 1981
APPROVED AS TO FORM
BY OFFICE OF THE CITY ATTORNEY:
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