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HomeMy WebLinkAboutOrd 0571 - Animal Control (Repealed by Ord 968) R L A i I 3 f E n 1 Lulu 7 5-0 REPEALED BY Ord, CITY /006 OF T WASHINGTON ORDINANCE NO. 571 AN ORDINANCE providing for the licensing of all dogs within the corporate limits of the City of Tukwila, prohibiting dogs from running at large within the corporate limits of Tukwila during certain periods; authorizing the impounding and destruction of dogs; and repealing Ordinances 249 and 337. THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF TUKWILA, WASHINGTON DO ORDAIN AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. DEFINITION OF TERMS: As used in this ordinance, unless the context otherwise indicates, (a) "Dog" shall be intended to mean both male and female. (b) "Owner" shall be intended to mean any person or persons, firm, association or corporation owning, keeping or harboring a dog. (c) "At large" shall be intended to mean off the premises of the owner, and not under the control of the owner or a member of his immediate family, either by leash, cord, chain or otherwise. (d) "Poundmaster" shall be intended to mean any person or persons so designated by the City Council either by appointment or contract. Section 2. LICENSE AND REGISTRATION REQUIRED: All dogs kept, harbored, or maintained by their owners in the City of Tukwila shall be licensed and registered if over four (4) months of age. Dog licenses shall be issued by the City Clerk upon payment of a license tax of $2.00 for each male dog or spayed female dog or unspayed female dog. The owner shall state at the time application is made for such license and upon printed forms provided for such purpose, his name and address and the name, breed, color and sex of each, dog owned or kept by him. The provisions of this section shall not be intended to apply to dogs whose owners are nonresidents temporarily within the City, nor to dogs brought into the City for the purpose of participating in any dog show, nor to "seeing -eye" dogs properly trained to assist blind persons for the purpose of aiding them in going from place to place, nor to dogs retained in licensed kennels within the City. Section 3. TAG AND COLLAR: Upon payment of the license fee, the City Clerk shall issue to the owner a receipt and a metallic tag for each dog so licensed. The shape of the tag shall be changed every year and shall have stamped thereon the year for which it was issued and the number corresponding with the number on the receipt. Every owner shall be required to provide each dog with a collar to which the license tag must be affixed, and shall see that the collar and tag are constantly worn. In case a dog tag is lost or destroyed, a duplicate will be issued by the City Clerk upon presentation of a receipt showing the payment of the license fee for the current year, and the payment of a fifty (50¢) cent fee for such duplicate. Dog tags must be surrendered to the City Clerk upon the death of the dog or the owner's leaving the City before the expiration of the license period, and there shall be no refund in such event. Section 4. TRESPASS AND NUISANCE: It shall be unlawful to suffer or permit any dog to trespass on private or public property so as to damage or destroy any property or thing of value and same is hereby declared to be a nuisance and any such dog may be impounded by the poundmaster. Whenever it shall be affirmed in writing by 3 or more persons having separate residences, or regularly employed in the neighborhood that any dog is an habitual nuisance by reason of trespassong, howling, barking or other noise, or damage to property, being vicious or by its actions potentially vicious or in any other manner causing undue annoyance, the Police Department if it finds such nuisance to exist in fact, shall serve notice upon the owner or custodian that such nuisance must be abated within 48 hours, after which the Police Department shall decide whether such nuisance has been abated and if not, any such animal shall be impounded. Refusal to release to the poundmaster any such dog shall constitute a violation of this ordinance. Section 5. RUNNING AT LARGE PROHIBITED DURING CERTAIN PERIODS: No owner or keeper of any dog shall permit such dog to run at large if unlicensed. It shall be unlawful to permit any dog to run at large between the hours of 10 :00 P'.M. of one day and 6 :00 A.M. of 2 the following day. It shall be unlawful for any dog or other animal, whether licensed or not, to run at large in any park or to enter any public beach, pond, fountain or stream-therein at any time; or to tie or tether any animal on any street or public place or any unenclosed lot or premises in such manner as to permit such animal to enter any sidewalk, street, alley or other public place or upon any adjoining lot or premises. It shall be unlawful for any dog or other animal, whether licensed or not, to run at large on any school grounds of King County School District No. 406 located in the City of Tukwila during regular school hours from 8:00 A.M. to 5:00 P.M. from Monday through Friday of each week inclusive and from September 1st through June 10th of each year. Any dog not so confined is hereby declared to be a public nuisance and may be impounded. Section 6. CONFINEMENT OF CERTAIN DOGS: No dog of fierce, dangerous or vicious propensities, and no female dog in heat; whether licensed or not, shall be allowed to run at large or upon the premises of one other than the owner. If any such dog is found running at large in violation of this provision it shall be taken up and impounded and shall not be released except upon approval of the poundmaster; provided, however, that if any dangerous, fierce or vicious dog so found at large cannot be safely taken up and impounded, such dog may be slain by any policeman. The owner shall confine within a building or secure enclosure, every fierce, dangerous or vicious dog, and not take out of such building or secure enclosure,unless such dogc'.s:rsecurely muzzled. Section 7. DISPOSITION OF INFECTED DOGS: Any unlicensed dog required -by law to be licensed, or any dog which appears to be suffering from rabies or affected with hydrophobia, mange or other infectious or dangerous disease shall not be' released, but may be forthwith destroyed. Section 8. MUZZLING: Whenever it becomes necessary to safe- guard the public from the dangers of hydrophobia, the Mayor, if he deems it necessary, shall issue a proclamation-ordering every person owing or keeping a dog to confine it securely on his premises unless such dog shall have a muzzle of sufficient strength to prevent its biting any person. Any unmuzzled dog running at-large during the time of the proclamation shall be seized and impounded. Every reasonable effort should be made to apprehend and impound any dog suspected of having rabies. Such animal is not to be 3 Ord. killed, but must be securely confined for at least ten days until a diagnosis is established. If apprehension of such animal is impossible, destruction of the animal must be accomplished in such a manner as not to destroy the head and brain of said animal so as to preserve the same for an accurate medical diagnosis of rabies, and said destruction may be done without notice to the owner. Section 9. REPEAL OF CONFLICTING ORDINANCES: The following are hereby repealed: 1. Ordinance No. 249 passed December 18, 1957 2. Ordinance No. 337 passed October 16, 1961. Section 10. SEPARABILITY OF PROVISIONS: It is the intention of the 'City Council that each separate provision of this ordinance shall be deemed independent of all other provisions he.ren: andit is further the intention of the City Council that if any provisions of this ordinance be declared invalid, all other provisions thereof shall remain valid and enforceable. Section 11. EFFECTIVE DATE: This ordinance shall be in full force and effect five days from and after its passage, approval and publishing as required by law. PASSED by the City Council of the City of Tukwila, Washington and approved by the Mayor this day of 1969. Stan D. Minkler, Mayor ATTEST: Freda M. Leahy, City Qterk APPROVED TO FORM: Donald C. Cole; Attorney Pal kaio-txt 4