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HomeMy WebLinkAboutOrd 0249 - Animal Control (Repealed by Ord 571) 337 §4 571 ORDINANCE NO. 249 AN ORDINANCE PROVIDING FOR THE LICENSING 01F ALL DOGS WITHIN THE CORPORATE LIMITS CF THE TOWN OF TUKWILA, PROHIBITING DOGS FROM RUNNING AT LARGE WITHIN THE CORPORATE LIMITS OF TUKWILA DURING CERTAIN PERIODS; AUTHO:RIZING THE IMPOUNDING AND DESTRUCTION OF DOGS; PROVIDING A PENALTY; AND REPEALING ALL ORDINANCES IN CON FLICT THEREWITH. BE IT O=RDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE TOWN OF TUKWILA: Section 1. DEFINITION OF 'PERMS. As used in this ordinance, unless the context otherwise indicates, (a) "Bog" 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. Section 2. LICENSE AND REGISTRATION REQUIRED. All dogs kept, har- bored or maintained by their owners in the Town of Tukwila shall be licensed and registered if over four (4) months of age. Dog Licenses shall be issued by the town 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 farms provided for such purpose, his name and address and the name, breed, color and sex of each dog owner or kept by hint. The provisions of this section shall not be intended to apply to dogs whose owners are nonresidents temporarily within the town, nor to dogs brought.; into the town 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 tp place, nor to dogs retained in licensed kennels within the town. Section 3. TAG AND COLLAR. Upon payment of the license fee, the clerk shall issue to the owner a license certificate 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 certificate. 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 h constantly worn. In case a dog tag is lost or destroyed, a duplicate will be issued by the 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 Town Clerk upon the death of the dog or the owner's leaving the town 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 animal, reptile or fowl 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 animal, reptile or fowl may be impounded by the poundmaster. Whenever it shall be affirm- ed in writing by 3 or more personal having separate residences, or refu- larly employed in the neighborhood that any animal, reptile or fowl is an habitual nuisance by reason of trespassing, 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 poundmaster if he finds such nuisance to exist in fact, shall serve notice upon the owner or custodian that such nuisance must be abated within 43 hours, after which the poundmaster 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 animal. reptile or fowl shall constitute a violation of this ordinance. Section 5. RUNNING AT LARGE PRCHILIT:'D DURING CERTAIN PERIODS. No owner or keeper of any dog shall permit such dog to run at large if unlicensed. It shalll be unlawful to permit any dog to run at large be- tween the hours of 10 :00 P. M. of one day and 6 :00 A.M. of 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 pubic place or upon any adjoining lot or premises. It shall be un- lawful 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 lacat- ed in the Town of Tukwila during regular school hours from 8 :00 A.M. to 5 :00 P.M. from Monday through »'riday 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 and theresifter disposed of as herein prescribed. Section 6. IMPOUNDING. it shall be the duty of every police officer or dog warden to apprehend any dog found running at large contrary to the provisions of Section 5 and to impound such dog in the city pound or other suitable place. The dog master upon receiving any dog shall make a complete registry, entering the breed, color and sex of such dog and whether licensed. If licensed he shall enter the name and address of the owner and the number of the license tag. Licensed dogs shall be separated from unlicensed dogs. Section 7. REDEMPTION OF IMPOUNDED ANIMALS. (a) The owner shall be entitled to resume possession of any impounded dog, except as hereinafter provided in the cases of certain dogs, upon compliance with the license provisions in Section 2 of this ordinance and the payment of impoundment fees set forth herein. (b) Any other animal impounded under the provisions of this ordinance may be reclaimed by the owner upon the payment of impoundment fees set forth herein. (c) Any animal impounded under the provisions of this ordinance and not reclaimed by its owner within five (5) days, may be humanely des- troyed by the dog warden or police officer, such regulations to be fixed by the dog warden, or placed in the custody of some person deemed to be a responsible and suitable owner, who will agree to comply with the provisions of this ordinance and such regulations as shall be fixed by the dog warden. Provided, if the animal is one as to which the respective rights of the owner and the person in possession or custody are determined by state law, such law shall be complied with. Section 8. IMPOUNDMENT FEES. Any animal impounded hereunder may be reclaimed as herein provided upon payment of its license fee to the Town of Tukwila, if not licensed, and upon payment by the owner to the dog warden of the sure of gx3.00 for each dog, and the additional sum of 50 cents for each day such dog is kept after the expiration of the legal detention period; impoundment fees set forth herein shall be collected for the City of Auburn, and such additional sums as herein provided for keeping animals, shall be collected by the dog warden and retained by the City of Auburn to help defray the costs of keeping such animals beyond the period set forth herein. Section 9. 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 oth.er 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 thedog warden after payment of the fees provided in Section 8; 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 dog is securely muzzled. Section 10. DISPOSITION OF INFECTED DOGS. Any unlicensed dog required by law to be licensed, or any dog which appears to be suffer- ing from rabies or affected with hydrophobia, mange or other infectious or dangerous diseas shall not be released but may be forthwith de- stroyed. Section 11. MUZZLING. Whenever it becomes necessary to safeguard the public from the dangers of hydrophobia the Mayor, if he deems it necessary, shall issue a proclamation ordering every person owning 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 =muzzled dog running at large during the time of the pro- clamation shall be seized ana impounded. Every reasonable effort should be made to apprehend and impound any dog suspected of having rabies. Such animal is not to be killed, but ?must be securely confined for at least ten (10) days until a diagnosis is established. If apprehension of such animal is impossible, destruction of the animal must be accomp- lished 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. Dogs impounded during the first two(2) days of such proclamation shall, if claimed within five(5) days, be released to the owner, unless infect- ed with rabies, upon payment of the impounding charges provided for in Section 8. If unclaimed after that period such dog may be summarily destroyed. Section 12. PENALTIES. Any owner found violating any provisions of this ordinance shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction thereof shall be punished by a fine of not less than 1)25.00 nor more than 0100.00 for each offense. Section 13. REPEAL OF CONFLICTING ORDINANCES. All existing ordi- nances of the Town of Tukwila are hereby repealed in so far as they may be inconsistent with the provisions of this ordinance. Section 14. SEPARABILITY OF PROVISIONS. It is the intention of the Town Council that each separate provision of this ordinance shall be deemed independent of all other provisions herein, and it is fturther the intention of the Town Council that if any provisions of this ordi- nance be declared invalid, all other provisions thereof shall remain valid and enforceable. Section 15. EFFECTIVE DATE. This ordinance shall be in full force and effect five days from and after its passage, approval and posting as required by law. PASSED by the Town Council and approved by the Mayo± this 18th day of December, 1957 MAYOR Attest: TOWN CLERK Approved as to form: CO 4 TOW 1 ATTORNEY