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HomeMy WebLinkAboutORD 5508CITY OF RENTON, WASHINGTON ORDINANCE NO. 5508 AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF RENTON, WASHINGTON, AMENDING CHAPTER 4, ANIMAL LICENSES, OF TITLE V (FINANCE AND BUSINESS REGULATIONS) OF ORDINANCE NO. 4260 ENTITLED "CODE OF GENERAL ORDINANCES OF THE CITY OF RENTON, WASHINGTON", BY RENUMBERING SUBSECTIONS, PROVIDING FOR ANIMAL LICENSES AND INCLUDING A PENALTY PROVISION. THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF RENTON, WASHINGTON, DOES ORDAIN AS FOLLOWS: SECTION I. Chapter 4, Animal Licenses, of Title V (Finance and Business Regulations) of Ordinance No. 4260 entitled "Code of General Ordinances of the City of Renton, Washington", is hereby amended to read as follows: CHAPTER 4 ANIMAL LICENSES SECTION: 5-4-1: Required Age For Licensing and Penalty for Violation 5-4-2: Annual Fees; Special Rates For Senior Citizens; Blind Persons With Seeing Eye Dogs 5-4-3 5-4-4 5-4-5 5-4-6 Application; Tag Definitions When Provisions Nonapplicable Additional Animals 5-4-1 REQUIRED AGE FOR LICENSING AND PENALTY FOR VIOLATION: A. It shall be unlawful to own or keep a dog or cat of more than four (4) months of age within the City unless the owner or custodian thereof shall have a valid animal license for each such animal. B. A violation of this section shall constitute a civil infraction punishable as set forth in section 1-3-2 of this code. ORDINANCE NO. 5508 5-4-2 ANNUAL FEES; SPECIAL RATES FOR SENIOR CITIZENS; BLIND PERSONS WITH SEEING EYE DOGS: A. All animal licenses issued after January 1, 2010, shall be renewed annually upon the payment of applicable fees as set forth in the City's fee schedule brochure. B. For licenses issued prior to January 1, 2010, the renewal date shall be prior to the expiration of current license; upon which time the new license will be converted to an annual license. C. City residents sixty-two (62) years of age or older, if income qualified as set forth in Subsections 8-5-15D and E and Subsection 8-4-31C of the City Code, shall be entitled to purchase a special permanent animal license. Such qualified senior citizens shall not be required to annually purchase a new license for the lifetime of such licensed animals; provided, that no person so qualified shall be granted more than three (3) permanent licenses for any combination of three (3) cats and dogs for which they are the registered owners. D. Residents of the City who are the owners or custodians of seeing eye dogs shall be exempt from the payment of the annual license fees for said dogs. For the purpose of this Chapter the term "blind person" shall mean a person who has no vision or whose vision, with correcting glasses, is so defective as to prevent the performance of ordinary activities for which eyesight is essential, and who is the owner or custodian of a seeing eye dog to assist such person. Such qualified person shall be eligible to receive from the Finance and ORDINANCE NO. 5508 Information Services Administrator a license for such dog without any charge therefor. The Finance and Information Services Administrator shall require proper evidence of such eligibility as further set forth in RCW 74.16.030, et seq. Such license shall not be transferable and shall be specifically marked for such seeing eye dog. E. All applications for such licenses shall be made to the Finance and Information Services Administrator and the annual license fees shall be paid upon receipt of a renewal notice. In the event the owner or custodian of any such dog or cat fails to procure and fails to pay for such license fee at or before the renewal date, or within thirty (30) days of acquiring the ownership or custody of any such dog or cat, a late charge shall be added to the regular license fee. The City may require reasonable evidence to determine the date of acquisition or custody of any such dog or cat to ascertain whether a late charge shall be imposed. F. The Finance and Information Services Administrator is hereby authorized to permit the City's animal control officer, or any other custodian of animals impounded pursuant to the provisions of the City Code, and any duly licensed veterinarian practicing his profession within the City to sell and issue licenses. The Finance and Information Services Administrator may impose such additional regulations as may be reasonable to carry out the provisions of this Chapter. The Finance and Information Services Administrator is hereby authorized to provide, ORDINANCE NO. 5508 by appropriate designation, the special permanent licenses for qualified senior citizens as hereinabove set forth. 5-4-3 APPLICATION; TAG: Said license shall be obtained by making application to the Finance and Information Services Administrator, or as otherwise provided for herein, upon forms approved and provided by the Finance and Information Services Administrator and upon payment of the required fee; thereupon the license tag, in such form as may be approved by the Finance and Information Services Administrator, will be issued to the applicant and said tag shall be attached firmly and securely to the collar worn at all times by the dog so licensed. In the event such tag has been lost or stolen, then the owner or custodian of such dog shall make prompt application unto the Finance and Information Services Administrator for a duplicate tag and such duplicate tag shall be issued by the Finance and Information Services Administrator upon payment of a duplicate tag fee. 5-4-4 DEFINITIONS: For the purpose of this Chapter, "owner" shall mean any person, firm or corporation owning, having an interest in, right of possession to, control, custody or possession of such an animal. ORDINANCE NO. 5508 5-4-5 WHEN PROVISIONS NONAPPLICABLE: The provisions relating to the licensing of animals shall not apply to such animals in the temporary custody of a veterinarian, or whose owners are bona fide nonresidents temporarily residing or visiting within the City. 5-4-6 ADDITIONAL ANIMALS: The keeping of additional animals may be allowed pursuant to RMC 4-9-100. Application shall be made to the Development Services Division. Upon approval of the issuance of an Additional Animals Permit by the Development Services Director, the Finance and Information Services Administrator shall be authorized to issue a license to keep additional animals to the applicant. The Additional Animals Permit shall be renewed annually upon payment of the required renewal fee and provided Animal Control and/or the Development Services Division has not revoked the permit, pursuant to RMC 4-9-1001. The first-year license fee shall be waived for those who receive an Additional Animals Permit. SECTION II. This ordinance shall be effective January 1, 2010. PASSED BY THE CITY COUNCIL this 23rd day of November ( 2009. Bonnie I. Walton, City Clerk APPROVED BY THE MAYOR this 23rd day of November , 2009. Denis Law, Mayor ORDINANCE NO. 5508 Approved as to form: Lawrence J. Warren, City Attorney Date of Publication: 11/27/09 (Summary) ORD.1598:ll/5/09:scr