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HomeMy WebLinkAboutOrd 1976-1710 - � ' �� - - � I ' ' � ORDINANCE NO. 1710 � AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF CHULA VISTA AMENDING SECTION 6 . 20 . 030 OF THE CHULA VISTA MUNICIPAL CODE BY ADDING THERETO PROVISIONS FOR TRANSFER OF A DOG LICENSE FROM A DECEASED DOG TO AN UNLICENSED DOG FOR THE BALANCE OF THE I.ICENSE PERIOD The City Council of the City of Chula Vista does ordain as follows : SECTION I : That Section 6 . 20. 030 of the Chula Vista t4unicipal Code be, and the same is hereby amended to read as follows : Sec. 6. 20 . 030 Application Required - Procedure - Transfer Licensing Procedures. A separate application shall be made for each dog. The application shall be �made on the form provided by the Finance Officer and shall be filed with the Finance Office on or before January 31st of each year. If a dog is acquired by the owner or is brought into the city or reaches the age of four months after January lst of any year, the owner shall apply for a license within thirty days thereafter. It is declared to be the intent of this chapter to apply the licensing requirements fo all dogs brought into the city except those accompanying visitors or tourists who do not stay within the city more than thirty days . A dog having a license issued by another legisla- , tive authority elsewhere in the State of California and which has been vaccinated with live virus vaccine and the immunization period therefor has not expired, may upon application of its owner be issued a transfer license good for the remainder of the calendar year upon payment of a fee of one dollar. The applicant for such , license shall surrender to the Finance Officer the out- of-city license and evidence of vaccination. The penal- ties provided in this chapter shall not apply to licenses issued under the provisions of this section. Whenever the ownership of a dog has changed, the new owner may secure a transfer of license to him by endorse- ment on the records of the Finance Officer upon the pay- ment of a transfer fee of one dollar and the presentation to the Finance Officer of the original receipt endorsed by the original licensee as a trasferrer. Proof of vaccination against rabies, which vaccination is required in compliance with the provisions of this code and the Health and Safety Code o£ the State of California, shall be a condition precedent to the licensing of any dog under the provisions of this chapter, and the certi- ficate of vaccination which is required by said codes may serve as proof of vaccination. No license may be issued under the provisions of this chapter unless the certificate - 1 - � Revised 1Q-12-76 .. _ . �' iof vaccination shows that the effective duration of such vaccination shall be for a period of at least eleven months beyond the beginning of the year for�which the license is issued in the case of one-year licenses, and . for at least twenty-three months beyond the beginning of the two-year period for which a license is issued in + the case of two-y,ear licenses. When any dog oconer presents evidence that a previously licensed dog is deceased or executes a declaration under penalty o£ perjury of such a fact, said owner may secure a transfer of the license previously issued to such an • animal to a newly acquired dog for the balance of the license period upon the payment of a transfer fee of two dollars and the presentation to the Finance Officer of proof of vacccination against rabies. The Finance Officer shall note on the original application the name and des- cription of the animal to which the license has been � transferred. SECTION II: This ordinance shall take effect and be in full force on the thirty-first from and after its adoption. Presented and Approved as to Form by ' � ` . George . Lin erg, City Atto ey ADOPTED AND APPROVED by the CITY COUNCIL of the CITY OF CHULA VISTA, CALIFORNIA, this 26th day of October� , 197�, by the following vote, to-wit: AYES : Councilmen Hyde . Cox , Hamilton, Egdahl , rT�ha� NAYES: Councilmen None ABSENT: Councilmen None �����'��� Mayor of the City of Chula Vista ATTE ST Q� � City Clerk STATE OF CALIFORNIA) , COUNTY OF SAN DIEGO) ss. CITY OF CHULA VISTA) � I, , City Clerk of the City of Chula Vista, California, D� EREBY CERTIFY that the above is a full, true and correct copy of R�a������ No. , and that the same has not been amended or repealed. DATED City Clerk I _