Ordinance 2684-03 - Laserfiche WebLink

Incorporated by reference here are the State Game Department regulations, principally the following: WAC 232-12-15, 232-12-030, 232-12-040, 232-12-050 and 232-12-060. "Harboring"means allowing any animal to remain, be lodged, fed, or sheltered on the property one owns, occupies or controls for more than twenty-four hours. "Kitten"means any cat under the age of six months. "Livestock" includes horses, mules,jackasses, cattle, sheep, llamas, goats, swine, and all ratites, which includes, but is not limited to, emus and ostriches. "Manager"means the manager/director of the city's animal shelter. "Owner"means any person or legal entity having a possessory property right in an animal or who harbors, cares for, exercises control over, or knowingly permits any animal to remain on premises occupied by him. "Personal service"means: handing it to the owner's attorney or to the owner; or leaving it at their office with their clerk or other person in charge thereof, or, if there is no one in charge, leaving it in a conspicuous place therein; or, if the office is closed or the owner has no office, leaving it at their dwelling house or usual place of abode with some person of suitable age and discretion then residing therein. "Proper shelter"means a structure with at least four walls, a roof, a floor which is raised off the ground, a door opening properly shielded from wind and rain, with size commensurate to the size of the inhabiting animal. "Puppy" means any dog under the age of six months. "Regional Pet Licensing Program"means the regional pet licensing progam which the City participates in by virtue of the interlocal agreement between the City and Snohomish County dated April 23, 2003, as revised or amended. "Service dog" or"police dog," which includes "guide dog,"means a dog that is trained or approved by an accredited school, or state institution of higher education, engaged in training dogs for the purpose of assisting or accommodating a physically disabled person related to the person's physical disability. "Sexually neutered"means medically determined to be incapable of reproduction or when the physical condition of an animal is certified by a licensed veterinarian to be such as would prohibit performance of such medical procedure to render it unreproductive. "Small livestock" includes domesticated fowl and fur-bearing animals which are normally bred or maintained within pens, cages or hutches. "Valid license"means a current tag from the jurisdiction in which the animal resides. Section 2: Section 3 of Ordinance No. 1810-91 as amended by Section 2 of Ordinance No. 2394-99 (EMC 6.04.030) which reads as follows: Registration and licensing of cats and dogs-Requirements as amended currently reads as follows: A. All adult cats and dogs harbored, kept or maintained within the city shall be licensed and registered annually, or within thirty days of acquisition by the owner, or within thirty days of being moved into the city, whichever occurs later. Licenses shall be issued upon payment of the amount required by Section 6.04.100 of this chapter, and upon proof of current vaccination for the following communicable disease from a licensed veterinarian: rabies. Dogs and cats issued a lifetime license are not subject to the annual registration. 4