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HomeMy WebLinkAbout1355 w • • RESOLUTION NO. 1355 RESOLUTION ESTABLISHING AND FIXING ANIMAL CONTROL FEES WHEREAS, heretofore the City of the Town of Los Altos Hills adopted by reference the Santa Clara County Animal Ordinance with certain amendments thereto; and WHEREAS, recently the Board of Supervisors has established new fees for certain services and the City Council desires to approve the same fees for the same certain services , herein set forth, performed within the boundaries of the City of the Town of Los Altos Hills, NOW, THEREFORE, IT IS ORDERED as follows : 1. The fee for inspection and ordering of quarantine of any dog within the City of the Town of Los Altos Hills is hereby fixed and established as $20 .00 for each quarantine order (plus actual costs of housing, feeding and otherwise caring for the quarantined dog) ; provided, however, the administrator designated by the County of Santa Clara to administer the Animal Ordinance may waive the inspection and quarantine order fee in the following cases : (a) Hardship, the standard for which is a proven inability to meet ongoing family expenses for the necessities of life; that is, food, clothing and shelter; (b) Where the dog is only suspected of having bitten a person; (c) Dogs used by government law enforcement personnel; 111 (d) Guide dogs for the blind and hearing dogs for the deaf; and (e) Dogs that have bitten any person who is not legally on the property of the owner of the dog. 2. The fees for dog licenses to be charged an owner for each dog are hereby fixed and established as follows : (a) Twelve-month dog license fee (except spayed or neutered) $ 12 .00 (b) Twelve-month dog license fee for spayed or neutered 6 . 00 (c) Prepayment of two consecutive one-year dog license fees (except spayed or neutered) 20 . 00 (d) Prepayment of two consecutive one-year dog license for spayed or neutered 10 . 00 (e) Penalty (imposed for any applica- tions received 60 days after expiration of any existing license or 60 days after notice to obtain a license) 6 .00 (i) Provided, however, a person raising and training a dog for service as a guide dog for a blind person may be issued, one time only, a one-year dog license without charge, provided that the person raising the dog is not receiving remuneration for doing so; that the dog is owned by a nonprofit corporation, licensed by the State of California, for or engaged in the business of providing trained guide dogs for blind people; and that the person raising and training the particular dog in question can present acceptable documentation of these facts . -2- (ii) A dog owner who has attained the age of 65. years and who owns only one (1) dog shall not be re- quired to pay annual renewal license fees for the one (1) dog, provided the dog is spayed or neutered or a doctor of veterinary medicine certifies that the dog cannot be spayed or neutered for health reasons . 3. The fee for cat registration (5 year duration) is fixed and established as $5. 00 . REGULARLY passed and adopted this 3rd day of June, 1981. BY ' Mayor ATTEST: . ( City Clerk -3-