Ordinance 909 . . • i
ORDINANCE NO. 909
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF CUPERTINO AMENDING
• SECTION 8.08.240 OF THE CUPERTINO MUNICIPAL
CODE, RELATZNG TO DOG LICENSE FEES, AND DECLARING
TAE URGENCY THEREOF
THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CUPERTINO DOES ORDAIN
AS FOLLOWS:
1. Amendment.
Section 8.08.240 of the Cupertino Municipal Code is hereby
amended to read as follows:
"8.08.240 Do License--Fees. A dog license fee of twelve
dollars ($12. per annum s a e pa d for each doq within the City,
except that the fee for a spayed female or neutered male shall be six
dollars ($6.00). The director of public health or his desiqnated rep-
resentative may require the submission of a certificate of a licensed
veterinarian statinq that a dog has been spayed or neutered prior to
issuance of a license at the lesser fee. An additional fee of six
dollars ($6.00) shall be paid for a license purchased more than sixty
(60) days after notice to the owner to obtain a license or sixty (60)
days after expiration of a license. Licenses and tags for dogs used
principally for the purpose of guiding persons with defective eyesight
and for dogs used in law enfozcement aqencies shall be issued upon
request without charge. Dog owners who have attained the aqe of 65
years and own only one (1) dog shall not be required to pay annual
renewal license fees for the one (1) dog, provided the doq is spayed or
neutered or a veterinarian certifies that the dog cannot be spayed or
neutered for health reasons.
2. Urgency Clause and Effective Date.
This ordinance shall take effect immediately as an urgency
measure, it being necessary for the continued protection of the public
health, safety and welfare of the inhabitants of the City of Cupertino
for the followinq reasons:
The Department of Public Health of the State of
California has found that rabies exists in the County
of Santa Clara; the County of Santa Clara has adopted
appropriate regulations and has the facilities to pre-
vent the spread of rabies among animals and to avoid
the possibility of human beings becoming infected with
this desease; the County of Santa Clara heretofore has
administered and enforced said requlations for and on
behalf of the City of Cupertino; said regulations have
been amended with an effective date, as to doq license
fees of January 1, 1979 : and to provide the continued
protection of the inhabitants of the City of Cupertino,
it is necessary that this ordinance take effect immed-
iately. ,
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' INTRODUCED and ENACTED at a regular meetinq of the City
* Council of the City of Cupertino on the tad day of Jaauary, 1979,
by the followinq vote:
Vote Members of the City Council
A'tES: Meyers, 0'&eefe, Rogers~ Spazks, Jackson
NOES: None
ABSENT: Nona
ABSTAIN: Nonn
APPROVEDi
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