HomeMy WebLinkAbout1978-2183 PROCEDURES & FEES FOR THE REDEMPTION OF IMPOUNDED DOGS & OTHER ANIMALS. ORDINANCE NO,` .2/E3
AN ORDINANCE relating to public safety and morals; providing pro,
cedures and prescribing fees for the redemption of
impounded dogs and other animals; amending Section
6.20.110 of the City of Yakima Municipal Code.
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BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY OF YAKIMA;
'Section 1. Section 6.20.110 of the City of Yakima Municipal
Code is hereby amended to read as follows;
"6.20,110 Redemption o dogs and other animals,
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A. The owner or owner's agent of any dog or other
animal impounded pursuant to Chapters 6,14, 6,20 or 6,22 of
this title may redeem the impounded dog or animal within
seventy-two hours after notice of the impoundment is given
pursuant to Section 6,20.100 of this chapter. Such
redemption shall be effected as provided by either Subsection
B or Subsection C of this section.
B.
(1) Except for animals contemplated by Subsection B (2)
of this section, redemption for each sterilized dog, male
or female, may be accomplished by payment to the impounding
authority of $15,00 for the first two impoundments of the
same dog during any twelve month. period, and $35,00 for each
subsequent impoundment of that same dog during that twelve
month period, Redemption for each unsterilized dog, male
or female, may be accomplished by payment to the impounding
authority of $20,00 for the first two impoundments of the
same dog during any twelve month period, and $40.00 for each
subsequent impoundment of that same dog during that twelve
month period. In addition to the impoundment fee provided
by this subsection, a person redeeming an unlicensed dog
shall also pay for and obtain a current City of Yakima dog
license before the dog is redeemed. In addition to the im-
poundment fee ? an additional charge of $2,50 per day shall
be imposed for the period of time that the impounded dog is
kept in the pound after impounding,
(2) In the case of smaller animals other than dogs not
requiring special equipment for transporting the same to the
pound, the impounding fee shall be $3,00 and a charge- of
not less than $2,50 per day may be imposed by the impounding
authority for the care and feeding of such animals. In the
case of larger animals requiring special equipment for trans-
porting the same to the pound (any equipment larger than a
pickup or panel delivery truck) the basic impounding fee
shall be $15.005 and in the event such an impoundment occurs
at any time other than between 9:00 o'clock a,m. to 500
o'clock pm, on week days or between 10:00 o'clock a,m, and
4:00 o'clock p,m, on a Saturday, or if the impoundment occurs
411 on a legal holiday, the impoundment fee shall be $45,00, An
additional charge of $2,50 per day shall be made for the
caring and feeding of such animals.
(3) Any payment required by this subsection for the
redemption of an impounded dog or other animal may be made
with any commercially reasonable tender, including but not
limited to cash, money orders or personal checks drawn on
local banks on sufficient identification being made.
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C. In the event an owner of an impounded dog or other
animal desires to contest the validity of the impoundment
the impounded dog or other animal nevertheless may be redeemed
by the execution and delivery to the impoundment authority
of a promissory note payable to the City of Yakima in. the
amount of $50,00 plus the appropriate impoundment fee and
the simultaneous filing with the impoundment authority of
a 'Request for Animal Impoundment Hearing' on a form to be
provided by the impoundment authority and which shall read
substantially as follows:
IN THE DISTRICT COURT FOR YAKIMA COUNTY
CITY OF YAKIMA,
Plaintif , NO, f, ]
v.
I REQUEST FOR ANIMAL
1 IMPOUNDMENT HEARING
( of owner)
Defendant,
as owner or owner's agent
(full name)
of a
(dog or animal description/license nilinber)
hereby request a hearing to contest its impoundment on
at
(date) (place)
Grounds for contesting the validity of the impound-
ment:
I understand that if I fail to appear at the time
set for hearing, in accordance with a notice to be given
to me by the court, judgment will be entered against me
for the amount of my promissory note payable to the City
of Yakima, given in connection with this request for hear-
ing, together with additional court costs.
Dated
(signature of owner or agent)
Address
Telephone number
The impounding authority shall cause all timely requests
for animal impoundment hearing to be filed with the District
Court for Yakima County.
D. If an impounded dog or other animal is not redeemed
by its owner within the seventy-two hour period following
the notice of impoundment, then any person may redeem the dog
or other animal by complying with the provisions of Subsec-
tion B (1) of this section; provided, however, that within
the discretion of the impounding authority, any such impounded
dog or other animal may be humanely destroyed or otherwise
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disposed of; provided, further, that in the case of any
horse, mule, cattle, hog or other stock animals that may
be impounded when running at large within the City of
Yakima, the impounding authority shall follow the procedure
established by the laws of the State of Washington in Title
16 of the Revised Code of Washington relative to the care
and sale of estrays."
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7 Section 2. This ordinance shall be in full force and
effect thirty days after its final passage, approval and
publication, as provided by law and by the City Charter.
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PASSED BY THE CITY COUNCIL, signed and approved this
day of , 1978.
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