HomeMy WebLinkAbout1981-2492 ANIMAL & KENNEL LICENSE FEES • ORDINANCE NO. 22
AN ORDINANCE relating to public safety and morals; specifying
animal and kennel license fees; amending Section
6.22.050 of the City of Yakima Municipal Code;
and declaring an emergency.
WHEREAS, the City Council hereby finds and declares an emer-
gency to exist so as to require this ordinance to become immediately
effective for the reason that the animal licensing year commences
on February 1, 1981, and the lapse of thirty days until this ordi-
nance would otherwise be effective would not accommodate the col-
lection of the increased fee provided by this ordinance, proceeds
from which are budgeted as revenue in the 1981 City Budget pre-
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viously adopted, now, therefore,
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY OF YAKIMA:
Section 1. Section 6.22.050 of the City of Yakima Municipal
Code is hereby amended to read as follows:
"6.22.050 License fees. For the year from February
1, 1981, through January 31, 1982, and for each year there-
after, the annual license fees for owning, keeping or
having control of dogs, and dog and cat kennels, in the
city of Yakima shall be as follows:
Each dog, male or female $10.00
Dog kennel 27.50
Cat kennel--six or more cats 11.00
Provided, that in the case of dogs or kennels previously
licensed, there shall be an additional fee of fifteen
dollars for each dog or kennel license which is purchased
more than sixty days after the first day of February of
any year starting with 1981."
Section 2. This ordinance is one to provide for the immediate
preservation of the public peace, property, health, safety and wel-
fare of the people of the City of Yakima and an emergency is hereby
declared to exist and this ordinance shall be in full force and
effect immediately upon its passage, approval and publication as
provided by law and by the City Charter.
PASSED BY THE CITY COUNCIL, signed and approved this „fi
day of A lah i gA, 1981.
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Mayor
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