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VACCINATION VICIOUS DOG The inoculation of a dog with canine rabies vaccine approved by the Director of the Division of Veterinary Public Health, Orange County Health Department. Any dog which is known to have bitten any person. SECTION 2: That Section 4111.2 of Part 1, Chapter 1, Article IV of the Santa Ana Municipal Code is amended to read as follows: Section 4111.2. Possession of Unvaccinated Dog Prohibited. No person shall keep, harbor, or maintain upon his premises, or have title to, any dog over four (4) months of age within the City of Santa Ana when said dog has not been vaccinated as required by this Part, except as otherwise provided herein. SECTION 3: That Section 4112 of Part 1, Chapter 1, Article IV of the Santa Ana Municipal Code is amended to read as follows: Section 4112. License Tax Imposed. (a) A license tax is hereby levied on all dogs over the age of four (4) months owned, kept, harbored, or in the custody or under the control of any person within the City at the rate of Three Dollars ($3.00) for each dog for each two year period, beginning July 1, 1968, and upon the first day of July of every even numbered year thereafter, payable in advance. Any person importing any dog into the City or owning any puppy that reaches the age of four (4) months after the first quarter of said licensing period has expired may be granted a license upon the payment of three-fourths of said license tax; after one-half of the licensing period has expired, may be granted a license upon payment of one-half of said license tax; and after three-fourths of the licensing period has expired, may be granted a license upon payment of one-fourth of said license tax. No renewal of an existing license may be made at a reduced fee without satisfactory proof that the dog has not been subject to such license tax during the expired portion of the license period. The Finance Department may provide for renewal of dog licenses by mail. (b) Said license tax shall be deemed a debt due the City from the owner and, in addition to the criminal penalties provided for this Code, such debt may be collected in the name of the City as any other debt may be collected. The foregoing license tax shall not apply to any dog while kept in a duly licensed kennel, nor to any seeing eye dog trained to assist blind persons while such dog is actually being kept and used by a blind person for the purpose of aid in going from place to place. SECTION 4: That this Ordinance shall take effect thirty (30) days from and after the date of its adoption. PASSED AND ADOPTED by the City Council of the City of Santa Ana at its regular meeting held on the 5th day of February~1968. CLERK OF THE COUNCIL -2-