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C JL: po <br />8-15-75 <br /> <br />ORDINANCE NO. NS-1272 <br /> <br />AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF SANTA ANA ~NDING <br />SECTION 5-51 OF THE SANTA ANA MUNICIPAL CODE <br />TO PERMIT THE COUNCIL TO ESTABLISH DOG LICENSE <br />TAXES BY RESOLUTION <br /> <br /> THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SANTA ANA DOES ORDAIN <br />AS FOLLOWS: <br /> <br /> SECTION 1: This ordinance is for the purpose of fix- <br />ing the rate of taxation for a dog license tax as specified <br />herein, and for the purpose of providing a tax levy for the <br />usual and current expenses of the City of Santa Ana. <br /> <br /> SECTION 2: That Section 5-51 of the Santa Ana Muni- <br />cipal Code is hereby amended to read as follows: <br /> <br />SECTION 5-51. Taxation - Amount <br /> <br /> (a) A license tax is levied on all dogs over the <br />age of four (4) months (except as otherwise hereinafter pro- <br />vided) owned, kept or harbored by, in the custody of, or <br />under the control of any person within the City. The amounts <br />of such tax for neutered and unneutered dogs and exemptions <br />therefrom if any, shall be established by resolution of <br />the Council. Each license fee shall be paid annually, on <br />the first day of July, to the Director of Finance as provided <br />by Resolution of the City Council. Unless otherwise provided <br />by Resolution, the full amount shall be paid for any fraction <br />of the licensing year. The Director of Finance may provide <br />for the renewal of dog licenses by mail. <br /> <br /> (b) Any person who imports or brings into the City <br />any dog with the intent to remain longer than two weeks shall, <br />within five (5) days after its arrival, cause the same to <br />be vaccinated and licensed as herein provided. <br /> <br /> (c) A penalty assessment of four dollars ($4.00) <br />shall be charged against all persons who fail to secure <br />said license within thirty (30) days after said license is <br />required. <br /> <br /> (d) Said license tax shall be deemed a debt due the <br />City from the owner and in addition to the criminal penalties <br />of this Code provided, such debt may be collected in the <br />name of the City as any other debt may be collected. <br /> <br /> The foregoing license tax shall not apply to any dog <br />while kept in a duly licensed commercial kennel, not to any <br />seeing eye dog trained to assist blind persons while such dog <br />is actually being kept and used by a blind person for the <br />purpose of aid in going from place to place. <br /> <br /> SECTION 3: If any section, subsection, sentence, <br />clause, phrase or portion of this ordinance is for any reason <br />held to be invalid or unconstitutional by the decision of <br />any court of competent jurisdiction, such decision shall <br />not affect the validity of the remaining portions of this <br />ordinance. The City Council of the City of Santa Ana hereby <br />declares that it would have adopted this ordinance and each <br />section, subsection, sentence, clause, phrase or portion <br />thereof irrespective of the fact that any one or more sec- <br />tions, subsections, sentences, clauses, phrases or portions <br />be declared invalid or unconstitutional. <br /> <br /> <br />