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CM:adg 1/12/82 ORDINANCE NO. NS-1623 AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF SANTA ANA AMENDING SANTA ANA MUNICIPAL CODE SECTION 5-15, REGARDING THE DISPOSITION OF ANIMALS THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SANTA ANA DOES ORDAIN AS FOLLOWS: SECTION 1: That section 5-15 of the Santa Ana Municipal Code, is hereby amended to read as follows: Sec. 5-15. Disposition of Animals (a) Any impounded animal may be redeemed by the owner upon payment of the fees established by resolution of the city council. The owner must also demonstrate to the satisfaction of the health officer of Orange County, or other person as designated by resolution of the city council, that he is the owner of the animal, and that he can keep such animal in conformance with the requirements of this chapter. (b) If a licensed animal is not redeemed within seven (7) days of impoundment, or an unlicensed animal is not redeemed within three (3) days of impoundment, excluding Orange County holidays and the day of impoundment, it shall be deemed abandoned and the health officer of Orange County, or other person as designated by resolution of the city council, may sell, release or destroy said animal; provided, however, that the Orange County Animal Shelter, or other person as designated by resolution of the city council, be discouraged from selling or giving away unclaimed stray animals from the City of Santa Ana to any persons or organizations desiring such animals for research purposes, and that each employee of the city, when turning over animals to the county, or other designated person, during the performance of their duties as city employees, shall direct such receiver not to use such animals for research purposes. SECTION 2: If any section, subsection, sentence, clause, phrase, or portion of this ordinance is for any reason held to be invalid or unconstitutional by the decision of any court of competent jurisdiction, such decision shall not affect the validity of the remaining portions of this ordinance. The City Council of the City of Santa Ana hereby declares that it would have adopted this ordinance and each section, subsection, sentence, clause, phrase or portions thereof, irrespective of the fact that any one or more sections, subsections, sentences, clauses, phrases or portions be declared invalid or unconstitutional. SECTION 3: Neither the adoption of this ordinance nor the repeal hereby of any ordinance shall in any manner affect the prosecution for violation of ordinances, which violations were committed prior to the effective date hereof, nor be construed as affecting any of the provisions of such ordinance relating to t~e collection of any such license or penalty or the penal provisions applicable to any violation thereof, nor to affect the