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ORDINANCE NO. NS-2483 AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SANTA ANA AMENDING SECTION 5-51 OF THE SANTA ANA MUNICIPAL CODE RELATING TO DOG LICENSE-FEE PJC/9-18-01 THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SANTA ANA DOES ORDAIN AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. The City Council of the City of Santa Ana hereby finds, determines and declares as follows: Currently, Section 5-51(a) of the Santa Ana Municipal Code states that a dog license is valid for a period of one year from the date of purchase. It is appropriate to empower the Director of Finance to provide for the issuance of multi-year licenses, in an effort to reduce staff time and associated costs with processing annual dog licenses. Currently, Section 5-51(c) of the Santa Ana Municipal Code charges a penalty assessment of ten dollars against all persons who fail to secure a dog license within thirty days after the license is required. C= D= An average of 25% of all dog licenses are paid late and require collection efforts by the Director of Finance. = Due to fluctuating costs associated with collection efforts by the Director of Finance, it is appropriate to set the penalty amount of the fee by resolution of the City Council. Said fee shall be paid to the Department of Finance. o It is also appropriate to empower the Director of Finance to establish procedures for the collection of the penalty assessments. Currently, Section 5-51(d) of the Santa Ana Municipal Code waives the license fee for dogs kept in a duly licensed commercial kennel and for seeing eye dogs trained to assist blind persons. It is appropriate to amend Section 5-51(d) to include a waiver for signal dogs and service dogs, in addition to seeing eye dogs, as defined in Penal Code Section 365.5. All provisions of the Santa Ana Municipal Code which are repeated herein are repeated solely in order to comply with the provisions of section 418 of Ordinance No. NS-2483 Page 1 of 3