HomeMy WebLinkAbout71.77 ORDINANCE NO. '/1. 77
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF SARATOGA AMENDING
SECTION 7-20.020 OF THE CITY CODE CONCERNING
ENFORCEMENT OF ANIMAL CONTROL REGULATIONS
AND SUBSECTIQN~7-20.040(b) CONCERNING CONTROL
AND CONFINEMENT OF DOGS
The City Council of the City of Saratoga hereby ordains as follows:
SECTION h Section 7-20,020 in Article 7-20 of the City Code is amended to
read as follows:
"S7-20.020 Enforcement of Article
(a) Delegation of enforcement authority to County. The duty and authority
to enforce the provisionS0f this Article are hereby delegated to the County, unless
a specific duty or function is expressly declared in this Article to be the
responsibility of an officer or employee of the City. The County shall perform its
duties hereunder in accordance with the terms of such contract for animal control
services as may be executed from time to time between the City and the County. In
the event such contract is terminated, the delegation of authority granted herein
shall automatically expire.
(b) Concurrent authority of Community Service Officers. The delegation of
authority made by Paragraph (a) of this Section is non-exclusive, and each
Community Service Officer of the City shall have concurrent authority to enforce
any provisions of this Article for which enforcement authority has been delegated to
the County."
SECTION 2: Paragraph (b) of Section 7-20.040 in Article 7-20 of the City Code
is amended to read as follows~
"(b) No dog shall be permitted or allowed in any residential or commercial
zoning district in the City, except:
(1) within the confines of a building or structure; or
(2) within the confines of a fenced enclosure at least five feet in
height which, in the opinion of the Animal Control Officer, is of
sufficient strength and design to prevent escape by the particular
dog confined therein; or
(3) where such dog at all times is held and led by a leash of not more
than six feet in length, securely attached to a harness or collar on
the dog and held by a person capable of exercising complete
control over such dog."
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SECTION 3: If any section, subsection, sentence, clause or phrase of this
Ordinance is for any reason held by a court of competent jurisdiction to be invalid or
unconstitutional, such decision shall not affect the validity of the remaining portions
of this Ordinance. The City Council of the City of Saratoga hereby declares that it
would have passed this Ordinance and each section, subsection, sentence, clause and
phrase thereof, irrespective of the fact that one or more sections, subsections,
sentences, clauses or phrases may be held invalid or unconstitutional.
SECTION 4: This Ordinance shah be in full force and effect thirty days after its
passage and adoption.
The above and foregoing Ordinance was regularly introduced and after the
waiting time required by law, was thereafter passed and adopted at a regular
meeting of the City Council of the City of Saratoga held on the 6th day of
June ., 1990, by the following vote:
AYES: Councilmembers Anderson,' Moyles, Peterson, Stutzman and Mayor
Clevenger
NOES: None
ABSENT: None
MAYOR
ATTEST:
C~I~YCL~K ~/
~e ~bove-and foregoing is a true and correct
copy of Ordinance i'~J'--q'~ - which has been
pub!ished according to law. ~/,~//,~/
"Deputy City Cterk / Date
Rev. 5/16/90 -2-