Show DOG ORDINANCE AN N ORDINANCE AMENDING THE EXISTING D DAVIS A V I S COUNTY DOG ORDINANCE WHICH PROVIDES F FOR FORTHE 0 R THE TIlE LICENSING AND CONTROL CONTROL CONTROL CON CON- OF DOGS IN THE TilE UNINCORPORATED UNINCORPORATED UNINCORPORATED UN- UN INCORPORATED AREA OF DAVIS DAWS COUNTY The Board of or County Commissioners Commissioners Com Coin missioners of or Davis County State of Utah ordains as follows follows follows fol fol- lows 1 That Section 1 of the Davis County Dog Ordinance be and the same hereby is amended to read as follows SECTION 1 DOG TAX COL COL- LECTOR There is hereby created the position of County Dog Tax Collector for the purpose of licensing and controlling dogs in the County area and the provisions pro pro- visions of or this apply only to the area of or D Davis vis County outside the limits of Cities and Towns The Dog Tax Collector shall be appointed by bythe bythe bythe the Davis County Commission and he shall work under the direction direction di die of or the Commission and shall shaH either be paid a salary or ora ora ora a commission as determined by bya a Resolution of oC the Board of Davis Dans County I 2 That Section 5 of or the Davis County Dog Ordinance be and the same hereby is amended to read road as follows SECTION 5 LICENSING AND REGISTRATION OF DOGS a. a It shall be unlawful for any person to own keep harbor harbor harbor har har- bor or maintain a d dog g or dogs over the age of four months without registering and obtaining obtaining obtaining obtain obtain- ing a license for such sueh dog or dogs from the County License Director or the Dog Tax Col Col- lector The annual fee for or such license shall be for each male or spayed female and 1000 for each fe fe- fe male Initially no female dog shall be licensed as spayed without a certificate from a registered graduate veterinarian ian inn that an has been performed upon such female female fe Ce fe- fe male dog Thereafter the applicant applicant ap ape for a license of a female dog having theretofore filed med a certificate as above mentioned shall only be required to sign signa a statement that an omy has been performed The annual license period under this ordinance shall be on a calendar year rear basis b. b Payment of license fee for all dogs and dog kennels shall be made at the office of or the County License Director or to the Dog Tax Tai Collector or his representatives c. c At the time application is made for such license the owner owner own own- I er shall state his name and address address address ad ad- dress the breed color and sex of or each dog owned or kept by b him d. d Dog licenses and kennel licenses shall be due on January January Janu Janu- a ary 1 1 of each year and shall become delinquent on March 1 of each year It shall be unlawful unlawful ful lul for any person to own keep harbor or maintain a dog or dogs over o the age of four months after March 1 of each year without having obtained a license and it shall also be unlawful unlawful un un- lawful for any person to own keep or maintain a dog kennel after March 1 of or each year ear without having obtained a dog kennel license 3 That Section 7 of or the Davis County Dog Ordinance be and the same hereby is amended to read as follows SECTION 7 DOG KENNELS I a. a Any person owning keeping keeping keep keep- ing harboring or maintaining three or more dogs dogs' over the age of or four months shall be bo considered to be operating a i dog kennel I b. b No person shall operate I or maintain a dog kennel without with out first obtaining a dog kennel ken nel net license from the County License Director or Dog Tax 4 Collector c. c All applications for Cor licens licens- licenses es to operate or maintain a dog kennel shall be submitted in writing upon printed forms provided provided pro pro- vided by the County License Di rector d. d The rhe County City Health Inspector In shall inspect licensed kennels for sanitation at least once a year c. c Any person conducting operating op crating or maintaining a dog kennel shall pay an annual li 11 license cense fee lee of oC 2500 per year 4 That Section 12 of the Dais Davis Davis Dav Dav- is Count County Dog Ordinance be and the same hereby Is amended amend amend- ed to read as follows SECTION 12 DISPOSITION 0 N OF UNCLAIMED AND INFECTED INFECTED INFECTED IN IN- DOGS a a. a All impounded dogs not redeemed within five days of or orthe the date of or impounding may maybe maybe maybe be destroyed or sold to the person first making written request request request re re- re- re quest for lor purchase at an absolute absolute lute price of ot 1000 and under no circumstance shall the Dog I Tax Collector accept more or orless orless orless I less than this amount b. b Any dog that bites a person person person per per- son and breaks the skin shall shaH be placed under quarantine f forthe for forthe r the period of or 14 days If at the end of oC that time the dog has not developed rabies as determined determined determined deter deter- mined by a qualified registered veterinarian it may be re reo leased d to the owner upon his request Provided however t that the dog shall not be released released released re re- re- re leased until the board bill has been paid at the rate of per day but that the owner shall not be required to pay any other impounding fees If It the dog is not found rabid and the owner does docs not redeem the dog after three days notice the dog may be sold or destroyed In the event that the dog is determined determined determined de de- de- de not to be rabid and the owner cannot be located thE dog may be destroyed after aCter five lve days das c. c Any impounded dog suffering suffering suf suI fering from mange distemper or other serious disease excluding excluding ex ex- eluding rabies may be released to the care of a veterinarian at the request of the owner if such owner can be located If such uch dogs are strays they I I Ishall shall be destroyed if not recovered recovered reco I ered by the owner within five live days ys of or being impounded d. d Any impounded dog which appears to be suffering from Crom rabies shall not be released butI but I shall be kept under observation for two weeks after aCter which if H found round not to be rabid by a qualified quay Hied veterinarian it may be berel rel released to the owner or disposed disposed disposed dis dis- posed of oC as provided in in Paragraph Paragraph Paragraph Para Para- Para Para- graph above 5 That Section 17 of oC th the Davis County Dog Ordinance be ba and the same hereby is amended to read as follows SECTION 17 LAWFUL TO TOGO TOGO TOGO GO ON PREMISES n a. a Any peace officer or the Dog Tax Collector or his deputies tics ties are authorized to enter the yards and lands of any person to take take- possession of a dog that has bitten an individual or one that is or appears to be rabid G. G That Section 20 of or the Davis Dav Day Davis DayIs is County Dog Ordinance be and nd the same hereby is amended amend amend- ed to read as follows SECTION 20 PROCEDURE a. a Upon any violation of or the theof of 01 the Dog Tax Collector Collector Collector tor may prepare in triplicate or more copies a written not notice no- no t tice ce to the person in violation to appear in court containing the name and address of or such person the license number the I Ithe breed sex and color of or the dog the time place and offense charged and also the time and place where such person shall shan appear in court b. b The time specified in said notice to appear must be at least 5 days clays after such issuance unless the person in violation shall demand an earlier hear hear- ing c. c The place specified in in said notice to appear must be made before beCore a magistrate within Davis County d. d The person in violation may sign the written promise to to-so to so appear i in c court url by signing at least one copy of the written notice prepared by the Dog Tax Collector If U the written promIse promise promise prom prom- ise to appear is signed the Dog Tax Collector shall deliver a copy copy of said notice to the person person person per per- son promising to appear and the original with the magistrate before whom he is js' to appear e. e If the person In violation refuses to sign ign the promise to appear the llie Dog Tax Collector ma may then file a complaint belore be bec lore a magistrate within the county against the person in inI I violation thereupon a summons summons summons sum sum- mons to appear will be issued out of ot the magistrates magistrate's court f. f It shall be unlawful for any person to io sign a promise to appear appear ap ap- pear and and th then n fail to appear appeal contrary to his promise 7 That Sections 21 and 22 be and the same hereby are arc added to the Davis County Dog Ordinance Ordinance nance wit to-wit SECTION 21 The foregoing for goi g provisions o othis of this ordinance shall govern al all police poli e of leers in issuing citations cita cita- lions for violations of oC this ordinance ordinance nance but the procedure prescribed prescribed pre pre- scribed herein shall shaU not otherwise other other- wise wisTe be he exclusive of any other othe method prescribed by law for forthe forthe forthe the arrest and prosecution of a person for an offense offense of or like grade SECTION 22 In the opinion of the Board Boan of County Commissioners Commissioners' of I Davis County this ordinance is I necessary for Cor the peace health I and safety of said Davis County and the inhabitants thereof 1 therefore this ordinance shall I become effective immediately ly upon its passage passa e and upon a copy copt being published in accordance accordance accordance accord accord- t ance with law and upon a CoP copy being deposited in in the of office ce of oC the Davis County Clerk of or Da Day Dav Davis is County Utah Un Unanimously passed and approved approved approved ap ap proved this day of March A. A D. D 1962 Commissioners Eugene Tolman George Evan Taylor and Wayne Winegar all aU voting aye ayaH Sayo EUGENE TOLMAN y r Chairman of or the Board of County Commissioners ATTEST John M. M Park i Clerk i ii i |