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ORDINANCE NO. 50<94-
AN ORDINANCE of the City Council of the City of
Bremerton, Washington, amending Section 7.08.010 of the
Bremerton Municipal Code relating to animal licensing.
\VHEREAS, the current provisions of Section 7.08.010 of the Bremelton
Municipal Code relating to licensing of cats and dogs provides for an additional license fee when
licenses are not renewed by the designated renewal date; and
WHEREAS, the City Council desires to authorize the City Clerk to suspend the
additional license fee in order to grant amnesty during short periods in order to increase animal
licensing; NOW THEREFORE,
THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF BREMERTON, WASHINGTON,
DOES HEREBY ORDAIN AS FOLLOWS:
SECTION 1. Section 7.08.010 of the Bremerton Municipal Code entitled "Cat
and Dog Licenses" is hereby amended to read as follows:
7.08.010 CAT AND DOG LICENSES.
(a) Annual License. AU dogs and cats shall be licensed annually or within thirty (30)
calendar days from the date the owner acquires the animal or takes up residence in the City of
Bremerton.
(b) License Expiration. Cat and dog licenses shall expire one (1) calendar year from
the date of issuance.
(c) Cat and Dog License Fee. License fees are set pursuant to BMC 3.01.050.
(d) Additional License Fee. Licenses not renewed by the designated renewal date (
shall be assessed an additional license tee often dollars ($10.00); provided, there shall be no
additional license fee where:
(1) The applicant has owned the cat or dog for less than thirty (30) calendar
days; or
(2) The applicant has resided in the City for less than thirty (30) calendar
days.,.: or
(3) At the discretion o[the City Clerk, amnesty may be granted to all residents
for an announced period of time not to exceed 90 days in duration, and no more frequently than
once per calendar vear. .
(e) Exemptions from License Fees. The following are exempt from license fees:
(1) Cats and dogs in the temporary custody of a veterinarian or animal welfare
organi7.ntion whose owners are unknown;
(2) Cats and dogs owned, and available for retail sale, by the owner or
operator of a licensed commercial pet facility; or
(3) Service dogs.
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BMC 7.08.010
Olt lmd Dog Licenses
(f) Maximum Number of Household Pets. Not more than the accumulative total of
four (4) of the following animals may be kept in conjunction with each permitted dwelling:
(1) Dogs, cats and ferrets over the age of six (6) months.
(2) Rabbits and similar animals over the age of three (3) months.
(3) Pigeons over the age of three (3) months.
SECTION 2. Severability. If anyone or more sections, subsections, or
sentences of this ordinance are held to be unconstitutional or invalid, such decision shall not
affect the validity of the remaining portion of this ordinance and the same shall remain in full
force and effect.
SECTION 3. Effective Date. This ordinance shall take effect and be in force ten
(10) days from and after its passage, approval and publication as provided by law.
PASSED by the City Council the S..b{)
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,2008
Approved this Ia,u) day of ~"' '"' A ,
ATTEST:
PUBLISHED the /o-rj, 1 day of ~
EFFECTIVE the ~ tl:ti.) day of A J
ORDINANCE NO. S()t,i.f.-
,2008
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BMC 7.08.010
Cat and Dog Licenses
AFFIDA VlT OF PUBLICATION
Account # 42742/ Ad # 241256
STATE OF WASHINGTON
COUNTY OF XlTSAP
I, Laura Wessels, being first duly sworn on oath, deposes and says: That she is now, and at alltimes
embraced in the publication herein mentioned was the principal clerk of the printers and publishers of
KlTSAP SUN; that said newspaper has been approved as a legal newspaper by order.of the Superior Court
of the County of Kit sap, in which County it is published and is now,and has been for more than six months
prior to the date of the publication hereinafter referred to, published in the English language continually as
a daily newspaper in Btemerton, Kitsap County, Washington; a weekly newspaper in Kitsap County,
Washington and is now and during all of said time, was printed in an:office maintained in the aforesaid
place of publication of said newspaper; that the following is a true text of a legal advertisement as it was
published in regular issues (and not in supplement form) of said newspaper on the following date, to wit:
November 10, 200S and that such newspaper was regularly distributed to its subscribers during all of said
period. That the full amount of the fee charged for the foregoing publication is the sum of $2S.45. The
amount has not been paid in full.
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(Signature ofprincipal Clerk)
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ORDINANCE NO. 5064 )71:-0. ~'-Ot,.,':.' 0",0
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AN ORDINANCE of the City Council of the City of Bremerton, Washington, amending Section 7.0S.01 7
of the Bremerton Municipal Code relating to animal licensing.
PASSED BY the City Council the 5th day of November, 20DS. '
The full text of this ordinance is available, from the'City Clerk's Office, 345 Sixth Street; Suite 600;
Bremerton, WA 9S337.
Novemberl 0, 200S...................AD #20079466