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Home My WebLink About5253 ORDINANCE NO. 5253 AN ORDINANCE of the City Council of the City of Bremerton, Washington, amending Section 7.10.010 of the Bremerton Municipal Code entitled "Impounding, Redemption, and Disposition of Pets and/or Livestock." WHEREAS, the City Council desires to amend Section 7.10.010 BMC relating to the cost to impound animals; NOW THEREFORE, THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF BREMERTON, WASHINGTON, DOES HEREBY ORDAIN AS FOLLOWS: SECTION]. Section 7.10.010 of the Bremerton Municipal Code entitled "Impounding, Redemption, and Disposition of Pets and/or Livestock" is hereby amended to read as follows: 7.10.010 IMPOUNDING, REDEMPTION, AND DISPOSITION OF PETS AND/OR LIVESTOCK. (a) Impounding Pets and/or Livestock. Pets and/or livestock may be impounded in the following situations: (1) When the animal is at large; (2) When the animal has been subjected to cruel treatment as defined by Chapter 16.52 RCW; (3) When the animal has injured or bitten a person or other animal, and/or where the animal poses a threat to people or other animals; (4) When the animal is found in violation of any restrictions imposed by a court, animal control authority or hearing examiner, relating to potentially dangerous animals; or to BMC 7.12.030 relating to dangerous animals; (5) When the animal is found in violation of BMC 7.15.010(c) pertaining to animal noise, after two (2) written warnings to the owner within a calendar year; (6) When the animal is found within the City limits and has previously been declared to be a dangerous animal by a court, animal control authority or hearing examiner. (b) Place and Manner of Impoundment. Pets and livestock shall be impounded in the place and manner designated by the animal control authority. (c) Authority to Pursue. Animal control authority employees may pursue pets or livestock running at large onto City-owned property, vacant property and unenclosed private property to seize, remove, and impound such animals. This shall not restrict the animal control authority to pursue/impound an animal pursuant to Chapter 16.52 RCW. (d) Notice to Owner. Forthwith following impoundment, the animal control authority shall notify the owner of the animal of its impoundment; provided, if the owner of the animal is unknown, the animal control authority shall make reasonable efforts to notify the owner of the impoundment. (e) Redemption of Impounded Animals. 1 Animal Impound (1) Pets may be redeemed upon payment of the cost of the animal's medical care, an impound fee, a vaccination fee, a boarding fee, and any appropriate license and microchip fees. All fes shall be ,.1,,rged per animal handled by the animal eentrel ,,utho..:*.. (i) The impeund fee is twenty five dollars ($25.00), whieh afneunt shall double with eaeb offense. Fer-exampletwenty five de $25.nn�st eff nse; fiftdellar-s ($50.00), seeend offense; one hundr-ed dellar-s ($100.00), third y . (ii) The b ding fee shall be fifteen dollars ($1 G nn\ ..d.,., t o (2) Livestock may be redeemed upon payment of an impound fee, a boarding fee, and, if impounding requires special transportation, a special transportation fee. All foes shall be ehar-ged per-animal handled by the animal eentr-el authefi�y-. i:\ The impound foo is fifty dollars ($50 nn) „1 ieh amount shall deuble with eaeh eff-ense. For-example-. fifty dollars > first effense; ene hundred dollars 100.00), seeend offense. twe hundred dollars ($200.00), third offense. (ii) The bear-ding fee is twenty del4ar-s ($20.00) per-day. (3) All costs and fees shall be charged per animal handled by the animal control authority. The applicable fees are set forth in Chapter 3.01 BMC. (f) Disposition of Impounded Animals Not Redeemed. (1) When a pet is not redeemed, no sooner than ninety-six (96) hours following impoundment, the animal control authority may give or adopt the animal to an animal welfare organization or qualified person, or euthanize the animal. (2) When livestock is not redeemed, no sooner than'seventy-two (72) hours following impoundment, the animal control authority may give or adopt the animal to an animal welfare organization or qualified person, or may commence to auction the animal to the highest bidder that can provide the animal with a suitable environment, or euthanize the animal. Notice of the auction and a description of the livestock to be auctioned shall be published at least seven (7) calendar days prior to the sale in the official City newspaper. Such notice shall also be mailed to the owner of the livestock, if known. (3) When a feral cat is not redeemed, no sooner than twenty-four(24) hours following impoundment, the animal control authority may give or adopt the animal to an animal welfare organization or qualified person, or euthanize the animal. (g) Disposition of Sick or Injured Impounded Animals. Sick or injured impounded animals may be euthanized in accordance with RCW 16.52.210. SECTION 2. Severability. If any one 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. 2 Animal Impound PASSED by the City Council the day of G(v-l� ' 2014 "V GREG ELER, Council President Approved this day of ��ST' , 2014 PATTY L ayor ATTEST: APPROVED AS TO FORM: SHANNON CORIN, City erk RO ER A. LUBOVICH, 1 ey PUBLISHED the /Pf day of ., 14 EFFECTIVE the X-1-r day of , 2014 ORDINANCE NO. 0?,5.3 R:\Legal\Legal\Ordinances\legal\Humane Society 7.10.010-Final.docx 3 Animal Impound AFFIDAVIT OF PUBLICATION Account#42742 AD#20142637 STATE OF WASHINGTON COUNTY OF KITSAP I,Teresa Hull,being first duly sworn on oath,deposes and says:That she is now,and at all times embraced in the publication herein mentioned was the principal clerk of the printers and publishers of KITSAP SUN; that said newspaper has been approved as a legal newspaper by order of the Superior Court of the County of Kitsap,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 Bremerton, 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 an advertisement as it was published in regular issues(and not in supplement form)of said newspaper on the following date,to wit:And on Aug. 11,2014 such newspaper was regularly distributed to its subscribers during all of said period.The full amount of the fee charged for the foregoing publication is the sum of$37.30.This amount has not been - paid in full. (Signature of Principal Clerk) NOTARY PUBLIC Subscribed and sworn to before me this day of August 18,2014. STATE OF WASHINGTON CHRISTY M MOFFITT My Appointment Expires July 08,2016 ORDINANCE NO.5253 AN ORDINANCE of the City Council of the City of Bremerton,Washington,amending Section 7.10.010 of the Bremerton Municipal Code entitled"Impounding,Redemption,and Disposition of Pets and/or Livestock." PASSED by the City Council on the 6th day of August,2014. The full text of this ordinance is available from the City Clerk's Office,345 Sixth Street,Suite 600, Bremerton,WA 98337. August 11,2014 AD#20142637