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HomeMy WebLinkAbout08326ORDINANCE NO. 8326 AN ORDINANCE AMENDING CHAPTER 4 OF TITLE XI OF THE PUEBLO MUNICIPAL CODE RELATING TO IMPOUND AND LICENSING FEES BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF PUEBLO, that: (brackets indicate matter being deleted, underscoring indicates new matter being added) SECTION 1. Section 11-4-16 of Chapter 4, Title XI, Pueblo Municipal Code, as amended, is hereby amended to read as follows: Sec. 11-4-16. Disposition of impounded animals. . . . (b) Any impounded animal may be redeemed by the owner upon payment of the impound fee, care and feeding charges, veterinary charges, if any, and such other charges as periodically established by the City or designated Shelter Operator. If the animal has not been vaccinated for rabies and is required by the provisions of this Chapter to be so vaccinated, the owner shall not be given custody of the animal until steps are taken to so vaccinate the animal. Unless otherwise modified by resolution of the City Council or by the designated Shelter Operator, the redemption amounts identified herein shall be charged. (1) Redemption amounts; impoundment. The redemption amount for [] thirty charges associated with the impoundment of an animal is twenty dollars [] ($30) for the first impoundment, forty dollars ($40) for the second ($20.00 impoundment, sixty dollars ($60) for the third impoundment and each and [ impoundment thereafter within a twelve month period. with respect to any animal which has been impounded more than once in a twelve- month period, the redemption amount shall also include an additional charge of tendollars ] ($10.00) for each subsequent impoundment. (2) Redemption amounts; daily care and feeding. The redemption amount for charges associated with the daily care and feeding of an impounded animal shall be as follows: [] ten a. Impounded but not quarantined dog, seven dollars [] ($10) ($7.00) per day; [] ten b. Impounded but not quarantined cat, five dollars [] ($10) ($5.00) per day; [] fifteen c. Impounded and quarantined dog, ten dollars [] ($15) ($10.00) per day; [] fifteen d. Impounded and quarantined cat, seven dollars [] ($15) ($7.00) per day; and [][] ten($10) e. All other animals, five dollars ($5.00) per day. . . . SECTION 2. Section 11-4-45 of Chapter 4, Title XI, Pueblo Municipal Code, as amended is hereby amended to read as follows: Sec. 11-4-45. Licenses; expiration; fees. (a) Licenses and tags may be issued and be valid for one (1) year or three (3) years from the date of issuance. [] -five (b) The license fee for one (1) year shall be twenty dollars ($20.00) ($25) [] twelve for each dog or cat which has not been spayed/neutered or ten [] ($12) dollars ($10.00) for each dog or cat which has been spayed/neutered. [] sixty-five (c) The license fee for three (3) years shall be fifty-six dollars [] ($65) ($56.00) for each dog or cat which has not been spayed/neutered or [] [] thirty-three($33) twenty-six dollars ($26.00) for each dog or cat which has been spayed/neutered. (d) License fees shall not be prorated or refunded. (e) If a license tag or license receipt issued in accordance with Section 11-4- 44 is lost or destroyed, a duplicate tag or receipt may be reissued for the payment of five dollars $5.00). (f) Veterinarians issuing a license under this Section shall retain one dollar ($1.00) for each one year license issued and three dollars ($3.00) for each three- year license issued and shall surrender the balance of all license fees collected as the License Officer may direct. (g) No license fee shall be required for: (1) Guide dogs for the blind or deaf; (2) Service dogs used by the handicapped; or (3) Law enforcement service and rescue dogs. impound (h) The City Council may by resolution increase or decrease the fees, boarding fees, license fees and litter registration fees. (i) All license fees and litter registration fees shall be paid to and collected by and/or the Shelter Operator. the License Officer If the License Officer is the Shelter Operator, the Shelter Operator shall hold such fees in trust for the use and benefit of the City and pay and disburse such fees as directed in writing by the City Manager of the City after deducting therefrom an administrative fee of [] one hundred percent (100%) twenty-five percent (25%) of the fees collected as compensation for the Shelter Operator's services. SECTION 3. This Ordinance shall become effective upon final passage and approval. INTRODUCED: February 28, 2011 BY: Judy Weaver COUNCILPERSON PASSED AND APPROVED: March 28, 2011 Background Paper for Proposed ORDINANCE DATE: AGENDA ITEM # R-4 February 28, 2011 DEPARTMENT: Animal Control Julie Justman, Associate Director of Animal Services Law Department Thomas J. Florczak, City Attorney TITLE AN ORDINANCE AMENDING CHAPTER 4 OF TITLE XI OF THE PUEBLO MUNICIPAL CODE RELATING TO IMPOUND AND LICENSING FEES ISSUE Should the City Council amend the City’s Animal Control Code to increase boarding, impounding and licensing fees and to allow the Animal Shelter to retain all license and litter registration fees collected under Chapter 4 of Title XI of the Pueblo Municipal Code? RECOMMENDATION Pikes Peak Humane Society has requested the Ordinance. BACKGROUND The costs associated with the boarding, impounding and licensing of dogs and cats in Pueblo has increased. The Pikes Peak Humane Society, which operates the Animal Shelter, has advised that a fee increase is necessary to cover the increased costs. The fees proposed would still be lower than those currently in place in Colorado Springs and El Paso County. The last fee increase occurred in 2005. Currently, the Shelter Operator retains only twenty-five percent (25%) of the revenue generated from licensing and litter registration fees. The proposed ordinance will allow the Shelter Operator to retain one hundred percent (100%) of all licensing and litter registration fees collected. The fee increases and retention of one hundred percent (100%) of the licensing revenue by the Shelter Operator, will allow the Shelter Operator to better perform its duties. FINANCIAL IMPACT Allowing the Shelter Operator to retain one hundred percent (100%) of all future licensing revenue will result in a loss of approximately $6,512 from the City’s general fund.