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ORDINANCE No.
An Ordinance providing for the licensing
of dogs within the corporate limits of the
City of Kent, prohibiting unlicensed dogs,
and dogs of fierce, dangerous or vicious
propensities, and female dogs in heat from
running at large within the corporate limits
of the City of Kent; declaring certain activities
a public nuisance; authorizing the impounding
and destruction of dogs; providing a penalty,
and amending Sections 2., 4., and 5. of
Ordinance No. 931 of the City of Kent.
3E IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF KENT as follows:
Section 1. That Section 2. of Ordinance No. 931, entitled"
►n Ordinance providing for the licensing of dogs within the
.orporate limits of the City of Kent, prohibiting unlicensed
logs, and dogs of fierce, dangerous or vicious propensities,
nd female dogs in heat from running at large within the corporate
imits of the City of Kent; authorizing the impounding and
edruction of dogs; providing a penalty; and repealing all ordinanc(
n conflict therewith.", passed on September 4,1956, and approved
n December 3, 1956, be and it is hereby amended to read as
ollows:
"Section 2. LICENSE AND REGISTRATION REQUIRED. Effective
January 1, 1963 and thereafter, all dogs over four months of
age kept, harbored or maintained by their owners in the City
of Kent shhll be licensed and registered each year for the
calendar year. No pro -rate of the license fee shall be
allowed, except that credit shall be given each owner at
the time application hereunder for a pro -rated amount of
any dog license fee paid under previous ordinances of the City.
Dog licenses shall be issued by the city clerk upon payment
of a license tax of $2.00 for each male or spayed female,
and $3.00 for each unspayed female. The owner shall state
at the time application is made for such license and upon
printed forms provided for such purpose his name and address,
and the name, breed, color and sex of each dog owned or kept
by him. The provisions of this section shall not be intended
to apply to dogs whose owners are nonresidents temporarily
within the city, nor to dogs brought into the city for the
purpose of participating in any dog show, nor to 'seeing-eyd
dogs properly trained to assist blind persons for the purpose of
aiding them in going from place to place, nor to dogs retained
in licensed kennels within the City."
Section 2. That Section 4. of said Ordinance No. 931, entitled,
assed and approved as aforesaid, be and it Is hereby amended to
ead as follows:
"Section 4.(a). No owner or*,ea�-xbf any dog shall permit such
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dog to run at large if unlicensed.
(b)"NUISANCES AFFECTING PUBLIC PEACE AND SAFETY. The following
are declared to be nuisances affecting public peace and safety:
1. The keeping or harboring of any dog which by frequent
or habitual howling, yelping, barking or the making of
other noises, shall annoy or disturb a neighborhood
or any considerable number of persons, provided that
a violation of this subdivision shall not be established
except upon the testimony of not less than three witnesse
as to the facts constituting the nuisance.
2. Trespass. It shall be unlawful to suffer or permit
any dog to tespass on private or public.properties so
as to damage or destroy any property or thing of value,
and such trespassing or destruction is hereby declared
to be a nuisance, and any such dog so trespassing or
destroying property may be impounded by the pobnd master.
Whenever it shall be affirmed in writing by three or
more persons, having separate residences or regularly
employed in the neighborhood, that any dog is a continual
nuisance by reason of trespassing, damaging or destroying
property or thing of value, being vicious or by its
actions potentially vicious, or in any other manner
causing undue annoyance, the pound master, if he finds
such nuisance to exist in fact, shall serve notice upon
the owner or custodian of such dog that such nuisance
must be abated within 48 hours, after which the pound
master shall decide whether such nuisance has been
abated, and if not, any such dog shall be impounded.
Refusal to release to the pound master any such dog shall
constitute a violation of this ordinance.
3. Permitting dog to enter public premises. It shall be
unlawful to suffer or permit any dog, whether licensed
or not, to run at large in any park or to enter any
public beach, pond, fountain or stream therein, at any
time; or to tie or tether any dog on any street or
public place or any unenclosed lot or premises in such
manner as to permit such dog to enter any sidewalk,
street, alley or other public place, or upon any
adjoining lot or premises. It shall be unlawful to
suffer or permit any dog, whether licensed or not, to
run at large on any school grounds of King County
School District No. 415, located in the City of Kent,
during regular school hours, from 8:00 A. M. to 5:00 P.M.
from Monday through Friday of each week, inclusive, and
from September 1st through June 10th of each year. Any
dog so suffered or permitted to run at large Ah any
park, etc., or so tethered as to permit it to enter any
sidewalk, street, etc., or permit it to run at large on
said school grounds, is hereby declared to be a public
nuisance and may be impounded as herein prescribed. "
Section 3. That Section 5. of said Ordinance No. 931, entitled,
ssed and approved as aforesaid, be and the same is hereby
mended to read as follows:
"Section 5. IMPOUNDING. it shall be the duty of every police
officer of dog warden to Apprehend any dog found unlicensed,
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1 running at large, or being a nuisance, contrary to the provisiol
of this ordinance, and to impound such dog in the city pound
2 or other suitable place. The dog warden, upon receiving any
dog shall make a complete registry, entering the breed, color
3 and sex of such dog, and whether licensed. If licensed he
shall enter the name and address of the owner and the number
of the license tag. Licensed dogs shall be separated from
4 unlicensed dogs."
5 Section 4. THis ordinance shall be in full force and effect
6 five (5) days from and after its passage, approval and publication
7 as provided by law.
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13 Approved as to form:
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15 Passed the day of 1962
17 Approved the qday of N 1962
18 Published the day of 1962
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