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Clerk 11/19/2002
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AN ORDINANCE relating to animal and pet fees; making technical corrections; and amending Ordinance 7416, Section 2, as amended, and K.C.C. 11.04.035 and prescribing penalties.
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BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF KING COUNTY:
SECTION 1. A. Section 2 of this ordinance proposes changes to the license fees and penalty charges by the county animal control authority.
B. These fees are assessed under K.C.C. 2.99.030.
SECTION 1. Ordinance 7416, Section 2, as amended, and K.C.C. 11.04.035 are each hereby amended to read as follows:
License fees and penalties.
A. ((Fees.)) The following fees are applicable as provided in this chapter:
1. Pet license
a. Unaltered (dog or cat) $55.00
b. Altered ((15.00)) $17.00
2. Juvenile pet license $5.00
3. Senior citizen - lifetime license
a. Senior citizen((/)) - lifetime license - dog $20.00
b. Senior citizen((/)) - lifetime license - cat $12.00
4. Replacement tag ((3.00)) $5.00
5. Transfer fee $3.00
6. Animal shelter ((200.00)) $250.00
7. Kennel and cattery
a. Hobby $50.00
b. Commercial ((200.00)) $250.00
8. Pet shop ((200.00)) $250.00
9. Grooming service
a. Operating alone ((100.00)) $150.00
b. When operated in conjunction with pet shop or
kennel or veterinarian ((100.00)) $150.00
10. Guard dog registration $100.00
11. Exotic pet
a. New $500.00
b. Renewal((s)) $250.00
12. Service animal no charge
13. K-9 police dog no charge
14. Individual private animal placement permit $25.00
15. Organizational private animal placement permit $10.00
B. ((Late Fees.)) The following late fees are applicable ((in cases of late registration and licensing)) to license renewal applications as provided in this chapter:
((License renewal applications:))
1. Received after ((thirty)) forty-five days of license expiration, but
before ((sixty)) ninety days or failure to comply with K.C.C. 11.04.030C $10.00
2. Received after ((sixty)) ninety days of license expiration, but
before ((ninety)) one hundred thirty-five days $20.00
3. Received after ((ninety)) one hundred thirty-five days of license expiration $40.00
C. ((Penalties.)) The following penalties shall be assessed:
1. Dog leash law violations
a. First notice $25.00
b. Successive violations within one year $50.00
2. Civil penalties maximum $1,000.00
3. Animal abandonment $500.00
D. The following ((S))service fees apply:
1. Adoptions - per animal (($60.00)) $75.00
This is a one-price fee ((which)) that includes the fee for adopting an animal, the license fee and the spaying((/)) or neutering of the animal.
2. Spay/neuter deposit - per animal as required
in K.C.C. 11.04.210B.1.a $35.00
3. Impound((/)) and redemption
a. Dog, cats((,)) other small animals
First offense $30.00
Second offense within one year $60.00
Third offense((,)) within one year $90.00
b. Livestock $100.00
4. Kenneling - per 24 hours or portion thereof ((10.00)) $12.00
((5. Recovery of deceased domestic pets from doctors of
veterinary medicine, per pet 7.00))