Ordinance 1813ORDINANCE NO. 1813
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF EDMONDS, WASHINGTON,
PROVIDING FOR THE ISSUANCE OF LICENSES FOR DOGS
WHO'S OWNERS RESIDE OUTSIDE THE CITY LIMITS OF
THE CITY OF EDMONDS AND PROVIDING FOR PAYMENT
OF FEES .THEREFORE.
WHEREAS, from time to time there have been requests by
non-residents of the City of Edmonds to purchase a license
for dogs they may own which on occasions come to be found
running at large within the City Limits of the City of Edmonds
in violation of the Ordinances of said City, and
WHEREAS, the ability of such owners to purchase licenses
for said dogs would facilitate recovery of said dogs in the
event any are impounded by the City of Edmonds, now therefore,
THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF EDMONDS, WASHINGTON DO
ORDAIN AS FOLLOWS:
A new section, Section 5.04.031 is hereby added to the
Edmonds City Code to read as follows:
"5.04.031. License Issuance --Non-residents. Upon request
of persons, not residents of the City of Edmonds, who
reside in close proximity to the City and who desire for
identification purposes to purchase an annual license for
their dog or dogs, the annual fee shall be $10.00 per year
per dog. Upon payment of said fee a tag shall be issued
which shall be consistent with the tags issued annually
by the City of Edmonds for dogs required to be licensed
under this chapter. The dogs permitted to be licensed by
this section shall not be eligible for life -time tags
nor temporary licenses. Nothing in this chapter shall
require the obtaining of such license nor shall failure to
obtain such a license as provided by this section subject
any owner of a dog to the penalties provided for in this
chapter. Provided further, that nothing in this section
shall be construed to relieve or otherwise excuse the
owner of any dog from complying with all applicable rules
and regulations imposed by any county, city or town having
jurisdiction over the residents where the dog is harbored
or maintained."
MAYOR, H. H. HARRISON
ATTEST:
CITY CLE , IRENE. ARNEY MORAN
FILED WITH THE CITY CLERK: December 16, 1975
PASSED BY THE CITY COUNCIL: January 20, 1976
PUBLISHED: January 28, 1976