ORDINANCE NO. 1454
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING SECTIONS OF THE CITY
OF GRAND JUNCTION CODE CONCERNING THE LICENSING,
REGISTRATION AND IMPOUNDING OF DOGS.
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF GRAND JUNCTION, COLORADO:
That the following sections of the Code of Ordinances of the City of Grand Junction be amended to read as follows:
Sec. 6-27. LICENSE, REGISTRATION REQUIRED.
All dogs kept, harbored, or maintained by their owners in the
city shall be licensed and registered if over six months of age. Dog
licenses shall be issued by the city treasurer, or his designated agent,
upon payment of a license tax of Three Dollars and Fifty Cents ($3.50)
for each dog. The owner shall state at the time application is made
for such license 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 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-eye" dogs properly trained to assist blind persons for the purpose of aiding them in going from
place to place.
Sec. 6-28. LICENSE TAG REQUIRED; FORM; EXPIRATION; DOG TO WEAR.
Upon payment of the aforesaid license fee the city treasurer, or
his designated agent, shall deliver or cause to be delivered to the
person paying the same, a metallic license tag for each dog so licensed,
upon which tag shall be marked the number and current year thereof,
and he shall keep a record of all such licenses showing the date of
issuance, to whom issued, and the number thereof; and the owner or
keeper of every dog shall provide it with a collar of leather, metal
or other substantial material, to which such license tag shall be
securely fastened, and shall see that the collar and tag are worn at
all times by the dog so licensed. Such license shall expire on the
first day of March each year, and shall not be transferable.
Sec. 6-30. IMPOUNDING AUTHORIZED; RECORDS.
It shall be the duty of every police officer or dog-catcher
appointed by the chief of police, or any agent designated by the city
manager, to catch and impound any dog not wearing a license tag, or
any dog being or running at large, in a pound to be designated by
the city manager for such purpose. Upon impounding any dog, a record
shall be made of the breed, color and sex of such dog, where it was
caught, and whether licensed.
Sec. 6-31. NOTICE, DISPOSITION OF IMPOUNDED DOGS.
Upon any dog being impounded, it shall be the duty of the dog
catcher to notify the owner, possessor, or person who harbors or
keeps the same, if known, and if not known to post at the city hall
and at the pound, a notice containing a description of said dog, or
dogs, and when and where caught. If no owner or person entitled to or
claiming the possession of any such dog or dogs shall claim the same
within five full days after such notice, the dog or dogs may be sold,
or the dog catcher or any person duly authorized by the city manager
to do so, may, at the expiration of five days from the date of the
receipt of any such dog at the pound, kill the same, provided that
the dog catcher or any person duly authorized by the city manager may
sell or give away any such dog or dogs not redeemed or claimed by
anyone, taking a receipt therefor from the purchaser or recipient thereof.
Sec. 6-32. REDEMPTION OF IMPOUNDED DOGS.
The owner or person entitled to possession of any dog impounded
for failure to have a license, or for having been found running or
being at large, may reclaim such dog upon payment of a license fee, if unpaid, and paying all costs and charges incurred by the city for impounding and maintaining the said dog. In addition to any licensing
or registration fees, such owner, or other person, shall pay
for impounding Three Dollars and Fifty Cents ($3.50) for the
first day and One Dollar and Fifty Cents ($1.50) for each
day thereafter.
PASSED and ADOPTED this 7th day of February, 1973.
/s/Stanley R. Anderson
President of the Council
ATTEST:
/s/ Neva B. Lockhart
City Clerk
I HEREBY CERTIFY that the foregoing ordinance, being Ordinance No. 1454,
was introduced, read and ordered published by the City Council of the City of
Grand Junction, Colorado, at a regular meeting of said body held on the 17th
day of January, 1972, and that the same was published in The Daily Sentinel, a newspaper published and in general circulation in said city at least ten days before its final passage.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the official
seal of said City this 8th day of February, 1973.
/s/ Neva B. Lockhart
City Clerk
Published: January 21, 1973
Final Publication: