ORDINANCE NO. 1576

AN ORDINANCE AMENDING THE CITY'S DOG LEASH LAW BY PROVIDING MINIMUM PENALTIES FOR OFFENSES THEREUNDER.

BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF GRAND JUNCTION:

That Section 6-26 of the Code of Ordinances of the City of Grand Junction shall be amended to read as follows:

"Section 6-26. RUNNING AT LARGE PROHIBITED - PENALTY.

"(a) It shall be unlawful for any person owning or possessing a dog to permit it to be at large within the city, and every person owning or having a dog shall confine it to his or her premises when not on leash and under the immediate control of a competent and responsible attendant. The head of any household having a dog in its possession shall be presumed to be the owner or possessor of such dog.

"(b) The minimum penalty for a first offense under subsection (a) shall be a fine of $25.00, with succeeding offenses requiring a minimum penalty of $50.00 for each such succeeding offense; provided, however, that nothing herein shall deny the Municipal Judge the right to suspend all or a portion of any punishment as he may determine."

PASSED and ADOPTED this 17th day of September, 1975.

Lawrence L. Kozisek

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President of the Council

Attest:

Neva B. Lockhart

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City Clerk

I HEREBY CERTIFY that the foregoing ordinance, being Ordinance No. 1576, 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 21st day of August, 1975, 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 18th day of September, 1975.

Neva B. Lockhart

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Neva B. Lockhart

City Clerk

Published: August 24, 1975

Published: September 19, 1975

Effective: October 20, 1975