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File #: 081046    Version: 0
Type: Ordinance Status: Passed
File created: 11/25/2008 In control: FINANCE & PERSONNEL COMMITTEE
On agenda: Final action: 12/16/2008
Effective date: 1/8/2009    
Title: An ordinance relating to fees for animal licenses.
Sponsors: ALD. BOHL
Indexes: ANIMALS, FEES
Attachments: 1. Hearing Notice List, 2. Fiscal note, 3. Letter from City Atty, Grant Langley, 4. Notice Published on 1-7-09
Number
081046
Version
ORIGINAL
Reference

Sponsor
ALD. BOHL
Title
An ordinance relating to fees for animal licenses.
Sections
60-7-3 am
60-7-4 cr
60-7-5 cr
60-7-6 cr
Analysis
This ordinance:
1) Increases the late fees from $10 to $12 for an unspayed or unneutered cat or dog license and from $5 to $6 for a spayed or neutered cat or dog license.
2) Establishes a $12 fee for an unspayed or unneutered dog or cat which has not reached the age of 5 months prior to July 1.
3) Establishes a $6 fee for a spayed or neutered dog or cat which has not reached the age of 5 months prior to July 1.
4) Establishes a $2 animal license replacement fee for a lost license.
Body
The Mayor and Common Council of the City of Milwaukee do ordain as follows:

Part 1. Section 60-7-3 of the code is amended to read:

60-7. Animal Licenses.
3. Application for a license may be made from January 1 to April 1 without paying a late filing fee. Any license applied for after April 1 shall cost an additional [[$10]] >>$12<< for an unspayed or unneutered cat or dog, and [[$5]] >>$6<< for a spayed or neutered cat or dog, unless the applicant has proof that the animal has been acquired or that it has just reached the age of 5 months within the last 30 days prior to application or that the applicant has established city residency within the last 30 days prior to the application. (See s. 78-17.)

Part 2. Section 60-7-4 to 6 of the code is created to read:

4. The fee for an unspayed or unneutered dog or cat which has not reached the age of 5 months prior to July 1 shall be $12.

5. The fee for a spayed or neutered dog or cat which has not reached the age of 5 months prior to July 1 shall be $6.

6. The fee for a replacement animal license shall be $2.

LRB
APPROVED AS TO FORM


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Legislative Reference Bureau
Date:_____________________
Attorney
IT IS OUR OPINION THAT THE ORDINANCE
IS LEGAL AND ENFORCEABLE


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