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ORDINANCE NO. 69-4-197
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING SECTIONS 3, 4 AND 7 OF AN ORDINANCE ENTITLED
"AN ORDINANCE PROVIDING FOR THE REGULATION, LICENSING AND INOCULATION
OF DOGS IN THE CITY OF PADUCAH, KENTUCKY; PROVIDING FOR THE EMPLOYMENT
OF VETERINARIANS TO ISSUE LICENSE FOR THE KEEPING OF DOGS; PROHIBITING
THE OWNERS OR KEEPERS OF DOGS FROM ALLOWING SUCH DOGS TO BE AT LARGE;
PROVIDING PENALTIES FOR THE VIOLATION OF THIS ORDINANCE; REPEALING
ALL ORDINANCES IN CONFLICT HEREWITH, AND PROVIDING A SEPARABILITY
CLAUSE", WHICH WAS ADOPTED BY THE BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS ON FEBRUARY 21,
1968
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS OF THE CITY OF PADUCAH,
KENTUCKY:
SECTION 1. That Sections 3, 4 and 7 of an ordinance containing the
title qupted above, which was adopted by the Board of Commissioners on
February 21, 1968, be, and the same is hereby, amended and reordained
so that said sections as amended and reordained shall read as follows:
"SECTION 3. The City Manager is hereby authorized to employ
a sufficient number of veterinarians to inoculate dogs and to
issue the license therefor, and the veterinarian shall receive for
his services the sum of $3.00 for each dog inoculated by him. Each
veterinarian so employed shall deposit with the City Treasurer the
sum of $1,00 for each license tag obtained by him. Upon payment to
him of a license fee of $3.00 it shall be the duty of the veterinarian
to inoculate such dog and deliver to the owner the license tag issued
by the City together with a certificate showing that such dog has been
immunized against rabies. Any license tag or tags which are not used
may be returned to the City Treasurer who shall refund to the
veterinarian the sum of $1.00 for each unused tag.
"SECTION 4. Any owner or keeper of a dog or dogs who prefers
to have the inoculation done by a veterinarian not employed by the
City may, by furnishing the City Treasurer with a certificat a of a
licensed veterinarian that such dog or dogs have been immunized against
rabies and by paying a fee of $1.00 for each dog which has been
inoculated, obtain a license therefor,
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"SECTION 7. Any dog found at large shall be subject to be seized
and impounded by the City of Paducah and any such dog not claimed
and whose release has not been procured within seven (7) days after
its seizure, shall be subject to be disposed of in such manner as may
be determined by the City Manager..
-__ On presentation of a release by the Police Court of the City of
Paducah, any dog may be redeemed and released to its owner or keeper
within seven (7) days after being taken up and impounded, upon payment of
the following fees: A redemption fee of $5.00 shall be paid for
the first time a dog is redeemed, but for each subsequent redemption
of an individual dog the redemption fee shall be $10.00. The sum of
$1.00 shall be due and payable for each day or part of a day a dog
is kept in the pound, and a "day" shall mean a calendar day beginning
one second after midnight. If any dog so released has not been
licensed, the sum of $3.50 shall be charged for inoculation and license."
SECTION 2. All ordinances or parts of ordinances in conflict
herewith are, to the extent of such conflict, hereby repealed.
SECTION 3. This ordinance shall be in full force and effect from
and after its adoption.
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Passed by the Board of Commissioners April 22, 1969
Recorded by Sarah Thurman, City Clerk, April 22, 1969.