HomeMy WebLinkAbout2101' ORDINANCE NO. 2101
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF PALM SPRINGS,
CALIFORNIA, DELETING SECTION 10.20.060 "OWNER'S
RIGHT TO REDEEM ANIMAL FROM PURCHASER" AND
SECTION 10.20.070 "OWNER'S LIABILITY TO CITY WHEN
REDEEMING ANIMAL FROM PURCHASER", AND
AMENDING SECTION 10.20.030 REGARDING
"DISPOSITION OF UNCLAIMED ANIMALS"
City Attorney's Summary
This Ordinance will allow impounded animals to be claimed
within seven days, rather than five, after being impounded
and will remove the ability of prior pet owners to reclaim
their animals after they have been impounded, not retrieved
within seven days, and then adopted out.
NOW, THEREFORE, THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PALM SPRINGS DOES
ORDAIN AS FOLLOWS:
SECTION 1. Section 10.20.060 entitled "Owner's right to redeem animal from
' purchaser' is hereby deleted in its entirety and is reserved, as follows.
"Section 10.20.060 . Reserved.
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SECTION 2. Section 10.20.070 entitled "Owner's liability to city when redeeming
animal from purchaser' is hereby deleted in its entirety and is reserved, as follows:
"10.20.070 GWReF'S liability t9 Gity Wh8R redeeming animal frem PUFGhaseF.
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SECTION 3. Section 10.20.030 of the Palm Springs Municipal Code entitled
"Disposition of unclaimed animals" is amended to read as follows:
"10.20.030 Disposition of unclaimed animals.
All animals impounded at the city animal shelter shall be provided with
proper and sufficient food and water. Unless aalisensed animals have been
claimed within fwe seven days after being impounded, 'G^^ eddogs
seven ays and after the notification provided for in Section 10.20.020, they
may be sold by the animal control officer to the person offering to pay a
cash amount set by the animal control officer unless, in the sole discretion
of the animal control officer any such animal shall be deemed unsuitable for
adoption; provided that the purchaser adopter shall not be given possession
of any dog until he the ado[iter shall have paid to the animal control officer
the license fee for such dog and until he the adopter shall have made
appropriate arrangements for any necessary rabies vaccination. If any dog
or other animal impounded by the animal control officer shall not have been
claimed within said period and cannot be sold within a reasonable time
thereafter, it may be destroyed by the animal control officer in a humane
manner. In lieu of destruction, animals, except those deemed unsuitable ,
for adoption, may be released without charge to any humane organization
that provides for an animal adoption service. The animal control officer shall
maintain a file describing each animal impounded in the city animal shelter,
beginning on the day any such animal is taken or delivered into the
possession of the animal shelter."
SECTION 4. If any section, subsection, sentence, clause, or phrase of this
ordinance is for any reason held to be invalid or unconstitutional by a decision of any court
of competent jurisdiction, such decision will not affect the validity of the remaining portions
of this ordinance. The City Council declares that it would have passed this ordinance and
each and every section, subsection, sentence, clause, or phrase not declared invalid or
unconstitutional without regard to whether any portion of the ordinance would be
subsequently declared invalid or unconstitutional.
SECTION 5. The Mayor shall sign and the City Clerk shall certify to the passage
and adoption of this Ordinance and shall cause the same, or the summary thereof, to be
published and posted pursuant to the provisions of law and this Ordinance shall take
effect thirty (30) days after passage.
Ordinance No. 2101
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PASSED, APPROVED, AND ADOPTED BY THE PALM SPRINGS CITY
COUNCIL THIS 12T" DAY OF SEPTEMBER 2024
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ATTEST:
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BRENDA P EE, MMC, CERA
CITY CLERK
' CERTIFICATION
STATE OF CALIFORNIA)
COUNTY OF RIVERSIDE) ss.
CITY OF PALM SPRINGS)
I, BRENDA FREE, City Clerk of the City of Palm Springs, California, do hereby
certify that Ordinance No. 2101 is a full, true, and correct copy, and was introduced at a
regular meeting of the Palm Springs City Council on July 25, 2024 and adopted at a
regular meeting of the City Council held on September 12, 2024 by the following vote:
AYES: Councilmembers Garner, Holstege, Middleton, Mayor Pro Tern deHarte, and
Mayor Bernstein
NOES: None
ABSENT: None
ABSTAIN: None
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the official seal of the
City of Palm Springs, California, this 2n Cl day of October 2024.
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BRENDA PREE, MMC, CERA
CITY CLERK