HomeMy WebLinkAbout1555 - ORDINANCES - 3/18/1998 ORDINANCE NO. 1555
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
PALM SPRINGS, CALIFORNIA, AMENDING SECTION
10 . 18 . 050 (a) OF THE PALM SPRINGS MUNICIPAL CODE
RELATING TO THE DETERMINATION OF WHETHER AN ANIMAL
IS TREATED AS VICIOUS FOR THE PURPOSE OF THE CITY' S
ANIMAL CONTROL MEASURES
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PALM
SPRINGS, CALIFORNIA, AS FOLLOWS :
SECTION 1 . An amended Section 10 . 18 . 050 (a) shall replace the
existing Section 10 . 18 . 050 (a) , entitled "Determination of
Animal as Vicious, " and shall read as follows :
1110 . 18 . 050 Determination of Animal as Vicious .
(a) If an animal control officer has investigated
and determined that there exists probable cause to
believe that an animal is vicious, such animal
control officer, or his or her supervisor or
designee, shall request through the office of the
Chief of Police, a hearing before the Chief of
Police, or a Police Captain or Commander designated
the Chief of Police, serving as a hearing
officer for the purpose of determining whether or
not the animal in question should be determined to
' be vicious . Pending a hearing on a determination
of viciousness, an animal suspected of being
vicious may also be determined by an animal control
officer to be dangerous pursuant to Section
10 . 18 . 040 and dealt with accordingly. "
SECTION 2 , EFFECTIVE DATE. This Ordinance shall be in full
force and effect thirty (30) days after passage .
SECTION 3 . PUBLICATION. The City Clerk is hereby ordered and
directed to certify to the passage of this Ordinance, and to
cause the same or a summary thereof_, or a display
advertisement, duly prepared according to law, to be published
in accordance with law.
ADOPTED this 18th day of March 1998 .
AYES : Members Barnes, Hodges, Oden, Reller-Spurgin and Mayor Kleindienst
NOES : None
ABSENT: None
ATTEST: CITY OF PALM SPRINGS, CALIFORNIA
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City Clerk Mayor
REVIEWED & APPROVED AS TO FORM:
I HEREBY CERTIFY that the foregoing Ordinance 1555 was duly adopted by the
City Council of the City of Palm Springs, California, in a meeting held
on the 18th day of March, 1998, and was published in the DESERT SUN, a news-
paper if general circulation on March 23, 1998.
�Jl9DITH SUMICH
6,17/014084-0001/3140016.1 a03/06/48 City Clerk