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HomeMy WebLinkAboutBy-law 333/75THE CORPORATION OF THE TOWN OF PICKERING BY-LAW NUMBER 333/75 Being a By-law to amend By-law 72/74 respecting the licensing and registration of dogs. The Council of the Corporation of the Town of Pickering hereby enacts as follows: 1. Subsection (a) of section 9 of By-law 72/74 is hereby repealed and the following substituted therefor: (a) For each dog the sum of fifteen dollars (15.00). 2. Clauses 2, 3, 4 and 5 of subsection (b) of section 12 of the said By-law are hereby repealed and the following substituted therefor: (2) The Owner pays to the Peace Officer or Animal Control Officer or other duly authorized person a pound fee for each dog seized and impounded, plus a daily maintenance fee for each day that the dog remains impounded subsequent to the day of seizure. 3. Section 12 of the said By-law is further amended by adding thereto the following subsections: (ba) (1) The amount of the pound fee payable under clause 2 of subsection (b) shall be: 1. $10.00, if no other pound fee has been paid or payable with respect to that dog during the twelve months immediately preceding the date of seizure and impounding; or 2. $15.00, if a pound fee has been paid or payable with respect to that dog on not more than one other occasion during the twelve months immediately preceding the date of seizure and impounding; or 3. $25.00, if a pound fee has been paid or payable with respect to that dog on two or more occasions during the twelve months immediately preceding the date of seizure and impounding. (2) The amount of the maintenance fee payable under clause 2 of subsection b shall be three dollars ($3.00) per day for each day that the dog remains impounded subsequent to the day of seizure. (bb) (1) If the Peace Officer or Animal Control Officer is unable to seize and impound any dog found to be at large contrary to the provisions hereof, the Owner of the dog shall be required to pay a pound fee to the Officer or to the Town within seven days of any request therefor as if the dog has been seized and impounded. - 2 - (2) The amount of the pound fee payable under clause 1 of subsection bb shall be equal to the amount of the pound fee payable under clause 2 of subsection b, as set out in clause 1 of subsection ba. (bc) Any female dog found to be running at large in heat shall be held at a pound until no longer in heat, but in any case, no longer than twenty one days. (bd) The Owner of any dog impounded, whether the dog is claimed from the pound or not, shall be liable for any pound or maintenance fees attributable to that dog under this section and shall pay such fees as required or on demand of the Animal Control officer. This By-law will become effective the first day of January 1976. By-law read a first, second and third and PASSED this ''SQ„ day of ,QUUuVtwt; 197,. Mayor Administrator/Clerl TOWN Or PICKERING RE€ 1.)M0 ED VOTE YEA INAY /iEHE C5. -' I ? I IUTCh; Efd D? `- I ? y I ror_E_rrura ?- St>??ATL EY K. SEAP,LL' s.