HomeMy WebLinkAboutResolution 2007-091 declaring town code title 6 relating to animal control a public record
MARAN A RESOLUTION NO. 2007-91
RELATING TO ANIMAL CONTROL; DECLARING THE REVISIONS TO TOWN CODE
TITLE 6 ADOPTED BY MARANA ORDINANCE NO. 2007.14 AS A PUBLIC RECORD
FILED WITH THE TOWN CLERK; AND DECLARING AN EMERGENCY.
BE IT RESOLVED BY THE MAYOR AND COUNCIL OF THE TOWN OF
MARANA, ARIZONA, as follows:
SECTION 1. The revisions to Town Code Title 6 (Animal Control) adopted by Marana
Ordinance No. 2007.14, a copy of which is attached to and incorporated in this resolution as
Exhibit A and three copies of which are on file in the office of the Town Clerk, is hereby
declared to be a public record and ordered to remain on file with the Town Clerk.
SECTION 2. Since it is necessary for the preservation of the peace, health and safety of
the Town of Marana that this resolution become immediately effective, an emergency is hereby
declared to exist, and this resolution shall be effective immediately upon its passage and
adoption.
PASSED AND ADOPTED BY THE MAYOR AND COUNCIL OF THE TOWN OF
MARANA, ARIZONA, ta\ltlt,~ay of June, 2007.
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MARANA ORDINANCE NO. 2007.14
RELATING TO ANIMAL CONTROL; AMENDING TITLE 6 OF THE MARANA TOWN
CODE, SECTION 6-3-5 REGARDING DOG WASTE REMOVAL; AND DECLARING AN
EMERGENCY.
WHEREAS the Town Council is authorized by A.R.S. ~ 9-240 to adopt animal control
regulations; and
WHEREAS the Town Council finds that the animal control regulations established by
this ordinance are necessary for the public health, safety and general welfare of the Town of
Marana.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE MAYOR AND COUNCIL OF THE
TOWN OF MARANA, as follows:
SECTION 1. Section 6-3-5 ofthe Marana Town Code is hereby revised as follows (with
deletions shown with strikeouts and additions shown with double underlininl!):
Section 6-3-5 Dog waste removal; exceptions; sanctions
A. It shall be a civil infraction for the owner or person having custody of any dog
to fail immediately to remove and dispose of in a sanitary manner any solid
waste deposited by the dog on public property or on private property without
the consent of the person in control of the property.
B. It shall be a civil infraction for the owner. oroorietor. acent or occuoant of anv
oremises where docs are keot to deoosit. cause to be deoosited or allow to
accumulate. within or about the oremises. anv solid wastes from docs for a
oeriod of time loncer than 72 hours. This oaracraoh aoolies to orivate
orooertv. includinc orooertv owned. leased or controlled bv the owner of the
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CB. Paracraoh A This section shall not apply to blind persons, persons with
mobility disabilities, or police officers or other law enforcement officers
accompanied by police dogs while on emergency.
.DG. Any person found responsible for violating this section shall be sanctioned
by a fine of not more than $300.
{;Q. Any individual who receives notice of violation and fails to appear at the
hearing time designated in the notice, or at the time designated for hearing by
the court, shall be deemed to have admitted the allegations of the complaint,
and the court shall enter judgment for the town and impose a civil sanction in
accordance with the provisions of this section.
EE. If any penalty ordered to be paid by the court or forfeited pursuant to default
is not paid within 30 days of the magistrate's order, the town attorney may
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institute appropriate civil proceedings seeking legal and/or equitable relief to
enforce the order, and the magistrate may institute judicial proceedings as
provided by law to collect the penalty. All penalties collected pursuant to this
section shall be paid to and become the property of the town.
SECTION 2. IT IS FURTHER ORDAINED that, since it is necessary for the
preservation of the peace, health and safety of the Town of Marana that this ordinance become
immediately effective, an emergency is hereby declared to exist, and this ordinance shall be
effective immediately upon its passage and adoption.
PASSED AND ADOPTED BY THE MAYOR AND COUNCIL OF THE TOWN OF
MARANA, ARIZONA, this ~~~fltY,Fl June, 2007.
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