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Salt Lake City, UT Code of Ordinances
CITY CODE of SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH
ORDINANCES PENDING REVIEW FOR CODIFICATION
TITLE 1 GENERAL PROVISIONS
TITLE 2 ADMINISTRATION AND PERSONNEL
TITLE 3 REVENUE AND FINANCE
TITLE 4 RESERVED
TITLE 5 BUSINESS TAXES, LICENSES AND REGULATIONS
TITLE 6 ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES1
TITLE 7 RESERVED
TITLE 8 ANIMALS
CHAPTER 8.04 ANIMAL CONTROL
8.04.010: DEFINITIONS:
8.04.020: ANIMAL SERVICES:
8.04.030: ANIMAL SERVICES OFFICIALS; POWERS AND DUTIES:
8.04.040: DIRECTOR'S AND OFFICERS' POWERS; ENFORCEMENT:
8.04.050: EXEMPTION FROM FEES AUTHORIZED WHEN:
8.04.060: INTERFERENCE WITH OFFICERS PROHIBITED:
8.04.065: PERMIT AND LICENSE FEES; EXPIRATION; RENEWAL:
8.04.070: DOG AND CAT LICENSE; REQUIRED WHEN; APPLICATION AND FEES:
8.04.080: DOG OR CAT LICENSE; TAG REQUIREMENTS:
8.04.090: DOG AND CAT LICENSE; EXEMPTIONS:
8.04.100: DOG OR CAT LICENSE; REVOCATION PROCEDURES:
8.04.110: HARBORING STRAY ANIMALS PROHIBITED:
8.04.120: RABBITS; NUMBER PER RESIDENCE:
8.04.125: DANGEROUS ANIMAL PERMIT:
8.04.130: COMMERCIAL AND PET RESCUE PERMITS; REQUIRED WHEN; APPLICATION; ISSUANCE CONDITIONS:
8.04.135: FERAL CAT COLONY REGISTRATION; REQUIREMENTS1:
8.04.136: MAINTAINING A REGISTERED FERAL CAT COLONY; ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS2:
8.04.140: COMMERCIAL PERMITS; EXEMPT ESTABLISHMENTS:
8.04.150: PERMITS/REGISTRATIONS; FEE SCHEDULE:
8.04.160: PERMIT; DISPLAY; CHANGE OF STATUS NOTIFICATION:
8.04.170: COMMERCIAL AND PET RESCUE PERMITS; EXPIRATION AND RENEWAL:
8.04.180: PERMIT; SUSPENSION OR REVOCATION1:
8.04.190: COMMERCIAL ESTABLISHMENTS; OPERATION STANDARDS:
8.04.195: SALE OF DOGS, CATS, AND RABBITS AT COMMERCIAL ANIMAL ESTABLISHMENTS:
8.04.200: COMMERCIAL ESTABLISHMENTS; INSPECTIONS:
8.04.210: EMERGENCY SUSPENSION OF PERMIT/REGISTRATION:
8.04.220: COURT ORDER PROCEDURES AUTHORIZED WHEN1:
8.04.230: BITES; REPORT REQUIREMENTS:
8.04.240: RABIES CONTROL; VACCINATION FOR DOGS AND CATS:
8.04.250: RABIES CONTROL; VETERINARIAN DUTIES; CERTIFICATION AND TAG REQUIREMENTS:
8.04.260: RABIES CONTROL; TRANSIENT ANIMALS:
8.04.270: RABIES CONTROL; REPORTING OF RABID ANIMALS:
8.04.280: BITING OR POTENTIALLY RABID ANIMALS; QUARANTINE/CONFINEMENT OR OTHER DISPOSITION:
8.04.290: ANIMALS WITHOUT RABIES VACCINATION TAG; IMPOUNDMENT:
8.04.300: ANIMAL SHELTER; PREMISES AND ACTIVITIES:
8.04.310: ANIMAL SHELTER; HOURS:
8.04.320: IMPOUNDMENT; AUTHORIZED WHEN:
8.04.330: IMPOUNDMENT; RECORDKEEPING REQUIREMENTS:
8.04.340: IMPOUNDMENT; HOLDING PERIOD; NOTICE TO OWNER; DISPOSITION OF ANIMALS:
8.04.350: IMPOUNDMENT; REDEMPTION CONDITIONS:
8.04.352: IMPOUND FEES FOR VOLUNTARY RELINQUISHMENT BY OWNER:
8.04.356: STERILIZATION REQUIRED:
8.04.360: DOGS; PROHIBITED WHERE:
8.04.370: ANIMAL NUISANCES DESIGNATED:
8.04.380: FEMALE DOGS IN HEAT:
8.04.390: ANIMALS RUNNING AT LARGE:
8.04.400: TETHERING OF DOGS; RESTRICTIONS:
8.04.405: TETHERING OF ANIMALS; EXEMPTIONS:
8.04.410: ANIMALS ATTACKING PERSONS AND ANIMALS:
8.04.420: POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS OR DANGEROUS ANIMALS:
8.04.430: WILD ANIMALS:
8.04.440: BABY RABBITS, FOWL AND PET TURTLES; RESTRICTIONS:
8.04.450: ANIMALS INJURED BY MOTORISTS; RESPONSES REQUIRED:
8.04.460: USING ANIMALS FOR FIGHTING; UNLAWFUL ACTIVITIES:
8.04.470: CRUELTY TO ANIMALS PROHIBITED:
8.04.480: SPRING LOADED TRAPS; PROHIBITED:
8.04.490: SPRING LOADED TRAPS; EXCEPTION:
CHAPTER 8.05 DANGEROUS OR VICIOUS ANIMALS
CHAPTER 8.06 DOG BREEDERS
CHAPTER 8.08 KEEPING ANIMALS, LIVESTOCK AND POULTRY
CHAPTER 8.10 BEEKEEPING
CHAPTER 8.11 FERAL CATS
CHAPTER 8.12 ESTRAYS
CHAPTER 8.15 ENFORCEMENT
TITLE 9 HEALTH AND SAFETY
TITLE 10 HUMAN RIGHTS
TITLE 11 PUBLIC PEACE, MORALS AND WELFARE
TITLE 12 VEHICLES AND TRAFFIC
TITLE 13 RESERVED
TITLE 14 STREETS, SIDEWALKS AND PUBLIC PLACES
TITLE 15 PARKS AND RECREATION
TITLE 16 AIRPORTS
TITLE 17 PUBLIC SERVICES
TITLE 18 BUILDINGS AND CONSTRUCTION
TITLE 19 GENERAL PLANS
TITLE 20 SUBDIVISIONS
TITLE 21A ZONING
TITLE 22 LOCAL EMERGENCIES
APPENDICES SPECIAL ORDINANCES
Salt Lake City, UT Policies and Procedures Manual
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8.04.060: INTERFERENCE WITH OFFICERS PROHIBITED:
It is unlawful for any person knowingly and intentionally to interfere with the director or any animal services officer in the lawful discharge of their duties, as prescribed in this title. (Ord. 69-99 § 6, 1999: prior code § 100-1-5)
8.04.065: PERMIT AND LICENSE FEES; EXPIRATION; RENEWAL:
A permit issued pursuant to this chapter shall expire one year after it is issued by the office of animal services or other authorized entity, and shall be renewable upon application therefor. Renewal applications shall not be available until thirty (30) days prior to the expiration date of the current permit. A permit may only be issued after the appropriate fee has been paid. Application shall be accompanied by the fee shown on the Salt Lake City consolidated fee schedule. Licenses may be issued for multiple years in accordance with fees shown on the Salt Lake City consolidated fee schedule.
   A.   The permit and license fee schedule may be modified from time to time as deemed appropriate by the director of animal services or other authorized manager, and upon approval by the Salt Lake City council.
   B.   Permits are not transferable from one owner to another, nor from one site to another. (Ord. 24-11, 2011)
8.04.070: DOG AND CAT LICENSE; REQUIRED WHEN; APPLICATION AND FEES:
   A.   Required: All dogs and cats shall be licensed each year, except as otherwise provided herein, to a person of the age of eighteen (18) years or older. However, no license shall be required for cats maintained within a feral cat colony.
   B.   Deadline: Any person owning, possessing or harboring any dog or cat shall obtain a license for such animal within thirty (30) days after the animal reaches the age of four (4) months, or, in the case of a dog or cat over four (4) months of age, or in the case of a new city resident, within thirty (30) days of the acquisition of the animal or the commencement of residency. However, if an animal is fostered pursuant to a pet rescue permit and is held pending adoption, then the time period in which the pet rescue permit holder must obtain a license for such animal will be expanded from thirty (30) days to ninety (90) days. The animal services director may waive late fees or extend licensing deadlines in individual cases, as appropriate.
   C.   Application: License applications shall be submitted to the office of animal services, by utilizing a standard form which requests name, address and telephone number of the applicant; breed, sex, color and age of the animal; previous license information; rabies and sterilization information; and the number, location or other identification applicable to a tattoo or implanted microchip of the animal. The application shall be accompanied by the prescribed license fee and by a rabies vaccination certificate current for a minimum of six (6) months beyond the date of application. A license shall not be issued for a period that exceeds the expiration date of the rabies vaccination. Rabies vaccinations shall be given by a licensed veterinarian with a vaccine approved by the current compendium of animal rabies control.
   D.   License Fees:
      1.   License fees shall be as set forth in the Salt Lake City consolidated fee schedule. Penalties for failing to properly license dogs and cats shall be as set forth in the penalty schedule in section 8.15.027 of this title.
      2.   No dog or cat shall be licensed as spayed or neutered without veterinary verification that such surgery was performed.
   E.   License Vendors: The animal services director may contract with veterinary hospitals, veterinarians, pet shops, animal grooming parlors, and similar institutions or individuals for the issuance of license application forms. License fees and requirements for licensure with such vendors shall be the same as if the application was issued directly by the office of animal services.
   F.   Dog And Cat Limits: There is no limitation on the numbers of dogs and cats that can be owned by a resident, provided that all dogs and cats are properly licensed and cared for. Dog and cat owners must abide by all applicable sections of this title including, but not limited to, licensing, proper care and maintenance, medical attention, and animal cruelty. Owners are required to prevent their animals from causing, and shall abate, any nuisances caused by animals including, but not limited to, noise and odor.
   G.   Senior Citizen Provisions: In lieu of the annual license fees provided above, a person sixty (60) years of age or older on the date of license application may, upon proof of age, obtain a dog or cat license for an unsterilized dog or cat for a reduced fee as specified in the city's consolidated fee schedule. A person sixty (60) years of age or older may obtain a license for the life of a spayed or neutered dog or cat for a onetime nontransferable fee as specified in the Salt Lake City consolidated fee schedule, but such person shall nevertheless obtain a license without fee thereafter for verification of rabies vaccination. This subsection shall not be construed to relieve any person from meeting all licensing requirements not specifically exempted, including late fees and required vaccinations, nor is any license issued hereunder transferable to any other animal or owner other than that for which the license was issued. (Ord. 8-15, 2015)
8.04.080: DOG OR CAT LICENSE; TAG REQUIREMENTS:
   A.   Upon payment of the license fee, the office of animal services shall issue to the owner a certificate and a tag for each dog or cat licensed. The tag shall have stamped thereon the license number corresponding with the tag number on the certificate. The owner shall attach the tag to the collar or harness of the animal and see that the collar and tag are constantly worn when the animal is off the premises of the owner. Failure to attach the tag as provided shall be a violation of this title, except that dogs or cats which are kept for show purposes are exempt from wearing the collar and tag when participating in a match or show.
   B.   License tags are not transferable from one animal to another. No refunds shall be made on any license fee for any reason whatsoever. Replacements for lost or destroyed tags shall be issued upon payment of the replacement tag fee set forth in the consolidated fee schedule to the office of animal services.
   C.   Any person removing or causing to be removed the collar, harness or tag from any licensed animal without the consent of the owner or keeper thereof, except a licensed veterinarian or animal services officer who removes such for medical or other reasons, shall be in violation of this title.
   D.   Owners may have an identifying microchip implanted in their dogs or cats. If owners take such action, they shall be exempt from the requirement that such dogs or cats wear identifying tags at all times while off the premises, provided that the microchip information has been registered with the office of animal services. Owners shall assume the risk of nonidentification of all microchipped, unrestrained dogs or cats that are subsequently impounded by animal services officers.
   E.   It is unlawful for any vendor of microchips to refuse to provide information to the office of animal services as to the identification of the owner of an animal that has been microchipped. (Ord. 2-12, 2012)
8.04.090: DOG AND CAT LICENSE; EXEMPTIONS:
   A.   The provisions of sections 8.04.070 and 8.04.080 of this chapter, or their successor sections, shall not apply to:
      1.   Dogs or cats properly licensed in another jurisdiction whose owners are nonresidents temporarily (up to 30 days) within the city. Licensed animals whose owners remain within the city longer than thirty (30) days may transfer to the local license upon payment of a fee as specified in the city's consolidated fee schedule and proof of a required rabies vaccination.
      2.   Individual dogs or cats within a properly licensed kennel, cattery or other such establishment, when such animals are held for resale.
   B.   The fee provisions of section 8.04.070 of this chapter shall not apply to:
      1.   Service dogs trained and certified to assist persons with a physical or mental disability, or dogs in an official training program for such assistance; or
      2.   Dogs especially trained to assist officials of government agencies in the performance of their duties and which are owned by such agencies.
   C.   Nothing in this section or chapter 8.06 of this title shall be construed to exempt any dog or cat from having a required rabies vaccination. (Ord. 5-12, 2012)
8.04.100: DOG OR CAT LICENSE; REVOCATION PROCEDURES:
If the owner of any dog or cat is found to be in violation of this title on three (3) or more different occasions during any twelve (12) month period, the director of animal services may seek a court order, pursuant to chapter 8.15 of this title, or its successor, revoking for a period of one year any license(s) such person may possess and providing for the office of animal services to pick up and impound any animal(s) kept by the person under such order. Any animal impounded pursuant to such an order shall be dealt with in accordance with the provisions of this title for impounded animals, except that the person under the order of revocation shall not be allowed to redeem the animal under any circumstances. (Ord. 21-14, 2014)
8.04.110: HARBORING STRAY ANIMALS PROHIBITED:
It is unlawful for any person, except: a) an animal welfare society incorporated within the state, or b) a peace officer as provided under section 77-24-1.5, Utah Code Annotated, 1953, or its successor, to harbor or to keep any lost or strayed animal. Whenever any animal shall be found which appears to be lost or strayed, it shall be the duty of the finder to notify animal services within twenty four (24) hours, and animal services shall provide for the safe and humane custody of the animal. (Ord. 69-99 § 6, 1999: prior code § 100-1-9)
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