Ordinance Fee Schedule

ORDINANCE NO. 3378

ORDINANCE OF THE MARIN COUNTY BOARD OF SUPERVISORS

ESTABLISHING INCREASES IN FEES COLLECTED FOR ANIMAL CONTROL SERVICES CODIFIED IN CHAPTER 8.04 OF TITLE 8 OF THE MARIN COUNTY CODE

THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS OF THE COUNTY OF MARIN HEREBY ORDAINS AS FOLLOWS:

SECTION I. Fees for the various services provided under Marin County Code Chapter 8.04 as described and identified below (all code references are to sections of the Marin County Code) are hereby established and/or amended to read as follows and shall become operative upon all parties to the Joint Powers Agreement for the implementation of county-wide animal control services adopting said fees. Said event shall be memorialized by the Board’s adoption of a resolution implementing the new fees authorized hereunder. Until that resolution is adopted, the County’s current fees (as set forth below within brackets) shall remain in full force and effect. All cost pass-through policies, delinquent charges and discount policies are intended to continue unchanged and will remain in full force and effect prior to resolution adoption as well as thereafter.

SCHEDULE OF FEES

Dog Licenses
Dog License Fees established under 8.04.060 for:

Sterilized Dog:
For a one year license $12.00
For a two year license $18.00
For a three year license $24.00

Unsterilized Dog:
For a one year license $36.00
For a two year license $50.00
For a three year license $70.00

Delinquent Dog License Fees established under 8.04.070 $30.00

Duplicate License Tag fee established under 8.04.080 $2.00

Redemption/Impound
Redemption Fees (Impound Fees) established under 8.04.140 for:

Sterilized Animal:
Upon a first impoundment during a 12 month period $50.00
Upon a second impoundment during a 12 month period $75.00
Upon a third impoundment during a 12 month period $100.00
Upon a fourth impoundment during a 12 month period $125.00
Upon subsequent impoundment during a 12 month period $200.00

Unsterilized Animal:
Upon a first impoundment during a 12 month period $60.00
Upon a second impoundment during a 12 month period $85.00
Upon a third impoundment during a 12 month period $110.00
Upon a fourth impoundment during a 12 month period $135.00
Upon subsequent impoundment during a 12 mo. Period $210.00

Dead Animal Removal
Dead Dog, Cat and Small Household Pet Removal Fees established under 8.04.195 $40.00

**A $50.00 transport fee will be charged for pickup of dead dogs, cats, or small companion animals for communal cremation or private cremation (cremation is an additional charge).

Dead Wildlife Removal Fees established under 8.04.195
For removal & disposition of dead wildlife under 50 lbs. $40.00*
For removal & disposition of dead wildlife 50 lbs. & over $75.00*

*Said removal and disposition fees shall be chargeable to the property owner where the dead wildlife is found.

Quarantine/Impound
Boarding Fees for quarantined or impounded animals established under 8.04.050 and 8.04.150

Boarding:
The charge for boarding a sterilized dog per day is $20.00
The charge for boarding an unsterilzed dog per day is $30.00
The charge for boarding a sterilized cat per day is $10.00
The charge for boarding an unsterilized cat per day is $15.00

Quarantine:
The charge for quarantining a sterilized dog per day is $22.00
The charge for quarantining an unsterilized dog per day is $32.00
The charge for quarantining a sterilized cat per day is $18.00
The charge for quarantining an unsterilized cat per day is $20.00

Animals other than dogs and cats that need to be boarded due to quarantine or impound shall be charged for said services at the same rate as those for cats for the status of the animal and category of services described.

All veterinary fees associated with veterinary care provided to any animals in the Animal Services Agency’s care pursuant hereto shall be directly recoverable as a charge pursuant to this ordinance.

Payment is delinquent if not received within 60 days. In the event that payment is not received within 60 days, a delinquency charge equaling the amount of the invoice shall be assessed. For each additional month of delinquency, another twenty percent penalty charge shall be assessed.

Other
Potentially Dangerous/Vicious Dog Permits established under 8.04.181
Potentially Dangerous the charge for record keeping pursuant to 8.04.181(g) $50.00
Vicious Dog the charge for record keeping pursuant to 8.04.181(h) $100.00

Hobbyist & Ranch Dog Fees established under 8.04.245 & 8.04.246
Dog Hobbyist Permit the charge for issuance of each dog hobbyist permit $100.00
Ranch Dog Permit the charge for issuance of each ranch dog permit $100.00

The issuance of a dog hobbyist or ranch dog permit includes provision of an individual for each dog harbored under the permit at no additional charge.

Exhibit Fee & Commercial Animal Establishment established under 8.04.230 and 8.04.240
Animal Exhibition Fee the charge for timely processing of unwaived exhibit fee $200.00
Commercial Animal Establishment Fee for an annual permit & for timely renewals $200.00

A delinquency charge shall be assessed for late renewal of an expired permit $40.00

An additional charge shall be assessed for every calendar month of said delinquency $40.00

Stray Livestock Charges established pursuant to 8.04.220
Equine and Bovine (over 6 mo.) charge for securing $50.00
and keeping (per day) $20.00
Equine and Bovine (6 mo. & under) & sheep, lamb, goat, hogs, etc.
charge for securing $35.00
and keeping (per day) $12.00

Herding Fee the charge per hour or any fraction thereof for return of an animal that has strayed $35.00

All costs incurred by County in connection with such animals shall be a pass-through to the animal owner, including, but not limited to, the cost of herding, advertising, transporting, drugs, and veterinary services.

Senior Citizen, Blind or Disabled Person’s Discount on Specified Fees pursuant to 8.04.255
Dog license Fees (any duration) 25% discount from listed fees

SECTION II. This ordinance shall be liberally construed to achieve its purposes and preserve its validity. If any section, subsection, sentence, clause or phrase of this ordinance is for any reason held to be unconstitutional or invalid, such decision shall not affect the validity of the remaining portion of this ordinance. The Board of Supervisors hereby declares that it would have passed this ordinance and every section, subsection, sentence, clause or phrase thereof, irrespective of the fact that any one or more sections, subsections, sentences, clauses or phrases be declared unconstitutional or invalid.

SECTION III. Effective Date. This ordinance shall be and is hereby declared to be in full force and effect as of thirty (30) days from and after the date of its passage and shall be published once before the expiration of fifteen (15) days after its passage, with the names of the supervisors voting for and against the same in the MARIN INDEPENDENT JOURNAL, a newspaper of general circulation published in the County of Marin.

PASSED AND ADOPTED at a regular meeting of the Board of Supervisors of the County of Marin held on this 3rd day of June, 2003.

Additional Shelter Fees:
Surrender fees
In county dogs, cats that have been sterilized and have current vet records $25.00
In county dogs, cats, and litters without vet records $50.00
Out of county dogs, cats, and litters $150.00
Livestock $50.00
Birds, including chickens, ducks, and small mammals $10.00
Amphibians and Reptiles $25.00
Horses To Be Determined

Euthanasia fees (Includes general disposal)
All Cats and Dogs (no weight differential) $50.00
Rabbits, iguanas and others $20.00
Livestock To Be Determined

Private Cremation Fees (effective December 1, 2004)
Small Household Animals $90.00
Cats and Dogs (under 40 lbs.) $210.00
Dogs (40 to 80 lbs.) $250.00
Dogs (over 80 lbs.) $300.00
Field Service transport to shelter for euthanasia or cremation $50.00