City of Pittsburgh - File #: 2011-1826

• File #: 2011-1826
• Version: 4
• Type: Ordinance
• Status: Passed Finally
• File created: 6/21/2011
• In control: Committee on Public Safety Services
• Final action: 7/19/2011
• Enactment date: 7/12/2011
• Enactment #: 12
• Effective date: 7/22/2011
• Title: Amending Title VI, Article III, Section 633 by adding language to extend the tenure of dog licenses and to amend the fee structure for dog license issuances.
• Sponsors: Natalia Rudiak, Darlene M. Harris
• Indexes: PGH. CODE ORDINANCES TITLE 06 - CONDUCT

Date	Ver.	Action By	Action	Result
7/25/2011	4	Mayor	Signed by the Mayor
7/19/2011	4	City Council	Passed Finally, As Amended	Pass
7/19/2011	4	City Council	AMENDED	Pass
7/19/2011	3	City Council	Motion to Reconsider	Pass
7/12/2011	3	City Council	Passed Finally, As Amended	Pass
7/12/2011	3	City Council	AMENDED	Pass
7/6/2011	1	Standing Committee	AMENDED BY SUBSTITUTE	Pass
7/6/2011	2	Standing Committee	Affirmatively Recommended as Amended	Pass
6/29/2011	1	Standing Committee	Held in Committee	Pass
6/21/2011	1	City Council	Read and referred

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Amending Title VI, Article III, Section 633 by adding language to extend the tenure of dog licenses and to amend the fee structure for dog license issuances.


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The Council of the City of Pittsburgh hereby enacts as follows:
Section 1.

§ 633.02 - DOG LICENSE REQUIRED; EXEMPTION AND TERM shall be amended as follows:

(a) No person shall keep, harbor or maintain a dog over the age of three (3) months unless the owner obtains a license from the City Treasurer or his or her authorized agent.

(b) The provisions of this section shall not apply to dogs whose owners are within the City for sixty (60) days or less or to dogs brought into this City for the purpose of participating in a dog show or similar event.

[(c) The license year shall be from January 1 to December 31 of each year. License year shall become effective January 1, 1993.]

(c) Dog licenses shall be available in the following terms:

(i) A license term of one (1) year shall be available to applicable dog owners in the City of Pittsburgh. The license term shall commence on January 1st of the license's effective year, and shall terminate on December 31st of the same year. There shall be no pro-rata pricing for dog licenses.

(ii) A license term of three (3) years shall be available to applicable dog owners in the City of Pittsburgh. The license term shall commence on January 1st of the first year of the term and end on December 31st of the third year of the term. In instances where a dog owner applies for a license mid-year, the license term shall commence on the date of the acceptance of the completed dog license application and fee, and shall end on the 31st of December in the second full year after the license has been issued. There shall be no pro-rata pricing for dog licenses. This license term shall become effective January 1, 2013 2012.

(iii) A lifetime license term shall be available to applicable dog owners in the City of Pittsburgh. The lifetime license sha...