HomeMy WebLinkAboutOrdinance No. 988 ORDINANCE NO. 988
AMENDING SECTION 6.04.040 OF THE LAUREL MUNICIPAL
CODE, TO ALLOW ANIMAL PARADES BY PRIOR PERMIT.
IT IS HEREBY ORDAINED by the City Council of the City of
Laurel, Montana, that Section 6.04.040 of the Laurel Municipal Code
is hereby amended to read as follows:
Section 6.04.040. Animal Waste.
1. The owner or custodian of every animal shall immediately
retrieve and remove all excreta deposited by his or her animal on
public streets, public walkways, public recreation areas, or in City
parks.
animals
2. The City Council may grant permits for the inclusion of
in parades on public ways, when such parades are sponsored
by recognized public, civic, or service associations or
organizations. Applicants shall make a request for such permit to
the City Council, in writing, containing such information as the
Council may hereafter require. No fee shall be charged for the
permit.
Permits must be issued in advance of the event. Applicants
must appear in person before the City Council at the time the
Council considers the application. The permit shall be limited to
the specific date, time, locations and route set forth in the
application, unless altered by the Council in its discretion. The
Council may require that proper arrangements be made by the
applicant, for cleanup and disposal of animal excreta, prior to
issuing the permit.
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3. Any person who shall violate any of the provisions of
this section shall, upon conviction thereof, be punished by a fine
not exceeding five hundred dollars or by imprisonment for a period
not exceeding six months, or by both such fine and imprisonment, all
as provided in Section 1.36.010 of the Laurel Municipal Code.
This ordinance shall become effective thirty (30) days after
final passage by the City Council and approval by the mayor.
Introduced and passed on first reading at a regular
of the
Kellogg
City Council on October 1
PASSED and
reading this 15th
Alderman Marshall
1991.
, 1991 by
meeting
Alderman
ADOPTED by the Laurel City Council on second
day of October , 1991, upon motion of
APPROVED by the Mayor this 16th day of October ·
ATTEST:
Bob Mayor
Donald L. Haekmann, City Clerk
Ap~oved a.~ to form:~
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Jos~ M~ Bradley, City Attorney
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