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CITY OF SEWARD, ALASKA
ORDINANCE NO. 656
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY
OF SEWARD, ALASKA, CREATING SSC ~ 9.05.150,
PROHIBITING AND PENALIZING CRUELTY TO ANIMALS
THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SEWARD, ALASKA HEREBY ORDAINS
that:
Section 1. The Seward City Code is hereby amended by adding
a new Section No. 9.05.150 to read as follows:
9.05.150 Cruelty to animals. A. No person may perform
or commit the following acts:
1. intentionally or with criminal negligence
kill or abandon an animal;
2. intentionally or with criminal negligence
injure, torment, poison, provoke or otherwise abuse an
animal;
3. maintain an animal without food, water and
shelter adequate to preserve the animal's health;
4. maintain an animal showing symptoms of an
infectious or contagious disease without keeping the
animal confined in a building or secure enclosure and
under proper care;
5. keep canines on vacant property unless
such property contains a contiguous permanently-occupied
residence, occupied by the canines' owner, or the owner's
agent, who shall be respons ible for the daily care,
maintenance and supervision of the animals;
6. refuse to maintain the premises in a
sanitary condition including the removal of fecal matter;
7. cause a domesticated animal to fight
another animal or human being, whether for amusement of
himself or others or for financial gain; or
8. train, or keep for the purposes of
training, an animal for exhibition in combat with an
animal or human being.
B. The above section does not apply to the
following:
1. impounding, destruction or other disposi-
tion of an animal in a humane manner;
2. killing or injuring an animal where
necessary to protect a human being or domesticated animal
from injury or death; or
3. the humane destruction of an animal by its
owner or the owner's authorized agent.
C. The driver of a vehicle involved in an accident
resulting in injury to a domesticated animal shall be
required to perform the following:
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1. stop the vehicle as close to the scene of
the accident as possible; and
2. inform the owner of the animal of the
injury if the animal's ownership is readily ascertain-
able; or
3. inform the Animal Control Officer or the
Police Department of the accident, the time and location
of the accident and a description of the injured animal
and the apparent nature of the injury if the animal's
ownership is not readily ascertainable.
D. Any person convicted of cruelty to animals as
described above is liable for a fine of not less than
fifty dollars ($50.00) and not to exceed three hundred
dollars ($300.00) for each offense.
Section 2. This ordinance shall take effect ten (10) days
following its enactment.
ENACTED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SEWARD, ALASKA,
this 9th day of September, 1991.
THE CITY OF SEWARD, ALASKA
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DAVID L. HILTON, MAYOR
AYES:
NOES:
ABSENT:
ABSTAIN:
ATTEST:
Burgess, Hilton, Krasnansky, Sieminski & Simutis
None
Dunham & Meehan
None
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
PERKINS COlE, Attorneys for
the City of Seward, Alaska
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'Y - City Clerk
(City Seal)
Fr7a~AlJ1d~
City Attorney
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Introduced By: Simutis/BUrjeSS
Introduction Date: 08/26_91
Public Hearing &
Enactment Date: 09/09/91
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