File #: 051607    Version: Name: Mandating the spaying and neutering of pit bulls and prohibiting non-permitted breeding of pit bulls
Type: Ordinance Status: Passed
Introduced: 9/20/2005 In control: Board of Supervisors
On agenda: Final action: 11/22/2005
Enactment date: Enactment #: 268-05
Title: Ordinance amending Article 1 of the San Francisco Health Code by: adding Section 43, to define pit bull and to create a procedure for determining breed; adding Section 43.1, to require every pit bull in the City and County of San Francisco to be spayed or neutered unless one of the enumerated exceptions apply; adding Section 43.2, to establish fines of $100 to $1000 for failing to spay or neuter, to limit an owner from redeeming an impounded unspayed or unneutered pit bull, to provide a procedure for the Department of Animal Care and Control to spay or neuter a pit bull upon a deposit of $100 with an ultimate fee of the actual expenses incurred, and to set a fee of $60 for Animal Care and Control to transport a pit bull to a private veterinarian for spaying or neutering; adding Section 43.3, to allocate fines to the Department of Animal Care and Control; adding Section 43.4 to provide an operative date; adding Section 44, to provide permit requirements for the breeding and/or transferring ownership or possession of pit bull puppies within the City and County of San Francisco; adding Section 44.1, to create a permit procedure including standards for granting or denying a permit and establish a permit fee of $100; adding Section 44.2, to create a procedure for revoking a permit; adding Section 44.3, to require posting of permit numbers on any offer of sale, trade or adoption and to require permit holders to inform the Department of Animal Care and Control of the number of puppies born and transfer of ownership or possession of puppies; adding Section 44.4, to create fines of $100 to $1000 for failure to comply with permit requirements; adding Section 44.5, to allocate fines to the Department of Animal Care and Control; adding Section 44.6, to define exceptions to the breeding permit posting requirements; adding Section 44.7 to provide an operative date; and making environmental findings.
Sponsors: Bevan Dufty
Attachments: 1. Leg_Ver1, 2. Leg_Ver2, 3. Leg_Final
Legislation Details
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