1 MEMORANDUM
DATE: February 26, 2024
TO: Justin Hess, City Manager
FROM: Marisa Garcia, Park, Recreation and Community Services Director VIA: Kristen Smith, Park, Recreation and Community Services Assistant Director
BY: Brenda Castaneda, Animal Shelter Superintendent
SUBJECT: February 27, 2024 City Council Meeting Agenda Item No. 7 Public Hearing – Introduction of an Ordinance establishing Article 16, Potentially Dangerous and Vicious Animals in Chapter 1 Animals, Title 5 of the Burbank Municipal Code
This memo is to update Attachment 1 (Proposed Ordinance), regarding the February 27, 2024 City Council Regular Meeting Agenda Public Hearing – Introduction of an Ordinance establishing Article 16, Potentially Dangerous and Vicious Animals in Chapter 1 Animals, Title 5 of the Burbank Municipal Code.
Please reference the redline changes to the Proposed Ordinance on Attachment 2:
Proposed Ordinance (Redline). The redline changes to the Proposed Ordinance include updates to sequential alphabetical order, minor grammatical changes, insertion of words for clarity such as “potentially, registration, and City Attorney’s Office” and code reference corrections outlined below.
• 5-1-1603: PROCEDURE FOR DECLARING ANIMAL POTENTIALLY
DANGEROUS AND/OR VICIOUS:
EF. If the animal in question is found to be potentially dangerous and/or vicious as defined by Burbank Municipal Code section 5-1- 16023 et seq., the Hearing Officer may issue any one or more of the following orders:
• 5-1-1604: COMPLIANCE WITH THE HEARING OFFICER’S ORDER:
A. If a determination is made that an animal is potentially dangerous or vicious, the owner or keeper of the animal shall comply with the requirements set forth in
PARKS AND
RECREATION
2 section 5-1-16034 subsection EF in accordance with a time schedule established by the Hearing Officer, but in no case more than 30 days after the date of the determination or 35 days if notice of the determination is mailed to the owner or keeper of the animal.
• 5-1-1610: FINES AND OTHER PENALTIES:
A. Any violation of this article, including a failure to permit inspection as set forth in section 5- 1-16045 subsection B, involving a potentially dangerous dog, shall be punished by a fi ne not to exceed five hundred dollars ($500). Any violation of this article, including a failure to permit inspection as set forth in section 5- 1- 16045 subsection B, involving a vicious dog, shall be punished by a fine not to exceed one thousand dollars ($1,000). All fines paid pursuant to this article sh all be paid to the City for the purpose of defraying the cost of the implementation of this article.
The Proposed Ordinance is hereby amended with the attached redline corrections (Attachment 2: Proposed Ordinance (Redline)).
ATTACHMENTS
Attachment 1 – Proposed Ordinance
Attachment 2 – Proposed Ordinance (Redline)