HomeMy WebLinkAboutCOR-19-011 - Amendments to By-law 2014-138 & 2014-142REPORT TO:Community & InfrastructureServices Committee
DATE OF MEETING:February 25, 2019
SUBMITTED BY:Jennifer Sheryer, Assistant City Solicitor, (519) 741-2200 x7265
PREPARED BY:Jennifer Sheryer, Assistant City Solicitor, (519) 741-2200 x7265
WARD (S) INVOLVED:All
DATE OF REPORT:January 24, 2019
REPORT NO.:COR-19-011
SUBJECT:Housekeeping Amendments to By-law 2014-138 (Responsible Dog
Ownership By-law) and By-law 2014-142 (Dog Designations By-law)
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RECOMMENDATION:
That the draft by-law to amend By-law 2014-138 attached to Report #COR-19-011 be
enacted, and further
That the draft by-law to amend By-law 2014-142 attached to Report #COR-19-011 be
enacted.
REPORT:
Our animal services provider has recently legally changed its name to The Humane Society of
Kitchener Waterloo & Stratford Perth
-laws respecting dogs need to be updated to reflect this
change of name.
In report FCS-17-173, staff requested that By-law 2014-138 (Responsible Dog Ownership By-
law) and By-law 2014-142 (Dog Designations By-law) be added to The City of Kitchener
Municipal Code and respectively numbered as Chapters 530 and 531. Upon reflection, the by-
laws would more appropriately be added under different chapter numbers ofthe Code. The
attached amendments allow for insertion of the by-laws into the appropriate Chapters within the
Code.
Finally, the wording of the provision in By-law 2014-138 (Responsible Dog Ownership By-law)
prohibiting dogs being left in cars in a manner that is detrimental to them has been updated to
improve its enforceability.
ALIGNMENT WITH CITY OF KITCHENER STRATEGIC PLAN:
This report aligns with Community Priority: Effective and Efficient Services as contained in the
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FINANCIAL IMPLICATIONS:
No financial impacts are anticipated.
COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT:
INFORM This report has been posted to the
council / committee meeting.
ACKNOWLEDGED BY: Victoria Raab, General Manager Corporate Services
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BY-LAW NUMBER
OF THE
CORPORATION OF THE CITY OF KITCHENER
(Being a by-law to amend the Responsible Dog Ownership
By-law 2014-138)
WHEREAS it is deemed expedient to amend By-law 2014-138;
NOW THEREFORE the Council of the Corporation of the City of Kitchener enacts
as follows:
1.Section 1 of By-law 2014-138 is hereby amended by deleting the definition of
means The Humane Society of Kitchener Waterloo &
-Waterloo and North
Society
2.Section 1 of By-law 2014-138 is hereby amended by adding the following definition:
Ontario Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Act, R.S.O. 1990, c. O.36;
3.By-law 2014-138 is hereby amended by deleting by deleting section 40 thereof and
replacing it with the following:
confined in a vehicle:
(a)at an unsafe temperature; or
(b)in any manner that causes or is reasonably likely to cause the dog
distress.
4.By-law 2014-138 is hereby amended by deleting section 74 thereof and replacing it
with the following:
The Clerk of the City is hereby directed to make this by-law a part of The City of
Kitchener Municipal Code by adding it to the Concordance and arranging and
numbering it so as to fit within the scheme of the Code.
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PASSED at the Council Chambers in the City of Kitchener this day
of , A.D. 2019.
_____________________________________
Mayor
_____________________________________
Clerk
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BY-LAW NUMBER
OF THE
CORPORATION OF THE CITY OF KITCHENER
(Being a by-law to amend the Dog Designations By-law 2014-
142)
WHEREAS it is deemed expedient to amend By-law 2014-142;
NOW THEREFORE the Council of the Corporation of the City ofKitchener enacts
as follows:
1.Section 1 of By-law 2014-142 is hereby amended by deleting the definition of
means The Humane Society of Kitchener Waterloo &
St-Waterloo and North
2.Section 39 of By-law 2014-142 is hereby amended by deleting the words
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3.By-law 2014-142 is hereby amendedby deleting section 56thereof and replacing it
with the following:
The Clerk of the City is hereby directed to make this by-law a part of The City of
Kitchener Municipal Code by adding it to the Concordance and arranging and
numbering it so as to fit within the scheme of the Code.
PASSED at the Council Chambers in the City of Kitchener this day
of , A.D. 2019.
_____________________________________
Mayor
_____________________________________
Clerk
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