CITY OF HOMER                                                             

                                                             HOMER, ALASKA

Mayor,

Howard, Lewis, Novak,

Roberts, Wythe, Zak                                             

ORDINANCE 09-07

 

AN ORDINANCE OF THE HOMER CITY COUNCIL AMENDING SECTION 4 OF ORDINANCE 06-01 (A) TO PROHIBIT THE FEEDING OF EAGLES UNDER THAT SECTION AFTER MARCH 27, 2009.

 

            WHEREAS, On February 13, 2006, the Homer City Council adopted Ordinance 06-01 (A) entitled “AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF HOMER, ALASKA, AMENDING HOMER CITY CODE CHAPTER FIVE, HEALTH AND PUBLIC SAFETY, TO ADD A NEW CHAPTER PROHIBITING THE INTENTIONAL FEEDING AND BAITING OF CERTAIN PREDATORY AND SCAVANGER BIRDS”; and

 

            WHEREAS, Ordinance 06-01 (A) was codified as HCC Chapter 5.38; and

 

            WHEREAS, Section 4 of Ordinance 06-01 (A) (not codified) authorized Jean Keene to continue feeding eagles at her traditional location until April 1, 2010; and

 

            WHEREAS, Jean Keene passed away on January 13, 2009, and the City Council by Emergency Ordinance 09-05 (S)(A) has amended Section 4 of Ordinance 06-01 (A) to permit the continued feeding of eagles under the permit issued to Jean Keene until March 27, 2009; and

 

            WHEREAS, It is in the public interest to prohibit the feeding of eagles in Homer after March 27, 2009.

 

            NOW, THEREFORE, THE CITY OF HOMER ORDAINS:

 

Section 1.  Section 4 of Ordinance 06-01 (A) is hereby repealed and reenacted to read as follows:

 

All eagle feeding that is permitted under this section shall cease as of March 27, 2009.  The authority to permit eagle feeding under this section expires on March 27, 2009, and the City shall issue no additional permits for eagle feeding after that date.

 

Section 2. This ordinance shall not be codified.

 

Section 3. This ordinance shall become effective as of March 28, 2009.

 


            ENACTED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF HOMER, ALASKA, this ________ day of ______________, 2009.



                                                                                    CITY OF HOMER

 

 

                                                                                    _____________________________

                                                                                    JAMES C. HORNADAY, MAYOR

 

ATTEST:


______________________________

JO JOHNSON, CMC, CITY CLERK

 

YES:

NO:

ABSTAIN:

ABSENT:

 

 

First Reading:

Public Hearing:

Second Reading:

Effective Date: 

 

Reviewed and approved as to form:

 

 

________________________                                    ____________________________

Walt E. Wrede, City Manager                                      Thomas F. Klinkner, City Attorney

 

 

Date: ___________________                                     Date: _______________________