{"id":6336,"date":"2018-09-21T09:56:36","date_gmt":"2018-09-21T16:56:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.yakimawa.gov\/media\/news\/?p=6336"},"modified":"2018-09-21T09:56:36","modified_gmt":"2018-09-21T16:56:36","slug":"pit-bull-ban-repeal-takes-effect-sept-23rd","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.yakimawa.gov\/media\/news\/pit-bull-ban-repeal-takes-effect-sept-23rd\/","title":{"rendered":"Pit bull ban repeal takes effect Sept. 23rd"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #000000\"><span style=\"margin: 0px;font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif;font-size: 11pt;font-weight: normal\">A long-standing ban on p<\/span><span style=\"margin: 0px;font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif;font-size: 11.5pt;font-weight: normal\">it bull dogs\u00a0in the city of Yakima will be lifted effective this Sunday, September 23<sup><span style=\"font-size: small\">rd<\/span><\/sup>.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"margin: 0px;font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif;font-size: 11.5pt;font-weight: normal\"><span style=\"color: #000000\">During its meeting on August 21st, the Yakima City Council repealed <\/span><\/span><span style=\"margin: 0px;color: #333333;font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif;font-size: 11.5pt;font-weight: normal\">Municipal Code Chapter 6.18 that banned pit\u00a0bull dogs. <\/span><span style=\"margin: 0px;font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif;font-size: 11.5pt;font-weight: normal\"><span style=\"color: #000000\">Prior to that, the Council previously amended Municipal Code\u00a06.20, which added language regarding <\/span><\/span><span style=\"margin: 0px;color: #333333;font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif;font-size: 11.5pt;font-weight: normal\">dangerous and\u00a0potentially dangerous dogs.<\/span><span style=\"margin: 0px;color: #333333;font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif;font-size: 11.5pt;font-weight: normal\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"margin: 0px;color: #333333;font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif;font-size: 11.5pt;font-weight: normal\">The repeal of Chapter 6.18 takes effect 30 days after passage and legal publication as provided by law and by the City Charter.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"margin: 0px;font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif;font-size: 11.5pt;font-weight: normal\"><span style=\"color: #000000\">When the City of Yakima ban is repealed effective Sept. 23rd, pit\u00a0bull dogs will be subject to all City requirements related to dogs.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"margin: 0px;font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif;font-size: 11.5pt;font-weight: normal\"><span style=\"color: #000000\">They include:<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<ul type=\"disc\">\n<li style=\"background: white;margin: 0px;text-align: justify;color: black;font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif;font-size: 11.5pt;font-style: normal;font-weight: normal;vertical-align: baseline\"><span style=\"margin: 0px;font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif;font-size: 11.5pt;font-weight: normal\">Keeping dogs on a leash when they are being walked.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"background: white;margin: 0px;text-align: justify;color: black;font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif;font-size: 11.5pt;font-style: normal;font-weight: normal;vertical-align: baseline\"><span style=\"margin: 0px;font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif;font-size: 11.5pt;font-weight: normal\">Pit bulls, like all dogs in the City, need to be registered and licensed at Yakima City Hall.\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"background: white;margin: 0px;text-align: justify;color: black;font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif;font-size: 11.5pt;font-style: normal;font-weight: normal;vertical-align: baseline\"><span style=\"margin: 0px;font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif;font-size: 11.5pt;font-weight: normal\">Their rabies vaccination must also be current.\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"background: white;margin: 0px;text-align: justify;color: black;font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif;font-size: 11.5pt;font-style: normal;font-weight: normal;vertical-align: baseline\"><span style=\"margin: 0px;font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif;font-size: 11.5pt;font-weight: normal\">They are prohibited from jumping on or barking at pedestrians on public sidewalks and streets.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"margin: 0px;font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif;font-size: 11.5pt;font-weight: normal\"><span style=\"color: #000000\">Visit\u00a0<\/span><\/span><span style=\"margin: 0px;font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif;font-size: 11.5pt;font-weight: normal\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.yakimawa.gov\/services\/animal-control\/\">www.yakimawa.gov\/services\/animal-control\/<\/a><\/span><span style=\"margin: 0px;font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif;font-size: 11.5pt;font-weight: normal\"><span style=\"color: #000000\"> for more information, and\u00a0to view all of the City of Yakima documents and codes related to dog ownership in the city.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.yakimawa.gov\/media\/news\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/6\/files\/sites\/6\/Pit-Bull-Ban-Repeal-News-Release.pdf\">Pit Bull Ban Repeal &#8211; News Release<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A long-standing ban on pit bull dogs\u00a0in the city of Yakima will be lifted effective this Sunday, September 23rd. During its meeting on August 21st, the Yakima City Council repealed Municipal Code Chapter 6.18 that banned pit\u00a0bull dogs. Prior to that, the Council previously amended Municipal Code\u00a06.20, which added language regarding dangerous and\u00a0potentially dangerous dogs.\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6336","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.yakimawa.gov\/media\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6336","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.yakimawa.gov\/media\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.yakimawa.gov\/media\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.yakimawa.gov\/media\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.yakimawa.gov\/media\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6336"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.yakimawa.gov\/media\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6336\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6338,"href":"https:\/\/www.yakimawa.gov\/media\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6336\/revisions\/6338"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.yakimawa.gov\/media\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6336"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.yakimawa.gov\/media\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6336"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.yakimawa.gov\/media\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6336"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}