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Home My WebLink About1187 ~ ORDINANCE NO. 1187 AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF ARCADIA, CALIFORNIA, AMENDING SECTIONS 4113, 4113.6, 4124.1, 4124.1.3, 4124.2.3, 4124.3.1, 4125.6, 4125.11.1, and 4133.1 OF THE ARCADIA MUNICIPAL CODE, REPEALING SECTION 4124.1.5, THEREOF,AND ADDING NEW SEC- TIONS 4133.8, 4136.6, 4136.6.1, ' 4136.6.2 AND 4136.6.3 THERETO. THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF ARCADIA, CALIFORNIA, DOES ORDAIN AS FOLLOWS: SECTION 1. That Sections 4113, 4113.6, 4124.1, 4124.1.3, 4124.2.3, 4124.3.1, 4125.6, 4125.11.1, and 4133.1, of the Arcadia Municipal Code are hereby amended to read respectively as follows; 4113. CAPTURE OF ANIMALS. The Poundmaster shall capture and take into custody all: (1) Unlicensed dogs; (2) Dogs and other animals running at large contrary to the provisions of the State Agricultural Code or any other state statute or of Part 2 of this Chapter; (3) Sick, injured, stray, unwanted, or abandoned animals; (4) Dogs which are unvaccinated in violation of Part 2 of this Chapter; (5) Animals delivered by the owners to the Poundmaster, all title and interest in which is abandoned by such owners; (6) Animals for which the owner or custodian is unable to care because of imprisonment, illness, bankruptcy, litigation, or other contingency, or in cases in which the owner or custodian cannot be found. 4113.6. INSPECTIONS. For the purpose of discharging the duties imposed upon him by this Part,the Poundmaster, each Poundkeeper and each person authorized under the provisions of this- Part to enforce the provisions hereof and to take up and impound any unlicensed dog and any unvaccinated dog required by this Part to be vaccinated, shall enter upon any premises upon which any dog is -1- 1187 .J kept or harbored or upon which he has reason to believe any dog is kept or harbored and demand the exhibition by the person owning or having charge or control of any such dog, of the dog, the required rabies vaccination certificate and the license or license tag for such dog for the current year provided by Part 2 of this Chapter. No person upon whom any demand is made under authority of this Part for the exhibition of any dog, and required rabies vaccination certificate, or any dog license or tag shall fail or refuse to exhibit the same if he has it in his possession. 4124.1 LICENSE REQUIRED. No person shall have, harbor or keep, or cause or permit to be harbored or kept, any unlicensed dog over four (4) months of age. 4124.1.3 VACCINATION CERTIFICATE. The Poundmaster shall not issue a license unless the applicant exhibits a certificate signed by a veterinarian licensed either by the State or by any other state to practice veterinary medicine that: (l) Such dog has been vaccinated with phenolized tissue vaccine less than six (6) months prior to date of applicat10n or the first day of the license period, whichever is later, or (2) Such dog has been vaccinated with chick embryo vac- cine less than eighteen (18) months prior to date of application or the first day of the license period whichever is later, or (3) Such dog, should not be vaccinated with rabies vaccine because such vacc1nation would jeopardize the health of such dog due to infirmity or,other disability, which infirmity or other disability and the estimated date of termination thereof is shown on the face of the certificate to the satisfaction of the Poundmaster. 4124.2.3 SAME. EXCEPTIONS. Every person owning or having custody or control of a dog over the age of four (4) months, which has been honorably discharged from the armed forces of the -2- 1187 United states, or a dog owned by a blind person, who submits proof to the Poundmaster that such dog has been successfully trained to lead the blind person as a guide dog, for which a dog license tag was not issued prior to July 1, 1959, shall procure a dog license tag and a license, which dog license tag and license shall be good while such dog is owned or harbored by the same person. No fee shall be charged for such license over and above the One Dollar ($1.00) required for the dog license tag. 4124.3.1 REPLACEMENT. If any license tag for an indivi- dual dog is lost or destroyed, a duplicate thereof may be procured from the Poundmaster upon the submission to the Poundmaster of such proof as he may require and upon the payment therefor of the sum of One Dollar ($1.00). 4125.6 SAME. DISPOSAL. Not less than five (5) days after the taking up and impcunding of any dog as herein provided, unless it be sooner redeemed, such person or association in charge of any such pound shall destroy such dog or shall dispose of such dog to any person who will pay the reasonable value of such dog, in no case less than Seven Dollars ($7.00), if the dog has been vacci- nated while in the care of the Poundmaster, otherwise Four Dollars ($4.00), and who will procure and pay for the required license for such dog for the current year unless such a license is already issued and in full force and effect. 4125.11.1 SAME. IMPOUNDING. For the redeeming of any impounded dog, three dollars and fifty cents ($3.50); for vaccina- tion by the Livestock Inspector if he has vaccinated such dog, three dollars ($3.00); for feeding and caring for any such dog, twenty- five cents (25/) for each day or fraction thereof curing which dog is kept in such pound except the day on which it is impounded, shall be collected. -3- 1187 4133.1 CATS. For the redeeming of any impounded cat, the Poundmaster or Poundkeeper shall charge One dollar ($1.00), and for feeding and caring for such cat, twenty-five cents (25t) for each day or fraction thereof during which such cat is kept in such pound except the day on which it is impounded. SECTION 2. That Section 4124.1.5 of the Arcadia Muni- cipal Code is hereby repealed. SECTION 3. That new Sections numbered 4133.8, 4136.6, 4136.6.1, 4136.6.2 and 4136.6.3 are hereby added to Division 6 of Part 3 of Chapter 1 of Article IV of the Arcadia Municipal Code, the same to read respectively as follows: 4133.8 DISPOSAL. Except where it is otherwise provided by this Code or any statute, 1f the owner or person entitled to the possession of any animal impounded by the poundmaster or a pound- keeper does not redeem such animal within thirty days of such impounding, the poundmaster or poundkeeper may destroy or sell such animal, or may give such animal to any governmental entity. 4136.6. IMPROPER ACTIVITY. No person shall do any act specified in any of the following Subsections. 4136.6.1. SAME. MIMIMUM AGE. (1) Sell, offer for sale, barter, or give away, as pets, toys, premi~ms, or novelties, any baby chickens, ducklings or other fowl under three weeks of age, or any rabbits under two months of age, or br1ng any fowl or rabbits into the City for any such purpose. 4136.6.2. SAME. COLORING PROHIBITED. (1) Color, dye, stain or otherwise change the natural color of any baby chickens, ducklings, or other fowl under three weeks of age, or any rabbits under two months of age, or bring into the City any such fowl or rabbits. -~ 1187 4136.6.3. SAME. EXCEPTION. This article does not pro- hibit the sale or display of any of the fowl or rabbits described herein, in proper facilities by breeders or stores engaged in the business of selling for commercial breeding or raising, or for food, or their exhibition at any fair, show or exhibit where such fowl or animals are displayed for commercial purposes and in the interest of improving agriculture or industry. SECTION 4. The City Clerk shall certify to the adoption of this ordinance. I HEREBY CERTIFY that the foregoing ordinance was adopted at a regular meeting of the City Council of the City of Arcadia held on the 5th day of February, 1963, by the affirmative vote of at least three Councilmen, to wit: AYES: Councilmen Balser, Phillips, Reibold, Turner and Butterworth NOES: None ABSENT: None ~t~{'~t~ SIGNED AND APPROVED this 5th day of February, 1963. - .1'/- - ,.......,..~...... ;r _....* ......~' ~-... / "':"--. .-.r~.........'I:. ""''\.. ~_ ~,=- F '< ATTESm" --""- . - . ......' a- ,':-:-:-",:,~' "\.,,,\ ~ 4:.:~ Ci tyAaerR ~ ....~/.- ( SEAL ),: (. '/ . .y.......:;. - .- fiLJ 1: (jJ~~ . Mayor of the City of Arcadia -" ',., .~ '~ . ........ " y, -:,.1: -5- 1187