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Home My WebLink About0104 1 2 3 4 5 "'MENDEl) 6 ORD. No. /7~ 7 8 11IENDEI) 9 ORD. Na. 10 / q !.P 0.wj;.,oYvll :~:'E:j:J \2 0 . 13 ;; z , - c z~~z ::>>5:~ 14 O....e'" em' , ,c t..)ocO 15 W IE.. a:z2:! Idlt:=~ ...OzlE 16 -'~.z <<~tio J ::1 17 . C 18 19 20 21 22 23 IIfIlEtlDED ()IlD. Na, 24 ,,:<,.[.. 25 ..,ENDED. *~26 27 28 29 30 31 J 32 ,/YD' /O"'i AN ORDInAI!CE OF THE BOARD OF, TRUSTEES OF THE CITY OF ARCADIA ILlPOSING A ,LICENSE TAX UPON DOGS AND REGULATING THE RUNllING AT LARGE, LICENSING,AND I~POUNDING OF DOGS AND ALSO PROVIDING FOR THE CONTROL AND ERADICATION OF RABIES UITHIll SAID CITY OF ARCADIA. THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE CITY OF ARCADIA DO OR- DAIN AS FOLI.O\'JS: SECTION 1: That it shall be unlawful for any person owing, having an interest in, harboring, or having the care, charge control, custody or possession of any dog, to allow or permit such dog to go free or to run at large in or upon any street, publio way, square or other publiC place in said C~ty of Arcadia unless around the neck of said dog is a collar to which is attached a tag bearing the :number marked thereon by the City Tax and License Col- lector of said City of Arcadia, provided however, that this require ment shall not apply to any dog which accompanies its owner, such owner not being a resident of said City of Arcadia. SECTION 2: It shall be unlawful for any person; fi~m / orporation to own, harbor or have the care, charge, control, ",/ r pl)ssession of any dog over the age of one mo~th, Vii thin / J' said City 0 Arcadia, without paying the f01l0VlingZ'~ense fees for ~ ' said animal; For~ach male dog and every spayed fa ale dog, $2.00 ~ . per year, ancl for e~ other female dog, t~~/sum of $4.00 per year The said ~ity Tax and Licene~Collector is hereby " .1'" authorized and directed to"12rocure each/iear on or before the first '" ,,/ day of July, such number of t~g~ a~may be sufficient for use dur- ..~ / ing the year" Said tags shall.be.....,effective until the thirt;l.eth , /' -', day of June of the ye~-next ensuing'~nd no longer. Every person " / owning, harboring, or ~ving the care, cHnrge, control, custody or , /' "' possession of such dog shall pay said licenae tax therefor on or ,,! '1- before the fJ.rst -day of November of the year for which said tag is " issued, or gJ:thin four calendar months after the fill1e when the dog / for which/application is made, was acquired by the appl~cant. If application is mnde after November first of the year for ur.ich such . tag is issuec and more than four calendar months after the dog fer -1- IIPEALED 1ltlo. No, *' V OA.dt~ 1t",.dJ. 1 2 3 4 5 6 AMENPm- O~~ 7 8 . . z ~ - . z~~z :>>j:~ O~cl&. ...3 , ,. ....>c(J ... , Ctz2! 1IJa:!;~ ...OZlE .Jt-CZ C(~~O ~ a:E . . is made was acquired by the apPlicantzthe f €Lll be increased fifty cents. "'''.::- .", ~, ~he payment of the fees aforesa~ e City Tax and License COllector--~~:l issue to the perS~ing, harboring, or having the care, charge;-Qontrol, cust04ror possession of such , // , 7' dog and making application for suqh 11dense, a tag which shall have , ~r., stamped thereon the date of the.y1's'suance and serial number of the license and shall also iS~ue~ license cont~ning a '--'., license particular de- 9 10 scription of the ani~l'for which said .? 11 12 13 14 15 SECTION }: That it shall be the duty of the Pound Master, his deputies or any police officer of said City of Arcadia, to take up all dogs found in any street, public way, public square or other public place in said City of Arcadia, or upon any vacant, unoccupied or uninclosed lots, lands or premises uithin said City of Arcadia, unless a tag be attached thereto as in this Ordinance pro- 16 17 18 vided. Uhen such dog is taken up by any Police Officer, same shall 19 20 be delivered by him to said Pound Master, and all of said dogs shall be impodnded in the Public Pound. SECTION 4: Said Pound Master shall keep confined in said Pound, properly provided with food and water, for trxee days, all dogs impounded by him and until said dog or dogs be redeemed 21 22 23 24 by the paymsnt of $1.00 pound fee. Said Pound Master shall post 25 a desoription of all dogs impounded by him in three publio places in said City of Arcadia for a period not less than three days and if any dog is not redeemed within three days after the description has been so posted, said dog shall be killed by the Pound liaster 26 27 28 29 30 in some humans way. 31 SECTION 5: The word "dog" whenever ussd in this Ordi- nance, shall be deemed to include female as uell as male dogs. SECTION 6: That it shall be unlawful for any person, 32 IEPEALED - 2- QftD. No, f8~cL~n~.no,/~/ . , . z ~ c z~~z ~ct.,a: '",0 C...c~ 4 m. , ,c ....>..U "" , a:Z2! 1Iia:~~ ....OZa:: .J:::Z c:(CuO ~ : ~ . . 1 firm or corporation to imitate or cuunterfeit the tags in this 2 Ordinance pr';:lvided for or to uss any imitation 'or counterfeit of 3 such tag. 4 SECTION 7: That it shall be unlawful for any person 5 to rescus or attempt to rescue any animal mentioned herein from the 6 possession of the Pound Uaster while engaged in conveying the same 7 to the City Pound, or after said animal is confined in said Pound. S SECTION 8: Said Pound Master shall pay over weekly 9 to the City Treasurer all sums collected by him as herein provided 10 and make a monthly report to said Board of Trustees of his proceed- 11 ings hereunder. 12 SECTIOli 9: Ths terms "lhninclosed lot or premi ses" as 13 used in this Ordinance, is hereby defined as meaning any lot, land 14 or premises not enclosed in such manner as to prevent any dog con- 15 fined therein from esoaping therefrom. SECTION 10: All muzzles or apparatus for the muzzling 16 17 of dogs sha1~ be securely strapped or fastened to the head of the 18 dog and shall be so ms.de and applied that the s<1llle completely eur- 19 rounds the je~Vl and nose of the dog on which the same is fastened 20 and shall be so arranged as to prevent the dog from biting any per- 21 Bon or thing, but so as to permit the opening of the mouth of such 22 animal, allowing it to breath and drink with freedom. 23 SECTION 11: The City Marshal and his deputies and 24 the Pound Mae:ter or any other person employed for that purpose by 25 said Board of Trustees, shall be and they are hereby authorized and 26 empowered to capture every dog not muzzled as req~ired by this Ordi- 27 nance and fo\:.nd going free Or running at large in or upon any publi road or highway any other ' 01 28 or pUblil.cplace n or upon any uninclosed ^ 29 lot or premises in said City of Arcadia, or in case such officer or 30 person shall upon pursuit be unable to capture such dog, such office 31 or person shall be authorized and emr-owered to kill such dog. 32 SECTION 12: All dogs so captured bysaid officer or ~er -3- IElEAlEO OftO/V {)A-~ .#DjcJ 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 0 . 13 . z ~.. Z:it';i ~Cll~ 14 ... .0 o...c~ ..m~ , . C l.l.,.)-cO 15 "'. , a:z2~ Ida:~~ ...OZa: 16 .J....z c~~o ~ ~:I 17 . C 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 son shall bel examined by the City Health Officer and it shall be the duty of suoh City Health Officer when oalled upon to examine any suoh dog, to ascertain whether or not such dog is afflicted with rabiss, Any dog found by said City Health Officer upon ex- amination te> be so afflioted shall bs at once killed by the person having possElssion thereof, and any dog found not to be sQ afflicted upon examinetion, and after sufficient time for proper observation thereof, shall be returned to the owner thereof upon the payment of the expenses incurred in impounding such dog, which shall not exceed fifty cents per day. The City Health Officer is hereby authorized to pro- vide for thEI care of the dogs captured and held pursuant to the provisions (If this Ordinance, and the expenses incurred thereby shall, in c~~ses where such dogs are not reolaimed, be paid by the' City of ArcHdia not exoeeding fifty cents per day for each dog. Every person who kills any dog, as herein provided shall bury ()r destroy the same. If any dog is found not to be afflicted With rabies and is not reo1aimed by the owner thereof, within ten (10) days after the oapture thereof, such dog shall be killed by the person captur,ing the same, or given to such person as V/lll pay the expense incurred in impounding such dog. All dogs killed under the pro- visions of this Ordinapce sqa11 be killed ~d",~,,' J()# (SECTION 13: Whenever it is shown that any dog or in some humane manner. other animal has bitten any person, it shall be unlawful for the owner or person having the care, control, custody or possession _ thereof, upcm order of the City Health Officer, to fail, refuse or neglect 1;0 quarantine such dog and keep it tied up or confined for a period of three \7eeka)or to fail, refuse or neglect to allow the City H&~lth Officer or his deputy to make an inspection or ex- amination thereof at any time during said period. If it shall be established to the satisfaction of the City Health Officer that -4- 'El'Er,ll '.I IlIlP, II..:. ./ /l ,I J.-1N V~lA~~ /tJ"L y' 1 2 3 4 5 8 7 B 9 10 11 12 . . 13 z ~ - . Z::tii ::I--lIIa: 14 "'.0 Ol-C~ .m~ , J' I.l..)-.O 15 .... , a::z:2:! Ida:~~ ...Oza: 18 ..J~~z cccuo ~ a:l; 17 . . 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 ~"'~'i.~'J~0 i)\\\}.\\S1 ,\, --I'" 32 any such dog or other animal has rabies, the City Health Officer shall ca~se such dog or other animal to be humanely killed forth- \'lith. SECTION 14: Whenever any animal shall be bitten by another animal having rabies, it shall be unlawful for the owner or person having the care, control, custody or posseSSion of the animal so bitten, upon being informed thereof, to fail, refuse or neglect to either kill such animal or quarantine it, and keep it confined or tied up for a period of six months, and the City Health Officer or his deputy shall have the power, in his discretion, to kill or qua.rantine the animal so bitten in case the ooner or per- son having the oustody or possession thereof shall fail to do so immediately', or in case the ol7I1er or person having the care, con- tro1, custcldy or possession thereof is not readily accessible. SECTION 15: It shall be unlal'1fu1 for any person to bring any ~og into the City of Arcadia from any place in which rabies shall be present or shall have been knO\'ffi to be present within six months, without permission of the City Health Officer. SECTION 16; That Sections 10 to 15, both inclusive of this Ordinance, shall be operative only when rabies exist in or near the City of Arcadia. It shall be the duty of the City Health Officer to determine when rabies exist in or near the City of Ar- cadia and his finding in the matter shall be final and conclusive. Notice of the finding of the City Health Officer as to the exist- ence of rabiee and as to the termination of the existence thereof in and near said City of Arcadia s~ll be given by one publication in such neuspaper 'published ~d circulated within said City as said Bo(~rd of Trustees may designate. SECTION 17: That any person, firm or corporation violating any of the provisions of this Ordinance 'shall be deemed guilty of !~ misdemeanor and upon conviction thereof shall be pun- ished by a fine not exceeding $300.00 or by i~prisonment in the -5- , , O,A-ciuY1~.-yzu. J1(), 10 'ErE.~ LC' QIlIi. 1<,', /' l/-~ M,\f.t\IlUl OIUl. ~,. ri'.... of o . z ~ - . z~iz ='~:~ Q~c~ . m" , , . lI.~cU .... , a:z2! Wa:~~ ...ozg: -d: : z C(<uo :I ~::E . . 30 31 32 1 City Jail of said City of Arcadia for a period not exceeding three months, or by both such fine and imprisonment. SECTION 19: This Ordinance is urgently required for 2 3 4 the immediate preservation of the public peace, health and safety as cases of rabies exist within portions of the County of Los An- geles and sa.id. City of Aroadia having no Ordinance in regard to the control and eradication of rabies, such an Ordinance is imlnediate1y required for same. 5 6 7 8 9 SECTION 19: The City Clerk sh~ll oertify to the adop- tion of this Ordinance and shall cause the same to be published once in The Arcadia Journal, a weekly ne~spaper published and cir- culated in said City of Aroadia, and thereupon and thereafter the same shall take effeot and be in force. 10 11 12 13 14 The foregoing Ordinance was adopted at a regular meet- ing of the Board of Trustees of the City of Aroadia, held on the 5th. day of July, 1922, by the affirmative vote of at least four Trustees, to-wit: 15 16 17 18 19 20, /~~ AYES: TrusteeS~A'7/V1/7Hj1fl, NOES: ~ ABSENT: Trus tee ana signed and approved this 1922. 21 of Trusteas. 22 23 ATTEST: 24 25 Fd/L,~~ City r...1 ~~.., 'I ' 26 27 28 29 ~ IU'E', CJA.di./YlCvnc.{, !to. t1j IlIW i.J I- f-.J" -6- , ) , ' I. ORDINANCE NO. 104 IMPOSI~~ LICENSE ON DOGS AND PROVIDI~G FOR THE ERXDICATION OF RABIES.' " " , , , I , , ," , 'I . '0 " " ',.1 ,..: .. I I " ", " ./ .', " :1: "0: '!:~ ''! ,', , ", I