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HomeMy WebLinkAbout2014 .. ORDINANCE NO. 2014 AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF ARCADIA, CALIFORNIA, AMENDING VARIOUS SECTIONS OF ARTICLE IV OF THE ARCADIA MUNICIPAL CODE REGARDING ANIMALS. POUND AND POUNDMASTER THE CITY COUNCil OF THE CITY OF ARCADIA. CALIFORNIA. DOES HEREBY FIND AND ORDAIN AS FOllOWS: SECTION 1. That Section 4113.14 is hereby deleted in its entirety a J tt1!t Section 41111,4113,4113.6,41139,4113.10,411311, 4113.12. 4113.13. 4113.14, 4113.15. 4113.16.4124.1.1,4124.1.6,4124.2,4124.2.1. 4124.2.2, 4124.2.3, 4124.2.5. 4124.31. 4125.4,4125.7.4125.11.1,4125.11.2, and 4137.7.1, of the Arcadia Municipal Code are hereby amended to read as follows: 4111.1 SAME. CITY POUNDMASTER. The City Poundmaster or Poundmaster. as used herein, shall include any public agency, body or individual. or any private agency, body or individualorganized pursuant to Section 10400 of the Corporations Code of he State, or their employees. with whom the City shall have entered into a contract, or shall hereinafter enter into a contract for ddng all things necessary and proper under this Part. 4113. CAPTURE OF ANIMALS. The Pound master is authorized to capture and take into custody all: 2014 (a) Unlicensed dogs; (b) 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; (c) Sick, injured, stray, unwanted, or abandoned animals; (d) Dogs which are unvaccinated in violation of Part 2 of this Chapter; (e) Animals delivered by the owners to the Poundmaster, all title and interest in which is abandoned by such owners; (f) Animals for which the owner or custodian in unable to care for 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 under the provisions hereof and to take up and impound any unlicensed dog and any unvaccinated dog required by this Part to be vaccinated, Is authorized to enter upon any premises upon which any dog is 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 2 2014 made under authority of this Part for the exhibition of any dog, and required rabies vaccinated certificate, or any dog license or tag shall fail or refuse to exhibit the same if he has it in his possession. 4113.9. DISPOSAL OF DOGS AND CATS. Not less than five (5) days after taking up and impounding of any dog or cat herein provided, the Poundmaster is authorized to destroy such dog or cat or dispose of such dog or cat to any other person who will pay the reasonable value of such dog or cat, but in no case less than the fees set forth by Resolution of the City Council. In the case of a dog the purchaser also shall procure and pay for the required license for such dog for the current year unless such a license is issued and in full force and effect. 4113.10. KENNEL, ETC. FEE. In addition to any other fees required by this Chapter, before receiving an application for the granting of any license required by this Chapter, the Poundmaster shall require the payment of an annual license as per Resolution of the City Council. 4113.11. PUBLIC SPAY AND NEUTER CLINIC. (a) The Poundmaster may establish a clinic, at which members of the public may have dogs and cats spayed or neutered in a humane manner upon payment of fees as per Resolution of the City Council. 3 2014 (b) A person submitting a dog or cat for the above service shall signs a consent form certifying thereon under penalty of perjury that he is the owner of said animals or setting forth facts showing that he is otherwise authorized to present the animals for the above operation and such person may be required to furnish proof of such ownership or authority. Such consent shall contain a waiver of any and all liability of the City of Arcadia, its employees, the Pasadena Humane Society, and Its employees for any injury or death to an animal arising out of the aforementioned operation or any services provided incidental thereto. (c) The Poundmaster shall establish a return date by which a person submitting an animal for the above operation shall pick up said animal or be subject to a reasonable board and care fee to commence the day after such return date. Failure to pick up an animal within fifteen (15) days of said return date shall be deemed abandonment of such animal and the Poundmaster may dispose of it by sale or destruction. 4113.12. DEAD ANIMALS (a) The Poundmaster shall pick up and dispose of all dead animals on public highways and on public and private property within the City of Arcadia where the owner is unknown. The Poundmaster shall also pick up dead small animals at a fee set forth by Resolution of the City Council when requested by the animal's owner or other person having custody or control over the animal. (b) The Poundmaster shall also dispose of dead livestock at a fee set forth by Resolution of the City Council when requested by the livestock's owner or other person 4 2014 having custody or control over the livestock. In addition, the owner of such livestock shall be liable to the Poundmaster for salary, costs and other expenses incurred by the Pound master in the removal of such livestock. Such additional costs shall be determined by the Poundmaster with the concurrence of the City of Arcadia. (c) For each pick up or receiving of dead animals from any pet hospital, humane society, kennel, stable or veterinary establishment, or any commercial, industrial, educational research, medical or other facility that deals with animals in connection with its operation, the Pound master shall collect a fee as set forth by Resolution of the City Council. 4113.13. UNWANTED ANIMALS FEES. The Poundmaster shall charge a fee as set forth by Resolution of the City Council for the taking up or relinquishing of an unwanted animal when requested to do so by the animal's owner or other person having custody or control over said animal. 4113.14. DELETED IN ITS ENTIRETY. 4113.15. DAILY CARE AND IMPOUND FEES. Animals found at large and impounded by the Pound master shall be redeemed only upon the payment of all applicable impound fees, and fees for daily care and feeding and veterinary services performed during impoundment as set forth by Resolution of the City Council. 5 2014 4113.16. ANIMAL TRAP RENTALS. The Poundmaster may permit members of the public to borrow animal traps to be used for the purpose of catching animals on their property. The Poundmaster shall collect fees as set forth by Resolution of the City Council. 4124.1.1 LICENSE PERIOD Any license and each dog license tag provided for herein for a dog which has been honorably discharged from the armed forces of the United States, and for a dog owned by a blind person for which some recognized dog training institution certifies that such dog has been successfully trained to lead the blind, shall be of indefinite duration so long as the same individual owns or harbors the same dog. Every other license and dog license tag provided for herein shall be for a period of twelve (12) months from the date of Issue. 4124.1.6. FORM OF LICENSE. When the Poundmaster issues a dog license, it shall be in the form of a receipt for the amount paid for the dog license tag and the additional amount, if any, paid for the license, and he shall show on the receipt the age of the dog, the date of last vaccination and the type of vaccine used as shown on the veterinarian's certificate, or, if the license was issued without proof of vaccination, the reasons therefor. 6 2014 4124.2. ANNUAL. The license fees provided for herein shall be paid annually in advance to the Pound master. A delinquency charge as set forth by Resolution of the City Council shall be assessed when the license fees provided for in this Chapter are not paid on or before the expiration date or the date the license is required to be obtained by the provisions of this Title. 4124.2.1. TAG FEE. Pursuant to Section 439.01 of the California Agricultural Code, the poundmaster shall issue serially numbered metallic dog license tags stamped with the name of the City and shall collect for each such tag as set forth by Resolution of the City Council. 4124.2.2. DOG LICENSE FEES. (a) Every person owning or having custody or control of any dog over the age of four (4) months in the City not covered by the provisions of Section 4124.2.3. shall first obtain an annual license from the Pound master for each of such dogs and at the same time obtain a dog license tag, and for such license or licenses, shall pay a fee as set forth by Resolution of the City Council. (b) In addition to the Poundmaster, veterinary hospitals in Arcadia, that are authorized by the City, may issue dog licenses. 7 2014 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 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, 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 fee required for the dog license tag as set forth by Resolution of the City Council. 4124.2.5. SPAYED OR NEUTERED DOGS AND SENIOR CITIZENS REDUCTION IN LICENSE TAG FEE. (a) If a certificate from a licensed veterinarian is presented that the dog has been spayed or neutered, pursuant to Section 30804.5 of the Food and Agriculture Code, a person owning such dog shall obtain a dog license and tag and pay a fee as set forth by Resolution of the City Council. (b) A fee of one-half (1/2) the amount stated in Section 4124.2.2. shall be charged to persons presenting proof and qualifying for senior citizen status. For purposes of this Section, persons over sixty (60) years of age qualify for senior citizen status. 8 2014 4124.3.1. REPLACEMENT If any license tag for a individual 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 fee as set forth by Resolution of the City Council. 4125.4. SAME. RELEASE. The Pound master or Poundkeeper shall not release any dog which has been redeemed by the owner unless such dog does not have rabies, the owner shows proof of a current dog license, and: 1. The owner exhibits a certificate signed by a veterinarian licensed either by the State or by any other state to practice veterinary medicine that: (a) Such dog has been vaccinated with phenolized tissue vaccine less than one year prior to date of release; or (b) Such dog has been vaccinated with chick embryo vaccine less than two years prior to date of release; or (c) Such dog should not be vaccinated with rabies vaccine because such vaccination would jeopardize the health of such dog due to infirmity or other disability, which disability is shown on the face of the certificate; or 2. The Poundmaster has so vaccinated such dog within the times specified in Paragraph (1) hereinabove; or 3. Such dog is less than four (4) months of age. 9 2014 4125.7. SAME. RELEASE. The Poundmaster or Poundkeeper shall not sell or release any dog unless dog does not have rabies, the owner shows proof of a current dog license, and: 1. The purchaser exhibits a certificate signed by a veterinarian licensed either by the State or be any other state to practice veterinary medicine that: (a) Such dog has been vaccinated with an approved rabies vaccine within a period of not more than twelve (12) months after the dog's initial vaccination if the dog was between four (4) months and one (1) year in age at the time of such initial vaccination, or (b) Such dog has been vaccinated with approved vaccine within the past thirty- six (36) months, or (c) Such dog has not been vaccinated with rabies vaccine because such vaccination would jeopardize the health of such dog due to infirmity or other disability, which infirmity or disability and the estimated date of termination are shown on the face of the certificate, or 2. The Director of Health Services has so vaccinated such dog within the time specified in Subsection 1 of this section, or such dog is less than four (4) months in age. 4125.11.1. SAME. PERIOD IMPOUNDING. (a) For the redeeming of any impounded dog, the fee charged shall be as set forth by Resolution of the City Council. 10 2014 (b) An additional charge will be imposed for the feeding and caring of such dog in the amount to recover the cost of service. Said charge shall be equal to that determined by Resolution of the City Council for each day or fraction thereof, except for the day on which it was impounded. 4125.11.2. SAME. VACCINATION. For vaccination of the dog while in the care of the Poundmaster, the Poundmaster may charge a fee as set forth by Resolution of the City Council. 4137.7.1. CARE AND CONTROL. Every person who owns or possesses any animal or who owns, conducts, manages, or operates any animal establishment for which a license is required by the Arcadia Municipal Code, shall comply with each of the following requirements. (a) All animals shall be supplied with sufficient good and wholesome food and water as often as the feeding habits of the respective animals required. (b) No animals shall be without attention more than twelve consecutive hours. Whenever an animal is left unattended at a commercial facility, the telephone number of the Poundmaster or the name, address and telephone number of the responsible person shall be posted in a conspicuous place at the front of the property. (c) Take any animal to a veterinarian for examination or treatment if the poundmaster finds this is necessary in order to maintain the health of the animal and orders the owner or custodian to do so. 11 2014 (d) Not allow any animal to constitute or cause a hazard or be a menace to the health, peace or safety of the community. SECTION 2. That all other Sections in this Article shall remain in full force and effect. SECTION 3. The City Clerk shall certify to the adoption d this Ordinance and shall cause a copy of the same to be published in the official newspaper of said City within fifteen (15) days of the adoption hereof. Passed, approved and adopted this 5th day of July, 1994. lllrC/A:rffi f#1:r ayor of e City Arcadi ATTEST: A.O APPROVED AS TO FORM: BY: ?:11il /JJ~ Arcadia City Attorney 12 2014 STATE OF CALIFORNIA ) COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES ) SS: CITY OF ARCADIA ) I, JUNE D. ALFORD, city Clerk of the City of Arcadia, hereby certify that the foregoing Ordinance No. 2014 was passed and adopted by the City Council of the city of Arcadia, signed by the Mayor and attested to by the city Clerk at a regular meeting of said Council held on the 5th day of July, 1994 and that said Ordinance was adopted by the following vote, to wit: AYES: Councilmember Chang, Kuhn, Lojeski, Margett and Young NOES: None ABSENT: None ~ Arcadia ci lerk 13 2014