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ORDINANCE NO. 951
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF
THE CITY OF ARCADIA; CALIFORNIA;
AMENDING SECTION 11 OF ORDINANCE NO.
726 OF SAID CITY.
THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF ARCADIA; CALIFORNIA; DOES
ORDAIN AS FOLLOWS:
SECTION 1. That Section 11 of Ordinance No. 726 of the
City of Arcadia, entitled "AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE
CITY OF ARCADIA .REGULATING THE KEEPING OF DOMESTIC ANIMALS, POUL-
TRY AND, RABBITS IN THE CITY OF ARCADIA; AND FIXING PENALTIES FOR
THE VIOLATION THEREOF", adopted October 5, 1948, be and the same is
hereby amended to read as follows:
SECTION 11. Every person keeping or maintaining animals,
rabbits, poultry or domestic fowl within the City of Arcadia shall
cause the manure or droppings therefrom to be removed from the
premises at least every ten (10) calendar days, and at such more
frequent interval~ as may be required by written notice signed by
the City Manager, any city officer or employee under the direction
and supervision of the City Manager, or by any officer of the Los
Angeles County Health Department acting under or pursuant to con-
tract with the City of Arcadia, when in the opinion of such City
Manager, city officer or employee, or officer of the Los Angeles
County Health Department such more frequent removal is necessary
to prevent the creation or maintenance of a foul or unsanitary con-
dition on such premises. Every person keeping or maintaining ani-
mals, rabbits, poultry or domestic fowl within the City of Arcadia
shall caus~ the manure or droppings therefrom to be removed from
the premises witliin twenty-four (24) hours after service of a ,.,~
written notice so to do, signed by the City Manager or by any city
officer or employee under the direction and supervision of the City \1
Manager, or by any officer of the Los Angeles County Health Depart- \
ment acting under or pursuant to contract with the City of Arcadia,
when in the opinion of such City Manager, city officer or employee,
or officer of the Los Angeles County Health Department, such manure
is or such droppings are infested with fly larvae or is or are of
such quantity as to constitute a menace to the health or welfare
of residents in the neighborhood of such premises. Any notice to
remove manure or droppings as hereinabove specified may be served
by delivering the same to any person over eighteen years of age at
the premises upon which is located the manure or droppings to be
removed, or by posting such notice in a conspicuous place on such
premises. This section shall not require the removal from the
premises of such quantity of manure or droppings as is reasonably
necessary for use on the premises as fertilizer for plants, shrubs
o~ other vegetation.
Every person keeping or maintaining animals, rabbits,
poultry or domestic fowls within the City of Arcadia, who by reason
thereof is required by the provisions of Ordinance No. 737 of the
City of Arcadia to have a business license therefor, shall at all
times either (1) have in his possession upon the premises and make
available for inspection at any time by the City Manager, city
officer or employee, or officer of the Los Angeles County Health
Department, a Signed receipt stating in substance that ~ll manure
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and droppings have been removed from the premises within ~he time
specified by this section or any notice issued under this section,
or (2) shall have on file with the City Clerk a written statement
signed by such person stating that all manure' and droppings have
been removed from such premises within the time specified by this
section or by any notice issued hereunder.
Such receipt or statement shall specify the address of
the premises from which manure and droppings were removed, the name
(if any) of the business conducted upon such premises, the name of
the person keeping or maintaining animals, rabbits, poultry or
domestic fowls on such premises, the name and address of the indi-
'Vidual who removed such manure or droppings from the premises, the
date of such removal, a statement that all manure and droppings
were removed from the premises described thereby on the date speci-
fied therein or as required by this ordinance, and shall be signed
by the pwner'or tenant of the premises from which such manure or
droppings were thus removed, and by the person who removed such
manure or droppings from the premises if he be not the owner or
tenant of the premises. It shall be unlawful for any person to
sign, display or file with the City Clerk any false or fraudulent
receipt or notice required by this Section.
SECTION 2. The City Clerk shall certify to the adoption
of this Ordinance and prior to the expiration of fifteen (15) days
from the passage thereof, shall cause the same to be published once
in the Arcadia Bulletin, a newspaper of general circulation pub-
lished and circulated in the City of Arcadia.
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 3rd
day of
April
, 1956, by the affirmative
vote of at least three Councilmen, to wit:
AYES: Councilmen Camphouse, Dennis, Dow, Hulse and Phillips
NOES: None
ABSENT: None
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~erk of the City
of Arcadia
SIGNED AND APPROVED this 3rd day of April , 1956.
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