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HomeMy WebLinkAbout0957 , ORDINANCE NO. 957 AN ORDINANCE OF THt CITY OF ARCADIA. CALIFORNIA. PROVIDING FOR THE VACCINATION IrIITH RABIES VACCINE OF ALL. DOGS KEPT. HARBORED. OR BROUGHT \'iITl:lIN THE CITY. OF ARCADIA. CALIFORNIA. THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF ARCADIA, CALIFORNIA, DOES ORDAIN AS FOLLOWS: SECTION 1. Every person keeping, harboring or having a dog over the age of six (6) months in the City of Arca.dia, Califor- nia, shall cause such dog to be vaccinated with rabies vaccine within' a period of six (6) weeks from the date such dog was first harbored, kept or had within said City, or within six weeks from the date such dog attains the age of six (6) months, whichever date last occurSj provided, however, that .the aforesaid provision shall not apply so as to require the vaccination of any dog which has been vaccinated by a person licensed by the State of California or of any other state or nation to practice veterinary medicine, where such vaccination has been completed within the period of time hereinafter prescribed in this Section. If chick embryo vaccine was used in such vaccina.- tion, it must have been completed within two (2) years prior to the date such dog was first kept, harbored or brought into the City of Arcadia. If tissue phenolized vaccine was wsed, such vaccination must have been completed within one (1) year prior to the date such dog. was first kept, harbored or brought into the City of Arcadia. SECTION 2. ". a. Every person keeping,harb?ring or having a dog in the City of Arcadia, California, which has been vaccinated with chick embryo vaccine shall cause such dog to be revaccinated within a period of not more than two years after such prior vaccination. b. Every person keeping, harboring or having a dog in said City of.Arcadia which has been vaccinated with tissue -1- t~DEXl' 0 9.57 phenolized v~ccine shall cause such dog to be revaccinated with rabies vaccine within a period of not more than one year 'after such prior vaccination. SECTION 3. Every person keeping, harboring.or having in the City of Arcadia any dog required by this ordinance to be vacci- nated shall at all times while such dog is thus kept, harbored or had, have in his possession a certificate issued by a person li- censed by the State of California or any other state or nation to practice veterinary medicine, which certificate shall specify either , . .", that such dog has been vaccinated in accordance with the provisions of Section.s;l and 2.of this ordinance or :that such.'dog should not be vaccinated by reason of age, infirmity or other disability. SECTION 4. a. Every person applying for a City dog license must ex- hibit a certificate issued by a person licensed by the State of Cali- fornia or any other state or nation to practice veterinary medicine, which certificate shall show that the dog for which the license is to be issued either (1) has been vaccinated in accordance with the prpvisions of Sections 1 and 2 of this ordinance, or (2) should not .be vaccinated with rabies vaccine by reason of age, infirmity or other disability, which disability. shall be shown on the face of such certificate, and which certificate shall indicate to the satisfaction of the person issuing the license to be in effect at the time of the license application. A license .for such dog shall not be issued unless and until such a certificate is so exhibited. Kennel licenses may be issued without said certificatej provided, havever, that no. dog may be sold or removed from the kennel without complying with the provisions of Sections 1 and 2 hereof. b. At .the time a dog license of the City of Arcadia is issued, it shall be stamped with the date of vaccination and the type of vaccine used as ShO\ill on said certificate, or if the -2- 957 " license is issued as the result of the aforesaid certificate of disability, the words "No Vaccinatiqn.Required" shall be stamped thereon. Such license so stamped shall be worn at all times by the dog for which said license is issued. Symbols approved by the City Manager may be used in place of the words hereinbefore required to be specified on the license. SECTION 5. . '. a.' The City Poundmaster shall capture and impound any dog found within the City limits of the City which is not wearing a license issued by the City of Arcadia or by some other municipality in the County of Los Angeles or by the County of Los Angeles, and stamped as provided in Section 4-b of this ordinance. b. The Poundmaster, any police officer of the City of Arcadia or of any city in Los Angeles County, shall have the right to enter upon any private or public property in the City of Arcadia in order to examine or capture any dog thereon or thereinj provided, however, that no such officer or employee shall have the right to enter a house which is in use as a residence without first having secured a search warrant therefor. so c. No dog/impounded shall be released to any person ex- cept where there has been a performance of the following conditions: (1) There has been presented to the Pound Master a current license for such dog issued by the City of Arcadiaj or if the person keeping, harboring or having such dog is not a " resident of the City of Arcadia, such non-resident person has presented to the Pound Master a current license for such dog issued by some other municipality or county of the State of California; (2) There has been paid to the Pound Master the im- pounding, collection and other fees as provided by lawj (3) There has been paid to the Pound Master a rea- sQnable fee as determined by the Pound Master for the . -3- 957 ~- f. vaccination of f:luc.h dogj provided, however, "that such fee shall not exceed $5.00j or there has been shown to the satis- faction of the Pound Master that such dog has been vaccinated with rabies vaccine within the time periods and according to the other requirements as prescribed in Sections 1 and 2 of this ordinancej or that a certificate of disability has been issued for such dog as provided in Section 4-a of this ordi- nancej and (4) The Pound Master has determined that SUCh dog does not have and is not reasonably suspected of having rabies. d. Within seventy-two (72) hours after the receipt of ~he aforesaid vaccination fee, or as soon thereafter as possible, and except as provided in paragraph "e" of this Section 5, the Pound Master shall cause the dog for whom the fee has been paid to be vac- cinated with chicl<: embryo vaccine by a person licensed by the State of California to practice veterinary medicine or secure from such veterinarian a certificate of disability for such dog. After the dog has been vaccinated or a certificate of disability issued and if all the conditions of paragraph "c" of this Section 5 have been . ' satisfied, the Pound Master shall release such dog to the person keeping, harboring or having such dog or to the person making appli- cation for the release of such dog. e. If the Pound Master suspects that any dog so impounded has rabies, he shall. hold such dog for inspection by a healthoffi- cer of Los Angeles County. In the event that such health officer shall determine that such dog is afflicted with rabies, it shall be disposed of or confined for such time as the health officer shall direct. In the event that such health officer suspects that such . . 'b'O , health officer 'shall direct: Whenev,er .such health. officer shall de- dog may develop rabies, it shall be confined for such time as the .~ ,. , termine that such dog does not have rabies; it shall be released in '. '. accordance with the provisions of paragraph "c" of this Section 5. -4- 957 SECTION 6. Any person violating any of the provisions of this ordinance shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and upon con- viction thereof shall be punishable by a fine of not more than Five hundred dollars ($500.00) or by imprisonment in the city jail of the City of Arcadia, California, or in the county jail of the County of Los Angeles, California, as the committing magistrate may direct, for a period of not more than six (6) months, or by both 'such fine and imprisonment in the discretion of the court. SECTION 7.. 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 Tribune, a newspaper of general circulation published qnd circulated in the City of Arcadia. I HEREBY CERTIFY that the foregoing ordinance was adopted I at a regular meeting of the City Council of the City of Arcadia, he ld on the 3rd day of July , 1956, by the affirma- tive vote of at least three Councilmen, to wit: AYES'; Councilmen Dennis, Jacobi, Phillips and Reibold NOES: None ABSENT: Councilman Camphouse ~ f4 . . '-/.,. r.. " ~ ~ ~-f t e i ty 0_' Arcadia ,. July , 1956. SIGNED AND APPROVED this 3rd ( SEAL) , , . . ATTEST: ')/ ~,. ~ p/tIJ1{)' '; City Clerk ' , -5- mDFX~~ 957