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HomeMy WebLinkAbout14 - Ordinances ORDINANCE NO. 14 AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF RANCHO CUCAMONGA, CALIFORNIA, ESTABLISHING REGULATIONS AND LICENSING PROCEDURES FOR THE KEEPING OF DOGS AS PETS 14ITHIN THE CITY. SECTION 1. For the purposes of this article, unless otherwise apparent from the context, certain words and phrases used in this article are defined as follows: a. "Commercial kennel" shall mean any place, other than a private kennel, where four (4) or more dogs over four (4) months of age are kept. b. "Enforcing Officer" shall mean the City Manager, the Police Chief, the Humane Office, the City Health Officer, or such other person as the Council may designate. SECTION 2. Vaccination and licenses: Required. Each dog over the age of four (4) months harbored within the City_ shall be vaccinated for rabies and licensed. The owner or harborer of such dog shall be required to present to the Enforcing Officer, upon request, a valid license and vaccination certificate signed by a licensed veterinarian. Such vaccination shall be made each year unless a chick- embryo vaccine approved by the Department of Public Health of the State has been given by a licensed veterinarian within (2) years. SECTION 3. Licenses: Places procurement. Licenses shall be available at the License Bureau in the City Hall and the Dog Pound. SECTION 4. LICENSES: Fees: Penalties. a. Fees: General. Every person owning or harboring any dog within the City shall annually, on or before July 1 of each year, pay to the City or to such nonprofit organization as the Council may designate by contract as collection agent an annual license fee for such dog as follows: 1. For each male dog, Eight and no/100ths ($8.00) dollars; 2. For each neutered male dog, with proof of neutering, Four and no/100ths ($4.00) Dollars; 3. For each spayed (neutered) female dog, with proof of neutering, Four and no/100ths ($4.00) Dollars; and 4. For each unspayed female dog, Eight and no/100ths ($8.00) Dollars. b. Fees: New residents in the City. The owner of anv dog, which owner moves into the City from another community, upon the presentation of a rabies vaccination receipt signed by a licensed veterinarian and a license receipt from another community for the current year, may be issued a Rancho Cucamonga license tag upon the payment of One and no/100ths ($1.00) Dollar to cover the cost of the tag. C. Fees: Proration. Any dog reaching the age of four (4) months between July 1 and December 31 of the current license year shall be subject to the regular annual license fee. Any dog reaching the age of four (4) months between January 1 and March 31 shall be subject to one-half (lz) the annual license fee. Any dog reaching the age of four (4) months between April 1 and June 30 shall be subject to one-fourth (IQ the annual license fee. d. Penalties. A penalty in the amount of Two and no/100ths ($2.00) Dollars shall be added to each license fee for failure to pay such fee within thirty (30) days after such license fee shall fall due. Ordinance No. 14 Page 2 SECTION 5. Licenses: Applications: Issuance: Form. Upon the receipt of the required license fee accompanied by an application in writing giving the name and address of the owner or possessor of the dog and a brief description of the dog, the Enforcing Officer shall issue and deliver to such person a license certifying the payment of such fee and setting forth the name and address of the application, a brief description of the dog, and the number allotted to such dog. SECTION 6. Tages: Issuance. At the time of the issuance of a dog license, the Enforcing Officer shall deliver to the applicant for such license a metal tag which shall set forth the date of expiration of the license. SECTION 7. Tages: Maintenance on dogs. It shall be the duty of the owner or harborer of the dog for which a tag is issued to maintain such tag on such dog. SECTION 8. Leashes. No person owning or harboring any dog within the City shall permit such dog, whether licensed or not, to be upon any public street, sidewalk, lane, alley, court, or any other public place or upon any private property or permises, other than those of the person owning or having control or custody of such dog, except when such dog is held under by an able-bodied and competent person. SECTION 9. Vicious dogs. No person shall harbor or keep any vicious dog within the City. SECTION 10. Rabies examinations. a. Biting dogs: Quarantine. Whenever it is shown that any dog has bitten any person, the owner or person having the custody or possession of such dog shall, upon the order of the City Health Officer or his authorized agent, quarantine the dog and keep it securely chained for a period of ten (10) days, and shall permit the City Health Officer or his representative to make an inspection or examination of such dog at any time during such period. Quarantined dogs shall not be removed from the premises without the permission of the City Health Officer. The City Health Officer, in the interest of protecting the person bitten, may order the dog quarantined for a period of twelve (12) days at the owner's expense at the City Pound or at a licensed veterinary hospital. b. Dogs having or suspected of having rabies. The Enforcing Officer or any of his deputies shall have the right to seize any dog within the City having or suspected of having rabies and cause the same to be examined by the City Health Officer, and it shall be the duty of the City Health Officer to examine the dog for the purpose of determining if such dog is afflicted with rabies. C. Release of rabies-free dogs. If it shall be determined that such dog does not have rabies, it shall be returned to the owner or person harboring the dog. SECTION 11. Impoundment a. Unlicensed dogs and dogs at large. It shall be the duty of the Enforcing Officer to impound any dog for which a license is required if such dog shall not be wearing the dog license tag provided for in this article or any dog running loose upon a public street, side walk, lane, alley, court, or other public place or upon any private property or premises, other than those of the person owning or having control or custody of such dog, and the Enforcing Officer shall keep the dog impounded until claimed, destroyed, or otherwise disposed of. b. Release to owners: Fees. The owner or possessor of the dog so impounded may reclaim such dog upon the payment of the required license fee and Ordinance No. 14 Page 3 Ten and no/100ths ($10.00) Dollars pickup fee for the first offense. Fifteen and no/100ths ($15.00) Dollars pickup fee for the second offense within six (6) months of the prior offense, Fifteen and no/100ths ($15.00) Dollars pickup fee for the third offense within six (6) months of the second offense plus boarding fees in the amount of Two and no/100ths ($2.00) Dollars for the first day and for each additional day the dog is impounded. c. Adoption: Disposal. If a dog shall have been impounded for a period of three (3) days and shall not have been reclaimed by the owner, the Enforcing Officer may, in lieu of killing such dog, offer the dog for adoption. The Enforcing Officer may, however, with the approval of a licensed veterinarian or Humane Officer of the State, humanely destroy any impounded animal on the same day it is impounded if the animal is in great pain or discomfort due to an injury or infectious disease which may contaminate and be detrimental to the health of the other animals at the animal shelter. d. Destruction. If an impounded dog is not claimed at the ex- piration of such three (3) day period, it shall be the duty of the Enforcing Officer to cause dog to be destroyed if not otherwise disposed of. In such event, such dog may be held for an additional time not to exceed ten (10) days. SECTION 12. Commercial kennels: Licenses: Required: Fees Every person engaging in the business of operating a commercial kennel as defined in subsection (a) of Section 1 of this article, shall obtain a license from the License Official and shall pay an annual license fee for each calendar year, or part of such calendar year. SECTION 13. Commercial kennels: Licenses: Revocation. The License Official shall have the power, upon giving ten (10) days' notice by United States Mail to any commercial kennel licensee, to revoke any license granted to such commercial kennel operator for violations of the provisions of this article. PASSED, APPROVED, and ADOPTED this 1st day of March, 1978. Ayes: Mikels, Schlosser, West, Frost, Palombo Noes: None Mayo Rancho Cucamonga ATTEST: H.K. Hunter City Clerk