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HomeMy WebLinkAboutCC Ord 482 1956-01-03 . I ORIGIN L O!=<-ICIAL COPY] NOT T 8~ TAKSN Fi<.OM THE s.' '( CLERK'S OFFICE -'- ORDINANCE NO. 't3L 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF SEAL BEACH PROVIDING FOR THE LICENSING AND 1M POUND... ING OF DOGS; REGULATING AND KEEPING CON- TRoL OF OOGS; THE CONTROL AND SUPPRESSION OF RABIES AND PROVIDING FOR V ACCINA TlON OF OOGS FOR RABIES; PROVIDING FOR PENALTIES FOR VIOLATION OF THE ORDINANCE, AND PROVID... ING FOR THE AOOPTION OF THE ORDINANCE AS AN EMERGENCY MEASURE The City Council of the City of Seal Beach does ordain as follows: SECTION 1. Ordinance No. 388 and all other ordinances in con- 10 flict herewith are repealed. 11 SECTION 2. The word "dog" whenever used in this Ordinance shall ~ ;.. ;:1 ~,;, !lllii ~"lig:: .. q ~ 1 15 ! I .~ 16 ,- Z 8 l B! 51 1I1~'.!l! 17 p<cfil!l ~ d III il 12 be deemed to include female as well as male dogs, regardless ~f age; provid- ~ /.lc6~SE: TPI' NJ') mtet. F-€€ .1' Y'''' 13 ed, however, that the~ovisiO~~ this Ordinance shall not apply to dogs which 14 have been specially trained to act as guides and companions for blind persons, . 'j' and are being used by blind persons in the City of Seal Beach for that purpose. SECTION 3. Every person owning or having control of any dog in , the City of Seal Beach shall pay a license tax of $ \.Xr- per annum for each 18 spayed female dog; $ l.1vr" per annum for each male dog, and $ 3. tfJIO 19 per annum for each female dog so owned or controlled by him. 20 The license shall be dated the lst day of January of each year, 21 unless it be issued on or after July 1st, in which case it shall be dated the 1st 22 day of July, and shall be void on the 1st day of January, or the 1st day of July, 23 respectively, thereafter. 24 SECTION 4. It shall be the duty of the license collector to collect 25 said license taxes and to procure at the expense of the City, plates or tags 26 having thereon numbers corresponding to numbers of licenses issued, and 27 figures indicating the year for which said tax is payable. He shall furnish a 28 plate or tag with number corresponding to license number to each person payin " 29 a tax, and shall enter into a book to be kept for that purpose, the name of th e', 30 owner and a description of the dog so entered. 31 SECTION 5. Every registered dog shall be provided by the owner 32 or possessor thereof with a suitable collar at least three-fourths (3/4) of an PAGE 1. I ~ ; ~ ..., ~- .. -" ~~lIlh Ib~ =~.. . .. !sg 89. ..PC 15;::z rIIE'2-= Pi(~1 )l ~ 9 ~ II I PI'.GE '. . Ordinance Number . . 1 lnch wlde, or some other suitable device, to which shall be attached the plate 2 or tag provided for in Sectlon. hereof, and such collar or devic e must be 3 4 worn by such registered dog at all tilI"es. SECTION 6. Whenever a dog tag, issued for the current year by 5 the license collector, has been lost, or tB:ken or stoLen by parties llnknown to 6 the owner or person having controL of the dog for which the same was issued, 7 such owner or person having control of such dog may, on the payment of fifty 8 (50rl) cents and on making and subscribing to an affidavit of such loss of such 9 tag, receive from the license, collector a duplicate tag fOr the remaining por- 10 tion of the year for which the originaL license was issued. 11 SECTION 7. It is hereby declared unlawfuL, and shall constitute 12 a misdemeanor, for any owner of a dog, as herein defined, to .ilerlLit or allow 13 14 15 16 17 18 said dog to run at Large on any public street, avenlle, alley, lane, place, park or public grounds, whether or not said dog shall be licensed; and any dog, whether licensed or not, found running at large shaLL be impounded, subject to redemption or sale, as hereinafter provided. SECTION 8. All dogs shall be kept securely under Leash while on any street, avenue, alley, lane, place, park or pubLic grounds in said City, and 19 all dogs must be confined at all times when not under leash by the owner to the 20 premises occupied by said owner, and either be securely tied on said premises 21 or confined so as to prevent said dog from escaping therefrom. 22 SECTION 9. In case it is satisfactorily proven to the poundmaster 23 that a license for the then current year has been paid upon any dog impounded, 24 said dog shall be released upon payment of a fee of $ J,,{'C; , and in the event 25 said dog shaLL not have a license for the then current year, as herein provided, 26 then the owner thereof, in order to release said dog, shaLL pay to the pound- 27 master the sum of $ ']" r::.? , pLus annual license fee. 28 SECTION 10. Any person or the owner of any dog under their 29 controL or custody who requests the poundmaster to take up and dispose of any 30 such animal, shall be charged the sum of $ /"v,':;t.- for such service. 31 SECTION 11. It shall be unlawfuL for any person to imitate or 32 counterfeit the tags provided for in this ordinance, or to use any imitation or counterfeit of sllch tags. 2. I ~ i ~ p ~ i 11I111"' IH~ 15 ! '" 8 16 ~IIB!~ lIla~.!I! 17 p5~1 :li ~ a -< ~.. III II ,,1 -j PAGE ~ . . . .. . Ord1,nance Number 1 SECTION 12. If any dog shall bite any person or any animal 2 within the City of Seal Beach, the owner or person having custody or control 3 of such dog shall upon request of any peace officer, poundmaster or his 4 representatives, deliver such dog forthwith to such officer, poundmaster or h""nl<-# (J'I ) 5 his representative to be held for ~ (MiJ days for the purpose of determining 6 7 8 9 10 11 whether or not such dog is afflicted with rabies, and the owner or person hav- ing control of such dog shall pay all the expenses of the keeping thereof during the time such dog shall be so held. In lieu of impounding said dog in the City Fbund, the owner or person having control of such dog, with the approval of the Police Department, shall forthwith make arrangements with a veterinarian in the City of Seal Beach 12 approved by the Health Department, for the impounding of said dog for a period t:~I1~T'.FV , 13 of left- (I';) days, and deliver said dog to said veterinarian forthwith; upon re- 14 ceipt of such dog, the said veterinarian ghall immediately notify the Police Department. The provisions of this Section shall not apply in those cases where 18 any dog bites the owner or person having control of such dog, or any member of the immediate family of the owner or person having control of such dog. 19 SECTION13. It shall be unlawful for any person to rescue, or 20 attempt to rescue, ,or in any way interfere with the Poundmaster, his deputies 21 or assistants, while impounding or attempti. g to impound dogs pursuant to 22 this Section. 23 SECTION 14. It shall be unlawful for any person to bring into, or 24 25 26 27 for any person to allow any dog to enter any place of business in which food is sold, prepared for sale, produced, ~anufactured, packed, stored or otherwise disposed of. SECTION 15. It shall be unlawful for any person to keep on anyone 28 premises owned or occupied by him, more than three (3) dOJs if said dogs are 29 more than six (6) months old, unless said dogs are pro;;>erly housed in kennels 30 approved by the Health Departme,rt. 31 If more than three (3) dogs over the age of six (6) months are kept 32 in a permanent enclosure or in a k~~.1"_l as herein provided, no part of said 3. I ~ Ie ... ~- .. - z Ill.~ ill! a~ IU,! ''',. =~" . . K !liH .l !:i ~ ~a,.'" ~5&lz ~ ~!l III il I PAGE . Ordinance Number " . . . 1 enclosure or kennel may be within twenty-five (25) feet of any dwelling 2 occupied by human beings, except any and all dwelling houses owned or occu- 3 4 pied by the person owning or having control of the dog~ provided, however, th t the provisions of this Section will not apply to kennels and enclosures owned 5 and operated as a business. 6 SECTION 16. The poundmaster, upon impounding any dog, shall 7 immediately notify the owner or person entitled to the possession thereof, of 8 the impounding of said dog if such person is personally known to him. 9 SECTION 17. After the expiration of forty-eight (48) hours from 10 the time of impounding any dog, pursuant to the provisions of the preceding 11 section, may be sold, given away or destroyed by the poundmaster. 12 SECTION 18. The position of poundmaster is hereby created. It 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 shall be filled by appointment by the City Council, the appointee to serve at the pleasure of the City Council and, as such, shall not be included in the classified service of the City. The poundmaster shall receive such compensa- tion as may be provided by the City Council, and all license fees, charges, costs, receipts from sales, etc., collected by the poundmaster monthly to the City Council as to his activities as poundmaster. SECTION 19. Every person who owns or harbors any dog or dogs 20 in the City of Seal Beach shall have such dog or dogs vaccinated by a duly 21 licensed veterinarian with a vaccine approved by the Health Department. 22 Such vaccination shall be at intervals of not greater than two (2) years. 23 SECTION 20. Before any license shall be issued for any dog, 24 a certificate of a duly licensed veterinarian shall be exhibited to the pound- 25 master or City Clerk certifying that said dog has been vaccinated for rabies 26 within a period of fourteen (1M months prior to said application; the certificate 27 shall be given a number and the certificate number, date of vaccination, and 28 29 30 type of vaccina.tion shall be recorded on the records of the poundmaster; the vaccination number shall be shown on the dog license fee receipt. SECTION 21. All dogs in the City of Seal Beach which have not 31 been vaccinated for rabies within the fourteenth (14th) month preceding the 32 effective date of this Ordinance shall be vaccinated for rabies within sixty 4. I . .. .. .1 ordi~an~e' Number 1 (60) days after the effective date of this Ordinance. 2 3 4 SECTION 22. Any dog brought into the City of Seal Beach, which has not been vaccinated within a fourteen (14) month period imILediately pre- ceding the date such dog was brought into the City, shall be vaccinated for 5 rabies within five (5) days after the arrival of such dog in the city. 6 SECTION 23. Any person violating any of the provisions of this 7 Ordinance shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and, upon convic tion 8 thereof, shall be punished by a fine of not more than One Hundred Fifty 9 Dollars ($150.00) or by imprisonment for not more than thirty (30) days or by 10 both such fine and imprisonment. 11 12 13 ~ i c ;;l ~i 14 I~~:~= ~::;~ 15 ..~. . ,M !:I: B 16 ~.!~~ fIl~'.:: 17 ;;l~h ~ ~ D ~ ..... 18 II i 19 20 21 SECTION 24. This Ordinance is declared to be an emergency measure necessary for the immediate preservation of the public peace, health and safety, and shall become effective immediately upon its passage. The facts constituting the emergency are that the County of Orange has been quarantined by the State Department of Public Health; three persons have been bitten by dogs in the County and are undergoing Pasteur treatment; in addition there have been positive cases of rabies infection in the County, and the State Department of Public Health has asked the City of Seal Beach to take action by ordinance for the inoculation of dogs within the City for the protection of the public health and safety. SECTION 25. The Ci,y Clerk shall certify to the passage and 22 adoption of this Ordinance and cause the same to be published once in the 23 SEAL BEACH POST AND WAVE, a newspaper of general circulation, printed, 24 and pllblished in the City of Seal Beach. 25 PASSED, APPROVED AND ADOPTED by the City Council of the 26 City of Seal Beach at a regular meeting thereof held on the 3rd day of 27 January, 1956, by the following vote: I 28 29 30 31 32 PAGE AYES: NOES: ABSENT: Councilmen I.AWlNE"'1J J...GtM'"IIq, RAMU,'''! t:"I.~ eM f' Councilmen .A/I.IIG Councilmen -"",N&" . r;:.--- ({ / Y:.:.. ,/ /. ' '':-::l. -t.. t'-/~ / -f c-c. e ;( MAYOR ATTEST: ~~I -4Az-~e~':- Cl'l'Y CLERK 5. I ~ ~ c p ~ - 14 1Il11lil! A.I a.. IIIl..B~ 15 ,~~ .. . ,. i ~ 8 16 = i5 ~ ~ "I.... 17 P~Gmz )l~.z -< ~!l 18 III II I PAGE < ; , . . . t". . Ordinance Number . , 1 STATE OF CALIFORNIA ) COUNTY OF ORANGE ) SS 2 CITY OF SEAL BEACH ) 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 I. F. W. HICKMAN, City Clerk of the City of Seal Beach, and ex- officio Clerk of the City Council, do hereby certify that the above and foregoing Ordinance was adopted as an emergency I!.easure by the City Council of the City of Seal Beach at a regular meeting thereof held on the 3rd day of January, 1956.. by the following vote: AYES: Councilmen .(A."'A'.E'A~ J,8ONAIII}~NlU4-1 C4.&.~ e..c" NOES: ABSENT: Councilmen ..v~#.E Councilmen A/,.-vG Dated: January ..!J ,1956. ~~!~~~ 1 Y erk 0 e 1 y of SeaL Beach. 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 6.