HomeMy WebLinkAboutOrd. No. 1974-537ORDINANCE N0. 537
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY. OF LAKE ELSINORE,
AMENDING ORDINANCE N0. 396, WHICH ORDINANCE PROVIDES FOR
LICENSING AND IMPOUNDING OF DOGS, REGULATING THE KEEPING AND
CONTROL OF DOGS AND PROVIDING PENALTIES FOR THE VIOLATION
TF3EREOF.
The City Council of the. City of Lake Elsinoro does ordaih as follows:
S^cCTION I: Two definitionsin Section I of Ordinance No. 396 are amended to read
as follows:
DOGS: Any dog over the age of four (4) months.
OSYNER: Any person keeping or operating or having control ar
custody of any dog for 30consecutive days shall be
deemed to be the owner of such dog within the meaning
of this ordinance, except any veterinarian duly licensed
or practicing as such, and having in his possession or
control any dog for the purpose of treatment.
SECTION SI: Section III of Ordinance No. 396 is amended to read as follows:.
Every person eaxgaged in the business of operatinga dog kennel or pet shop
as herein defined, shall obtain a license from the Health Officer and shall pay
sur_h animal license fees as may from time to time be determined bythe City
Council by resolution.
Application for license to operate a dog kennel or pet shop shall be made
in writing to the Public Health Department not later than 10 days after verification
from the Planning Commission that said dog kennel or get shop can under the zoning
law of the City be bpera.ted at the said address.
':After receipt of application, the Director shall make or cause to be made an
exa!nination of the dog kennel or pet shop for which said license is requested. Nd
license shall be issued, nor shall any license be renewed, unless and unti:L tY,e
dog kennel or pit shop shall, in the opinion of the Health Officer, satisfactorily
meet each of the following conditions:
(a) The dog kennelor pet shop is constructed, equipped and maintained
so as to continuously p<ovide a healthful and sanitary environmeat
for the animals kept, or to be kept therein.
(b) There is adequate shelter from the elements and sufficient space
for exercise.
1;, (c) There is ample and healthful food and potable water and adequate
sanitary facilitiesfor storage of same.
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(d) 1^aere is adequate drainage facilities. and satisfactory
sanitary disposal of both natural precipitation and animal
wastes of all kinds,
(e) here is adequate and effective means of control of insects
and rodents and such control is vigorously maintained at
all times.
'(f) Living quarters of a house or home shall not beconsidered
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Failure of the applicant for said license to comply with any one of the
foregoring conditions shall be deemed ,just cause for the denial of .any license
whether original or renewal
A12 dogs owned by the operator. of a dog kennel or pet shop shall be subject
to the provisions of this ordinance upon attaining the age of four (4) months.
Personal pets that are kept in the house must be licensed separately.
'i'he sale of each dog by a kennel or pet shop before it has attained the
age of four (4) months shall be reported on a form to be.furnished by the Health
Officer, which form shall include information as to the name and address of the
person to whom the dog is sold, a description of the dog, age of the dog, and
such other pertinent data as the Health Officer may require.
11te Health Offtcer shall have authority to enter upon any area or premises
in which a dog kenneY or pet shop is located for $he purpose oP the enforcement
a£ this Ordinance,
1"r:e Health Officer may revoke any Iicense issued pursuant to t$is Ordinance
whenever he shall determine from an inspection that any dog kennel or pet shop
fails to meet all the conditions of this section. Any revocation of a license
shal:i be effective until all conditions of this section have been riet and complied
with to the satisfaction of the Health Officer and written notice of this fact
has bean given to the licensee. Upon .receipt of such notice the license shall
be deemed in full force and effect for the remainder of the origina.2 teem for'
which issued.
T°ne '^alth.Officer shall have the power, upon thegiving of ten <10) days' ~~
notice by the United States mail to any Iicenseeurder this seetion,to revoke ~_,
any Iicense granted to a dog kennel or pet shop operator for a violat_.oa df this
ercli.nance,
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SECTION III: Section IV, sub-section (c) of Ordinance No. 396 is hereby amended.
to read as follows:
(c) Zt shall be the duty of the City Clerk and Poundmaster. to (1) collect
the license taxes and to issue the license. and tags herein provided
for. (2) To keep a record of each and every license collected and
.each and every tag delivered. -
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I, SECTION IV: Section V, sub-section(a) shall read as follows:
No impounded dog shall be redeemed except on payment of pound fee and care
and feeding charge for each day or portion thereof during which such dog shall
have been impounded. Said fee and charge shall be set from time to 'time by the
.City Council by resolution. No dog which is to be kept or harbored within the
corporate limits of the City of Lake Elsinore shall be released from the Pound
unless, or until it is duly licensed in accordance with the provisions hereof.
' No unredeemed dog shall be sold for more than the Pound fee plus the cost of
care and feeding and, provided, however, that no such dog shall be sold if ar
vrhile the same is suffering from any infectuous or communicable disease.
SECTION V: All references in Ordinance No. 396 to the City of Elsinore are
t;ereby amended to read the City of Lake Elsinore.
~- In all other respects as hereinabove amended, Ordinance No. 396 sha12 stay
in full force and effect.
SECTION VZ: The City Clerk is hereby ordered and directed to certify to the
passage o:f this Ordinance and cause the same to be published in the manner
providefl by law.
ADOPTED by the Mayor and City Council and signed by the Mayor and attested
to by the L'ity Clerk this 3rd day of September ,.1974.
s/Norman L. Chaffin
,~ ayor
ATTEST:
/x`Lorene Marshall
City Clerk
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- Publish September 12, 1974 -
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