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HomeMy WebLinkAboutOrdinances - No. 1608AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF LODI REPFALING IN ITS ENTIFETY MUNICIPAL CODE TITLE 6 CHAFTER 6.04 THROUGH 6.16 AS CUWENTIY ENACTED AND REENACTING THIS TITLE AS FOLLOWS: Title 6 ANIMALS CHAPlXR 6.04 IMPOUNDMENT. Sections: 6.04.010 POUND. 6.04.020 MINIMUM TIME OF IMPOUNDMENT. 6.04.030 RWEMPTION OF IMPOUNDED ANIMALS. 6.04.040 REGISTER--DISPOSAL. 6.04.050 ADVERTISEMENT FOR SALB--PROCEDUFE--S. 6.04.060 ADVERTISEMENT FOR sALE--COSTS IF REDEEMED. 6.04.070 SALE OR REDEMPTION RECORD. 6.04.080 DISPOSAL UPON REQUEST. CHAPTER 6.08 PROHIBITED ANIMALS. 6.08.010 DEFINITIONS. 6.08.020 LIVESTOCX PROHIBITED. 6.08.030 WILD ANIMALS PROHIBITED. 6.08.040 DOMESTICATED ANIMUS: NUMBER PERMITTED. 6.08.050 DETERMINATION OF AGE OF ANIMAL. -1- CHAPTER 6.12 WGS AND CATS. 6.12.010 LICENSE - REQUIRED. 6.12.020 LICENSE - FEE - INFORMATION - TRANSFERABILITY. 6.12.030 LICENSE - RENEWAL - DELINQUENCY. 6.12.040 IDENTIFICATION TAG - REQUIRED - REPLACEMENT. 6.12.050 SEEING EYE WGS. 6.12.060 WG VACCINATION - REQUIRED - CERTIFICATE - EXCEPTIONS. 6.12.070 BUSINESS OF BREEDING OR RAISING. 6.12.080 -VAL OF COLLAR OR TAG. 6.12.090 WGS AND CATS IN FOOD ESTABLISHMENTS. 6.12.100 POLICE WG MISTWIA~NT. 6.12.110 NOISY WGS. 6.12.120 ANIMALS AT WE. 6.12.130 RABIES DANGER. 6.12.140 BITES. 6.14 KEEPING AND SANITATION. 6.14.010 PROPERTY DAMAGE-PERSONAL INJURY. 6.14.020 VICIOUS BEHAVIOR PROHIBITED. 6.14.030 VICIOUS Mx: ARATENENT HEARING PROCEDURE. 6.14.040 SANITATION OF PRFMISES. 6.14.050 REI"K)VAL OF MIW& WASTE 6.14.060 DEAD ANIMALS. 6.16 PET SHOPS. 6.16.010 PERMIT REQUIRED. 6.16.020 EXEMPTIONS--ANIMAL SmLTERS. 6.16.030 PEFMIT--ISSUANCE CONDITIONS. 6.16.040 ANNUAL PERMIT FEE - RENEWAL - DELIIQUENCY. -2- 6.18 ENFORCEMENT. 6.18.010 POWERS OF ANIMAL CONTROL OFFICER. 6.18.020 RESISTING OR OBSTRUCTING ANIMAL CO~OL OFFICER. 6.18.030 VIOLATION - INFRACTION. -3- CHAPPER 6.04 1- 6.04.10 L"D. A public pound shall be maintained at such place as is provided therefor from time to time by the City Council. 6.04.020 MINIm TIm OF I-NT. A. Licensed Animals: Any animal wearing a valid City license tag pursuant to this title shall be provided with food and water issued and shall not be sold, given away or destroyed until: 1. The Owner has been personally notified and has failed to redeem the animal within 72 hours, exclusive of Sundays and holidays; or 2. The owner has given written authorization for release; or 3. The Owner has failed to claim the animal within five (5) days, exclusive of Sundays and holidays, of the date a certified letter of notification, return receipt requested was deposited within the U.S. Postal Service by the animal control officer addressed to the owner's last hewn address. B. Unlicensed Animals: All unlicensed animals impounded will be provided with fccd and water and held for a period of not less than seventy-two (72) hours, exclusive of Sundays and holidays unless previously redeemed. All unlicensed animals not redeemed by the owner or person having custody or control of the animal within the seventy-two (72) hour period may be euthanized or otherwise disposed of. -4 - 6.04.030 REDEMPTION OF IMPOUNDED ANIMALS. A. Licensed Animals: The owner or person having had custocly or control of an animal licensed pursuant to this title, taken up and impounded may redeem said animal upon payment of a redemption fee and any other applicable fees or charges as may be established from time to time by resolution of the City Council. B. Unlicensed Animals: The owner or persons having had custody or control of any unlicensed animal, not otherwise prohibited by this title, taken up and impounded may redeem said animal upon payment Of the annual license fee, the redemption fee, any other applicable fees or charges and by obtaining any necessary anti-rabies vaccinations. The annual license fee, redemption fee, and other fees or charges shall be established from time to time by resolution of the City Council. C. Gut-of-Town Animals: The owner or persons having had custody or control of an out-of-town animal taken up and impounded may redeem the animal within seventy-two (72) hours, exclusive of Sundays and holidays payment of a redemption fee and any other applicable fees or charges in such amounts established from time to time by resolution of the City Council. upon D. If the owner or person having custdy or control of an animal taken up and impounded pursuant to this title contests any fee charged pursuant to this chapter, such person may redeem the animal only by paying the applicable fee or fees. After redeqtion of said animal, -5- the person protesting the fees imposed may appeal the imposition of said fees by letter to the Chief of Police. The decision of the Chief of Police shall be final. 6.04.040 REGISTER--DISPO!?AL. Ihe animal control officer shall keep a register, which shall be delivered to his or her successor in office, in which shall be entered, in numerical order, a full description of such animals impounded, other than dogs and cats, with all natural and artificial marks and brands, with the time when, and the place where taken up. 6.04.050 ADVERTISEMENT FOR SAL5--PROCWUFS--SALE. A. Any animal, other than dogs or cats, whose value in the opinion of the animal control officer, will exceed the expense for which the animal may be liable, may be advertised for sale. The advertisement shall be published for not less than two days in the official newspaper, and shall contain a canplete description of the animal to be sold. Advertisement shall give notice that the sale is to be at public auction to be conducted by the animal control officer; shall give the location, time and date of said sale; and shall set forth that the animal will be sold to pay the charges that have, or will have accrued against it, together with advertising costs. The date set for the conduct of the sale shall be not less than two nor more than ten days from the date of the first publication of the advertisement. -6- B. If the animal has not been redeemed prior to the sale, the animal control officer shall sell the animal for cash to the highest bidder, and upon the payment of the purchase money, he shall deliver the animal, together with a bill of sale thereof, to the purchaser. 6.04.060 ADVERTISEMFNT FUR SAW--COSTS IF RWEEMED. Any owner redeeming an animal after advertisement for sale has begun shall be required to pay the advertising costs which have accrued in addition to any other applicable fees as fixed by resolution of the City Council. 6.04.070 SAL8 OR REDEMPTION RECORD. Whenever any animal other than a dog or cat, has been sold or redeemed, the animal control officer shall enter in the register, under the number as its description, the date it was sold or redeemed, the name and address of the party buying or redeeming the animal, the total cost and expense incurred, specifying each item, and the sale price or any applicable fees received. This register may be examined and copied, free of charge, at all reasonable hours. 6.04.080 DISPOSAL UPON REQUEST. The animal control officer shall, upon request of any person within the City, remove and/or dispose of any living or dead animal owned by or in the possession of such person subject to any fees which may be established from time to time by resolution of the City Council. receive, -7- CHAPPER 6.08 PROHIBITED ANIMALS 6.08.010 DEFINITIONS. A. "Domesticated Animals" means those non-feral animals monly kept as household pets and includes: 1. Dogs (canis familiaris) 2. Cats (felis catus) ; 3. Reptiles such as turtles, salamanders, newts, frogs, non-poisonous toads and non-poisonous snakes under six feet in length. 4. Those Vietnamese variety "pot-bellied" pigs of less than 100 pounds in weight, of less than 22 inches in height at the shoulder, which are spayed or neutered, and which are being harbored or kept within the City on the effective date of this ordinance. a. All such animals being harbored or kept within the City on the effective date of this ordinance shall be registered with the City Animal Control Department on or before May 31, 1995. Thereafter any unregistered "pot-bellied" pig being harbored or kept within the City shall be conclusively presumed to have been brought into the City after the effective date of this ordinance. -8- b. Any and all pigs of every variety brought into or born within the City after the effective date of this ordinance shall be considered "livestock" pursuant to Section 6.08.010 B (3) of this Code. B. "Livestock" means those animals comnonly kept for cannercia1 purposes, including, but not limited to: 1. Horses, mules, burros, or jacks; 2. Chickens, turkeys, guinea hens, peacocks or similar fowl; 3. Bulls, cows, hogs, pigs, goats, sheep and llamas (other than as provided in Section 6.08.010 A (4). C. "Wild Animals" means those feral animals, not cmnly kept as household pets, including but not limited to: 1. The following members of the class manmalia: a. Order Carnivora, except the domestic dog (canis familiaris) and the domestic cat (felis catus), but including, but not limited to, the family Pelidea (such as ocelots, margays, and cougars) and family Canidae (such as wolves, wolf hybrids, coyotes and jackals); and b. Order Marsupialia (such as kangaroos and oppossums); and c. Order Chiroptera (bats); and d. Order Primata (such as monkeys, chimpanzees and gorillas) ; and -9- 2. Reptiles or 30 pounds in weight. that are poisonous or in excess of six feet in length 3. Any non-danestic species when kept, maintained or harbored in such numbers or in such a manner as to constitute the likelihood of danger to themselves, to human beings or to the property of human beings. 6.08.020 LIVESMCK PROHIBITED. 1. Except as permitted in Title 17 of this code, it is unlawful to harbor, keep or have within the City any livestock. 6.08.030 WILD ANIMALS PROHIBITED. It is unlawful to harbor, keep or have within the City any wild animal. 6.08.040 DOMESTICATED ANIMALS : NUMBBR PERMI-. A. It is unlawful to harbor, keep or have within a single household within the City more than five dcmesticated animals in excess of four months of age in any combination thereof, except in a licensed business, where permitted in a particular district as provided by Title 17 of this Code. B. It is unlawful to harbor, keep or have within a single household within the City mre than one litter of puppies or kittens during any twelve (12) month period, except in a licensed business, where permitted a particular district as provided by Title 17 of this code. in -10- a 6.08.050 DETEF?MINATION OF AGE OF ANIMAL. If there is any dispute as to the age of any domesticated animal, in the absence of any affidavit or sworn testimony fran a person who has personal knowledge of the date of birth, a determination made by the animal control officer is conclusively presumed to be correct. CHAPTER 6.12 WGS AND CATS 6.12.010 LICENSE - REQUIRED. A. B. C. It is unlawful for any person to harbor, keep or have any dog or cat in excess of four mnths of age within the City unless the person owning or having custody or control of the dog or cat shall have secured a license to keep the dog or cat, obtained by licensing the dog or cat pursuant to this chapter. For the purposes of this chapter, a dog or cat is not licensed until all applicable fees are paid, all required vaccinations are obtained and the license is issued to the owner or person having custody or control of such dog or cat. Notwithstanding any other provision of this code, no impounded dog or cat may be adopted until such dog or cat has been licensed pursuant to this chapter. -11- 6.12.020 LICENSE - FEE - INFORMATION - TRANSFERABILITY. A. The license required by 56.12.010 of this code shall be obtained in the following manner: 1. The owner or person having custody or control of a dcg or cat as described in 56.12.010 shall pay to the Director of Finance a license fee as may be fixed and set by resolution of the City Council; 2. The owner or person having custody or control of a dcg or cat as described in 56.12.010 shall furnish to the Director of Finance a description of the dog or cat sufficient for identification, which description shall be entered in a record kept by the Director of Finance for that purpose; 3. The owner or person having custody or control over the dog or cat shall have cqlied with 56.12.060 of this code. B. Once the Owner or person having custody of a dog or cat as described in 5 6.12.010 has ccroplied with 96.12.020 (A) the Director of Finance shall then issue to that person a license to keep a dog or cat and an identification tag having a number corresponding with the license number of the dog or cat. The owner or person having custcdy of the licensed % or cat shall preserve said license and shall, upon demand of the animal control officer, an assistant animal control officer or a police officer, show such license. -12- C. The license to keep a dog or cat shall not be transferable fran one dog or cat to another nor on change of ownership. 6.12.030 LICENSE-RENEWAL-DELINQUENCY. A. All dogs and cats in excess of four months of age must be licensed within 30 days of the date such dog or cat came into the custody of a person residing in the City. Failure to so obtain a license shall be a violation of this chapter. B. All dog and cat licenses are issued on a year to year basis and expire on January 31 of the year following the year of issuance. All such licenses must be renewed on or before the date of expiration. License renewal is acccmplished by paying the applicable license fee and by obtaining any vaccinations required by §6.12.060 of this rode. Failure to timely renew any dog or cat license shall constitute a violation of this chapter. C. The failure to timely renew any license required by this Title shall cause any applicable license fees to becme delinquent, and a charge in an amount to be fixed by resolution of the City Council shall be added to the regular annual license fee. The regular license fee and all accrued charges must be paid before the license may be issued. This section is intended to supplement rather than supplant any other remedy available either under State law or the Lodi Municipal Code. -13- 6.12.040 IDENTIFICATION TAG - REQUIRED - REPLACEMENT. A. Every licensed dog and cat shall be provided by the owner or person having custody or control thereof with a suitable collar or other device which shall be attached the identification tag issued by the Director of Finance. Every dog and cat not licensed or not provided with such collar or other device and identification tag found upon any streets, alleys, lanes, courts or other public places in the City, or upon private property, whether leashed or unleashed, whether or not it is in any manner under the control of any may be taken into custody by the animal control officer or a police officer and lodged in the public pound and a citation for of this chapter may be issued to the owner or person having custody of said dog or cat. to person violation B. Lost identification tags may be replaced by surrendering to the Director of Finance the license to keep a dog or cat issued at the time the lost identification tag was procured, and by paying to the Director of Finance a fee as may be fixed by resolution of the City Council. After canplying with the provisions of this section, the Director of Finance will again license the dog or cat, issue a new license to keep a dog or cat, and new identification tag. The Director of Finance shall attach the surrendered license to the City's copy of the new license, to substantiate the fee collected and verify the transaction. c. It is unlawful for any person to use any identification tag on any dog or cat other than that for which it was specifically issued. -14- 6.12.050 SEEING EYB WGS/GUIDE DOGS. “Seeing Eye” or guide dogs are tt dcgs which have been especially trained to lead and aid the blind or deaf. Any blind or deaf person having custcdy of such a dog may keep and harbor the dog within the City by obtaining a license to keep a dog from the Director of Finance, and may lawfully take the dog into any food establishment within the City. There will be no fee charged for such dogs upon prwf of antirabies vaccination. 6.12.060 WG VACCINATION - REQUInW - CERTIFICATE - EXCEPTIONS. A. The person owning or having custody or control of a dcg over the age of four months shall at such intervals of time as may be prescribed by the State Department of Public Health, procure its vaccination by a licensed veterinarian with the canine antirabies vaccine approved by and in a manner prescribed by the State Department of Public Health. B. No license to keep a dq shall be issued for any dcg which has attained the age of four months or over, unless a valid, official certificate of vaccination with canine antirabies vaccine is presented with the specified license fee. Such certificate of vaccination, signed by a licensed veterinarian, shall indicate the date of vaccination and the type of vaccine used. The certificate shall be accepted as valid if the certificate will expire on or after July 1 of the year for which the license is to be issued. -15- C. The provisions of fi6.12.060 (A) and 6.12.060 (B) shall not apply when the person owning or having custody or control of the dog presents to the Director of Finance a certificate fran a licensed veterinarian certifying that the dog cannot be vaccinated as required by this code without causing physical injury or the death of the dog. 6.12.070 BUSINESS OF BREEDING OR RAISING. Any person who is engaged in the business of breeding or raising dogs or cats shall obtain a Business Tax Certificate and pay a tax as set by resolution of the City Council. Said person shall be exempt fran the requirement of paying license fees for each dog or cat kept in the establishment. No such dog or cat may be permitted to be in the City contrary to the provisions of this code. 6.12.080 RBKIVAL OF COLLAR OR TAG. It is unlawful for any unauthorized person to remove fran any dcg or cat any collar, harness or other device to which is attached an identification tag for the current year or to remove such tag therefran. 6.12.090 DOGS AND CATS IN FO3D ESTABLISHMENTS. No person shall allow, permit or take any dog or cat, whether loose, on leash or in arms, into any restaurant, grocery store, meat market, convenience store, fruit store or food establishment of any kind in the City, except seeing eye/guide dogs, as defined in this chapter. 6.12.100 POLICE DOG MISTRGA?MENT. No person shall willfully or maliciously torture, torment, beat, kick, strike, mutilate, injure, disable or kill any dog used by the Police Department or Parks & Recreation Department of the City in the performance of the functions of such departments, or interfere or meddle with any such dog while being used by such departments or any member thereof in the performance of any of the functions or duties of such departments A violation of this section constitutes a misdemeanor. or of such officers or members. 6.12.110 Animal Noise. No person shall keep or permit to remain in any premises within the City any animal which continuously and incessantly produces noise at any time during the day or night to the disturbance of any other person. "Continuous and incessant noise" means producing noise for an aggregate period of ten minutes or more duration during any one hour period which disturbs the peace of another person, including barking, howling, crying, baying, squealing, or making any other noise, provided that at the time of the complaint, no person or persons were trespassing or threatening to trespass upon the private property of the owner or person in custody or control of the animal, or the animal was not being teased or provoked in any manner. 6.12.120 ANIMALS AT LARGE. A. No person owning any dog or other danesticated animal as defined herein or having the care, custody, control or possession of any such animal shall, except as provided in Section 12.12.020W of this code, suffer, allow or permit such animal to run, be or remain at large on any public street, road, alley, park, square, or other public place, or upon any private property other than the property of the owner or custodian of such animal without the consent of the owner of such property within the corporate limits of the City. Except as provided in paragraph "C" below, all animals are "running at large" within the meaning of this section unless tied, restrained by chain, strap or cord not exceeding six feet in length attached to their collars and actually held by some person or tied or restrained in an automobile or other vehicle, or unless staked or fastened or kept securely in an enclosure upon the property of the owner or person in control of said dog. A dog is not "kept securely in an enclosure'' within the meaning of this section when said dcg has exhibited the ability to escape fran that enclosure. B. No person shall permit a female dog or cat during the period when the dog or cat is in heat or breeding condition, to be outside a house, garage, building, closed structure or secure enclosure except for purpose of exercising and while under strict control of the owner. C. No person owning or having the care, custody, control or possession of any cat shall suffer, allow or permit such cat to run at large beyond the boundaries of the property upon or within which such cat is kept. All cats are llnmning at large" within the meaning of this section unless within the imnediate presence, control or -18- supervision of the person owning, or having the care, custody, control or possession of said cat. 6.12.130 RABIES DANGER. Whenever any cases of rabies exist in the City or in the vicinity of the City, the Chief of Police is hereby authorized to publish an order requiring person owning or having possession of any dog or cat to keep it confined upon private premises or else keep it effectively muzzled to prevent biting. When the period of danger frcm rabies has terminated, in the opinion of the olief of Police, he or she shall publish a notice terminating the order. During the period between the published notice and the termination of such order, it is unlawful for any person owning or having possession of any dog or cat to allow it to be so unconfined or unmuzzled, and every unmuzzled dog or cat not so confined during such period shall be taken by the animal control officer and impounded in the public pound. The notices referred to in this section shall be published by posting in at least three public places in the City and by one or more publications in a newspaper published and circulated within the City. every 6.12.140 BITES. In the event that any dog or cat is impounded upon ccmplaint of any person asserting that such dog or cat has bitten some person, the animal control officer may impound and keep such dog or cat safely segregated during a period of at least ten days for observation for rabies, and following such period of observation, if it is found that the dog or cat does not have rabies, and if it is licensed and otherwise eligible to be -19- returned, it shall be returned to the owner upon payment of impound fees and feeding charges. If the dog or cat is found to have rabies, it shall be forthwith destroyed by the animal control officer. In the event of any statute taking precedence over the provisions of this title with respect to the impounding or regulating of dogs or cats suspected of having rabies or otherwise regulating dogs or animals, then to the extent that such statutes conflict with the prwisions of this title, the provisions of this title shall be suspended during such period of conflict . CHAPTER 6.14 KEEPING AND SANITATION 6.14.010 PROPERTY DAMAGE-PERSONAL INJURY. A. Every animal which has injured any person, other than a trespasser or the person owning or having the possession thereof, and every animal which has damaged the property of any person other than the person owning or having the possession of such animal, may be taken by the animal control officer and impounded provided the violation took place in the presence of said animal control officer or any regular member of the City Police Department. B. Before any animal may be picked up and impounded by the animal control officer for a violation of this section which has been cdtted outside of the presence of the animal control officer or of a regular member of the City Police Department, the person ccnnplaining against such violation shall be required to file a -20- written curplaint, setting forth the details with respect to the injury or damage asserted to have been cmitted and identifying the animal which has cmitted the injury or damage. In the event that the facts and circumstances of any case warrant, in the opinion of the Chief of Police, an arrest of the person owning or having possession of the animal, then the person complaining may also be required to sign a canplaint to cause the arrest. 6.14.020 VICIOUS BEHAVIOR PROHIBITED. A. It shall be unlawful for any person owning, possessing, controlling, harboring, or keeping any dog or pupw to cause or permit said animal to exhibit or engage in vicious behavior. "Vicious behavior" means any of the following: 1. An attack which requires a defensive action by any person to prevent bodily injury or property damage when such person is conducting himself or herself peacefully and lawfully. 2. An attack which results in property damage or in an injury to a person when such a person is conducting himself or herself peacefully and lawfully. 3. An attack on another animal, livestock or poultry which occurs on property other than that of the owner of the attacking dog. 4. Any behavior which constitutes a threat of bcdily harm to a person when such person is conducting himself or herself peacefully and lawfully. B. For the purpose of this section, a person is conducting himself or herself peacefully and lawfully upon the private property of the -21- owner or possessor of the animal when he or she is on such property in the perfomce of a duty imposed by the law of this state or any city or county, or by the laws or postal regulations of the United States, or when he or she is on such property by invitation, either expressed or implied. C. This section shall not apply to any dog assisting a peace officer or park ranger engaged in law enforcement duties. 6.14.030 VICIOUS WG BRA- HEARING PROCHluRE. Rupose and Intent. Within the City of Lodi there are vicious dogs which constitute a public nuisance which should be abated. The provisions of this section provide an administrative procedure by which dogs found to be a nuisance may be abated following a hearing at which oral and documentary evidence is considered. This section is intended to supplement rather than supplant any other remedy available either under state law or the Lodi Wicipal Code. a. vicious Dog Defined. Any dcg, except one assisting a peace officer or park ranger engaged in law enforcement duties, which demonstrates any of the following behavior, is presumed vicious: 1. An attack which requires a defensive action by any person to prevent bodily injury or property damage when such person is conducting himself or herself peacefully and lawfully. -22- 2. An attack which results in property damage or in an injury to a person when such a person is conducting himself or herself peacefully and lawfully. 3. An attack on another animal, livestock, or poultry which occurs on property other than that of the owner of the attacking dog. 4. Any behavior which constitutes a threat of bodily harm to a person when such person is conducting himself or herself peacefully and lawfully. b. For the purposes of this section, a person is conducting himself or herself peacefully and lawfully upon the private property of an owner or possessor of the dog when he or she is on such property in the perfonnance of any duty imposed on such person by state or local law or by the laws or postal regulations of the United States, or when he or she is on such property upon invitation, either expressed or implied. c. Investigation. Any incident reported to the Lodi Police Department concerning a vicious dcg may be investigated by the Police Chief, or his designee. The investigation may consist of the obsenmtions and/or reports of officers made at the time of the incident, or follow-up reports. If, based on the investigation, the Police Chief or his designee, concludes that there is probable cause to believe that the dq is vicious, he shall so certify in writing within ten (lo) working days following completion of the investigation to the -23- person owning or controlling the dog. Thereafter a hearing may be held pursuant to subsections (e), (f) and (9) below. d. Confinement of Dog. If the Police Chief or his designee, certifies that there is probable cause to believe that a dog is vicious and a risk to public safety, he may direct any animal control officer, police officer or other authorized employee of the City to enter the yard of any private residence or business in order to seize any such dog, whether running at large or not, and confine the dog at an appropriate animal shelter pending the decision of the City Manager or his designee, following the hearing provided for in subsections (e), (f) and (9) below. The mst of said confinement shall be paid by the person owning or controlling such dcg. The dog shall not be released until such costs have been paid in full. e. Hearing-Schedule. A hearing date shall be set not later than fifteen (15) working days frcm the date of certification. The City Manager, or the appointed hearing officer, shall mail or otherwise deliver to the owner or person controlling the dog and other interested persons, which may include but is not necessarily limited to, properties within three hundred (300) feet of the address of the owner or person controlling the dog, at least five (5) working days prior to the date set for hearing, a notice in substantially the following form: -24- NOTICE OF HEARING REWING VICIOUS DOG NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to the provisions of Secticm 6.14.030 of the Lcdi Municipal Code, the Police Chief has certified that there is probable cause to believe a dog owned or controlled by you, a (breed) , is vicious. FURTHER NOTICB IS HEREBY GIVEN that on the day of , 19-, at the hour of o'clock, in the offices of the City Manager, City Hall, 221 West Pine Street, Lodi, California, the report of the Police Chief or his designee, will be considered by the City Manager or an appointed hearing officer with such other oral and documentary evidence bearing upon the question of whether your dog is vicious. You my appear and may present evidence at the hearing. You may also be represented by an attorney. If you fail to appear without giving notice to the City Manager, the matter my proceed in your absence and such absence may be further considered a waiver of your right to present evidence and object to any decision made. -25- In the event your dog is found to be vicious, it will be ordered to be controlled, confined, destroyed, restricted, or otherwise abated as a public nuisance and any impoundment cost incurred shall be assessed against you. A copy of this notice has been sent to property owners within three hundred (300) feet of your address. Dated: City Manager f. Hearing-Procedure. At the hearing, which may be continued fran time to time, both oral and documentary evidence may be taken fran any interested person and considered in determining whether the dcg is vicious. Any owner who fails to appear after notice as provided herein was given, without obtaining a continuance fran the City Manager or an appointed hearing officer, may be deemed to have waived any right to introduce evidence or object to an order made by the City Manager. If the hearing is conducted by a hearing officer other than the City K?mager, the hearing officer shall sutnnit a report to the City Manager sumnarizing the evidence and making a recamendation as to disposition. g. Hearing-Findings: Public Nuisance. If, based upon the hearing, and the report of the hearing officer, if any, the City Manager upholds the findings of the Police Chief or his designee, that -26- the dog is vicious, the City Manager shall so specify in writing together with the reasons therefor. Any dog found to be vicious is hereby deemed a public nuisance and shall be, pursuant to the order of the City Wager, humanely destroyed, be removed from the City, or the nuisance otherwise abated by appropriate order of the City MaMger including, but not limited to, confinement, fencing, muzzling or leashing. The decision of the City Manager shall be made within ten (10) working days after the conclusion of the hearing and shall be final. A copy of the decision shall be sent by certified mail or personally served upon the person owning or controlling the dog. h. Cost of Impoundment. If the City Manager finds the doq is vicious, the costs of iqoundment incurred by the City, including any abatement period, shall be paid by the owner or the person controlling the dog and may becane a lien against the real property upon which the dog was kept and maintained until said lien is paid. If the order includes the release of a dcg found to be vicious to the Owner or person controlling it, the dq shall not be released until such costs have been paid in full. If such costs have not been paid within thirty (30) calendar days after the date of mailing or delivery of the order, the City Manager may dispose of the dog in any manner provided by law, or return the dog and pursue alternative collection procedures. The total amount of the impoundment charges may be entered on the next fiscal year tax roll as a lien against the property upon which the dog was maintained and shall be subject to the same -27- penalties as are provided for other delinquent taxes, liens or assessments of the City, or an action may be brought in the name of the City to recover the costs of impounhent. i. Criminal Sanctions. The first violation of any order issued pursuant to subsection (g) above shall constitute an infraction. The second and any further violations within twenty-four (24) months of the order shall be misdemeanors. 6.14.040 SANITATION OF PREMISES. A. It shall be unlawful for any person, at any time, to maintain any lot or other premises, or any portion thereof in the City, upon which an animal is kept, in an unsanitary condition. No person shall maintain any such lot or premises, or portion thereof upon which an animal is kept, in such condition as to be infested with flies or insects or to create any noxious or offensive odors. - B. It shall be unlawful for any person owning or having charge, care, control or custody of any animal to allow animal waste or fecal matter produced by said animal to accunulate or remain on the ground or about the premises or property for more than three (3) days without said animal waste or fecal matter being placed in an airtight bag or other container and removed fran the property within seven (7) days. C. Notwithstanding the above, any person owning or having charge, care, control or custody of any animal shall at all times prevent -28- urine and/or feces odors of said animal's waste from hindering, hampering, impeding, interfering with, infringing upon, or detracting fran another person's enjoyment of their real or personal property. 6.14.050 REKlvAL OF ANIMAL WASTE A. It is unlawful for the Owner or any person having custody of any dcg, cat or other domesticated animal, referred to as "animal" in this section, to fail to imediately remove and dispose of any feces deposited hy the animl on either public property or on private property not under the control of such person. Disposal shall be by placing the feces in a closed or sealed container and depositing the container in a trash receptacle. B. Persons having custody or control of such animls in a public place or private property not under such person's control shall have in their possession a suitable wrapper, bag or container for the purpose of canplying with this section's requirements. Failure to have the wrapper, bag or container while with the animal in such designated places shall constitute a violation of this section. C. This section shall not apply to a sightless person who has custody or control of a guide dog. -29- D. A violation of this section is an infraction, punishable by: 1. A fine not to exceed twenty-five dollars for the first violation; and 2. A fine not to exceed one hundred dollars for the second violation and each subsequent violation within one year. 6.14.060 DEAD ANIMALS. The animal control officer shall remove and dispose of all dead dcgs, cats and other animals found on any street or other public place. CHAPTJIR 6.16 PET SHOPS 6.16.010 PEFMIT REQUIRED. A. It is unlawful for any person to erect, establish or maintain any pet shop without first obtaining a permit frm the Director of Finance. B. For purposes of this chapter a "pet shop" means a comnercial establishment where live animals are sold or kept for sale or hire. C. The permit required by this title is a separate requirement any other licenses or permits required by any other exclusive of provision of the Lodi micipal Code. -30- 6.16.020 EXENPTIONS--ANIMAL SHELTERS. The provisions of this chapter requiring the payment of an annual license fee shall not apply to an animal shelter maintained and operated by a society for the prevention of cruelty to animals duly incorporated under Title 1, Division 2, part 4 of the Corporations Code of the state, or to the City pound. 6.16.030 PERMIT--ISSUANCE CONDITIONS. A. The granting of the permit required by 56.16.010 shall be in the discretion of the Director of Finance, who shall take into consideration the type of construction to be employed as it relates to sanitation and the manner in which animals are to be housed, and such zoning regulations as may be in effect or adqted fran time to time, provided that: 1. No permit shall be granted for a pet shop that is not in canpliance with the zoning ordinance or other federal, state, or local law; and 2. The application for a pennit shall show that odor, noise, dust and drainage from the pet shop shall not cunstitute a nuisance or hazard to the public. 6.16.040 ANNUAL PERMIT FEE - RENEWAL - DELIWUENCr. A. Upon approval of the Director of Finance and subject to the payment of the annual permit fee as set by resolution of the City Council, the Director of Finance shall issue to the applicant a -31- permit in such form as he or she my prescribe, and deliver a copy thereof to the applicant. B. All permits issued pursuant to this section are issued on a year to year basis and expires on January 31 of the year following the year of issuance. All such permits mst be renewed on or before the date of expiration. Permit renewal is accomplished by paying the applicable annual permit fee. Failure to timely renew any permit required under this chapter shall constitute a violation of this chapter. C. The failure to timely renew any pennit required by this chapter shall cause any applicable permit fees to beccine delinquent, and a charge in an amount fixed by resolution of the City Council shall be added to the regular annual permit fee. The regular annual permit fee and all accrued charges must be paid before the permit may be issued. This section is intended to supplement rather than supplant any other reme* available under State law or the Lodi Municipal Code. CHAPTER 6.18 ENFORCEMENP 6.18.010 POWERS OF ANIm CONTROL OFFICER. The animal control officer shall have the powers of enforcement of the provisions of this title and such state laws and local ordinances as relate to the care and treatment of animals and for the prevention of -32 cruelty thereto. For the purpose of discharging these duties, the animal control officer is authorized and directed, when it is lawful to do so, to enter upon any premises for the inspection or examination thereof or for the performance of any other of his or her official duties thereon; to take up and impound any animal or fowl which may be in the city contrary to any provision of this title; to destroy any animal lawfully impounded, which is by reason of age, disease or other cause, unfit for further use, or is dangerous to keep impounded. 6.18.020 RESISTING OR OBSTRUCPING ANIMAL CONTROL OFFICER. It is unlawful for any person to resist or obstruct the animal control officer in any way in the performance of his duties under this title. A violation of this section constitutes a misdemeanor. 6.18.030 VIOLATION--INFRACTION. Except where specifically stated, any violation of this title is an infraction unless the defendant has been convicted of three or more violations of a particular section within the twelve-nmnth period imediately preceding the cOnanission of the offense, and then the violations of this title constitutes a misdemeanor. SECTION 2. All ordinances and parts of ordinances in conflict herewith are repealed insofar as such conflict may exist. SECTION 3. This ordinance shall be published one time in the "Lodi News Sentinel", a daily newspaper of general circulation printed and published in the City of Lodi and shall be in force and take effect -33- ys fran and after its passage and approval. / Mayor state of California County of San Joaquin, 6s. I, Jacqueline L. Taylor, Acting City Clerk of the City of Lodi, do hereby certify that Ordinance No. 1608 was introduced at a regular meeting of the City Council of the City of Icdi held March 1, 1995 and was thereafter passed, adopted and ordered to print at a regular meeting of said Council held March 15, 1995 by the following vote: Ayes: Council Members - Davenport, Pennino, Sieglock, Warner and Mann (Mayor) Noes : Council members - None Absent: Council Members - None Abstain: Council Members - None I further certify that Ordinance No. 1608 was approved and signed by pursuant to law. the Mayor on the date of its passage Approved as to Form City Attorney -34-