Chapter 6.32
OFFENSES
Sections:
6.32.010 Offenses relating to licensing.
6.32.020 Offenses relating to the sale of animals.
6.32.030 Offenses relating to safety and sanitation.
6.32.040 Offenses relating to cruelty.
6.32.050 Offenses relating to control.
6.32.010 Offenses relating to licensing.
It is unlawful for the owner of an animal to:
A. Fail to obtain the license required by the animal control fee ordinance;
B. Fail to display, conspicuously, a license identification tag on the licensed animal;
C. Fail to show the license upon request of any animal control officer or police officer. (Ord. 1144 § 1 (Exh. A), 2009; Ord. 686 § 7, 1985. Formerly 6.04.340).
6.32.020 Offenses relating to the sale of animals.
For the purpose of consumer protection, it is unlawful to:
A. Sell any animal known to be sick or injured unless the buyer is given, at the time of sale, written notice of the condition of the animal;
B. Sell any animal known to be vicious. (Ord. 1144 § 1 (Exh. A), 2009; Ord. 686 § 8, 1985. Formerly 6.04.350).
6.32.030 Offenses relating to safety and sanitation.
It shall be unlawful for an owner to:
A. Allow the accumulation of cat or dog feces in any open area, run, cage, or yard, wherein dogs and/or cats are kept and fail to remove or dispose of feces at least once every 24 hours;
B. Fail to remove from public property or private property of another that fecal matter deposited by his or her animal before the owner leaves the immediate area where the fecal matter was deposited;
C. Fail to have in his or her possession the equipment necessary to remove his or her animal fecal matter when accompanied by said animal on public property or on a public easement;
D. Have possession or control of any animal sick or afflicted with any infection or contagious disease and fail to provide treatment for such infection or disease; or allow or permit such diseased or infected animal to run at large or come in contact with other animals or human beings or drink at any public or common watering trough or stream accessible to other animals. (Ord. 1144 § 1 (Exh. A), 2009; Ord. 686 § 11, 1985. Formerly 6.04.360).
6.32.040 Offenses relating to cruelty.
It shall be unlawful for any person to:
A. Injure, kill, or physically mistreat any animal except as is specially permitted by law;
B. Lay out to expose or leave exposed any kind of poison, poisoned food or drink where accessible to any animal, or place such poisonous materials in a stream or other body of water endangering fish or shellfish; provided, that nothing shall prevent the reasonable use of rodent poison, insecticides, fungicides, or slug bait for their intended purposes; and provided further, that nothing in this subsection shall prohibit any governmental agency acting in the course of its governmental duties from performing any act allowed it by law;
C. Set or bait any trap without a valid permit issued by the director; provided, that no permit is required to trap rats;
D. Confine without necessary ventilation any animal in any box, container, or vehicle;
E. Tease, tantalize, or provoke any animal with the intent to cause fear, anger, or injury to said animal;
F. Tether or confine any animal in such a manner or in such a place as to cause injury or pain or to endanger an animal or to keep an animal in quarters that are injurious to the animal due to inadequate protection from heat or cold or that are of insufficient size to permit the animal to move about freely;
G. Keep an animal in unsanitary conditions or provide insufficient food, water, shelter or ventilation necessary for the good health of that animal;
H. Fail to provide an animal with the medical care that is necessary for its health or to alleviate its pain;
I. Permit any animal to fight or injure another animal, or permit any animal to be fought with or injured by any other animal, or to train or keep for the purpose of training any animal for the exhibition of such animal in combat with any other animal whether for amusement or for financial gain, or permit such conduct on premises under his or her control or to be present as a spectator at such exhibitions. (Ord. 1144 § 1 (Exh. A), 2009; Ord. 686 § 12, 1985. Formerly 6.04.370).
6.32.050 Offenses relating to control.
It shall be unlawful for any owner to:
A. Permit any domestic animal except cats or birds to be at large; provided, that pets may be removed from the premises of the owner if restrained by a leash that is eight feet or shorter and if in the physical control of a person;
B. Permit any dog to enter any public fountain;
C. Fail to confine any dog that is in heat in a secure enclosure so that the female dog cannot come in contact with a male dog unless the male dog is admitted by the owner of the female dog;
D. Permit any animal to:
1. Damage public property or the private property of another,
2. Habitually bark, whine, or howl, or
3. Spread or spill garbage;
E. Permit any animal to trespass upon the property of another;
F. Have in his or her possession any animal not owned by him or her without the knowledge of the rightful owner thereof unless he or she notified the director of such possession within 24 hours of acquiring possession of such animal or to fail to surrender such animal to the director upon demand;
G. Tether an animal in such manner as to permit the animal to enter any sidewalk, street, alley or a place open to the public or to enter any adjacent lot unless authorized by the occupant of the adjacent premises. (Ord. 1144 § 1 (Exh. A), 2009; Ord. 686 § 13, 1985. Formerly 6.04.380).