Alameda Municipal Code § 7-9 General Provisions

No person, in the City, shall cruelly beat, torture, misuse, deprive of food or water, or otherwise maltreat any animal.

(Ord. No. 2747 N.S. 3)

No person owning or having the control of, or being the keeper of, any horse, mule, cow, goat, sheep, hog, ass or domestic fowl, shall permit the same to run at large upon or graze or feed upon any public street or, unless tethered, upon any unfenced lot in the City.

(Ord. No. 2747 N.S. 3)

Any animal or fowl found trespassing upon any private property in the City may be taken up by any person and committee to the custody of the Supervising Animal Control Officer.

(Ord. No. 2747 N.S. 3)

a. It shall be unlawful for the owner, keeper or person having possession or control of any stallion, jack or bull, to allow any such stallion, jack or bull to serve any animal within one hundred (100°) feet of any dwelling house occupied by another than such person, or in any public street or alley, or within sight of the same, or contiguous thereto so that such service be exposed to the view of any person passing in the street or alley located at the window of any house adjacent thereto.

b. It shall not be lawful for any person to display, sell, offer for sale, barter or give away any live chicks, rabbits, ducklings or other fowl as pets or novelties, whether or not dyed, colored, or otherwise artificially treated; provided, however, this paragraph shall not prohibit the display or sale of natural chicks, rabbits, ducklings or other fowl in proper facilities by dealers, hatcheries or stores engaged in the business of selling the same to be raised for food purposes.

(Ord. No. 2747 N.S. 3)

It shall be unlawful for any owner, keeper, or person having possession or control, of any dog or cat willfully to abandon such animal within the City.

(Ord. No. 2747 N.S. 3)

It shall be unlawful for any person to maintain on any premises owned, occupied or controlled by him/her or it in the City, any wild or exotic animal, reptile, fish or insect. Animals coming within the scope of this subsection shall include any "endangered species," "threatened species," or "candidate species" as defined in Chapter 1.5 of Division 3 of the California Fish and Game Code or the Federal Endangered Species Act of 1973 (U.S.C. Section 1531 et seq.), any species listed in California Fish and Game Code Section 2118 and collateral regulations (14 Cal Code of Regs. Section 671 et. seq.), fully protected fish listed in California Fish and Game Code Section 5515, fully protected reptile or amphibian listed in California Fish and Game Code Section 5050, fully protected bird listed in California Fish and Game Code Section 3511, and any venomous animal whether or not that animal has been rendered harmless. This subsection shall not apply to persons which currently maintain such animals, provided that such owner possesses a valid permit from the California Department of Fish and Game, and that such animal(s) do not constitute a public nuisance. This exemption is not intended to permit such persons, firms or corporations to add, replace or proliferate such individual animals as are currently maintained by them.

(Ord. No. 2747 N.S. 3)

Any person having found or otherwise taken up any stray domestic animal not belonging to that person, shall, within twenty-four (24) hours notify the animal shelter of such animals true description and location, and shall surrender such animal to any Animal Control Officer or Police Officer upon demand.

(Ord. No. 2747 N.S. 3)

Any impounded animal which is deemed by the Supervising Animal Control Officer to be unfit by reason of age, disease, injury or other traumatic disability, may be humanely destroyed. This subsection shall not apply to dogs or any animal bearing owner identification. However, no uninjured or otherwise healthy animal may be destroyed within seventy-two (72) hours of impoundment.

(Ord. No. 2747 N.S. 3)

No person shall engage in or permit animal testing or experimentation on any property owned or controlled by the City of Alameda in its proprietary capacity, with the exception where animal testing or experimentation may be performed as part of research related to anticipated or actual United States Food and Drug Administration, United States Department of Agriculture, United States Environmental Protection Agency or other regulatory filings related to human or animal therapeutics, vaccines, devices and parasiticides. "Controlled" for purposes of this section refers to any property of which the City is not a fee simple owner but holds proprietary control (including but not limited to any property of which the City is a tenant, subtenant, lessee, sublessee, or licensee). The prohibitions set forth in this section shall not apply to animal shelters, animal hospitals, veterinary offices, adoption, grooming, and animal care facilities, and similar uses. This section is not and shall not be construed to be an exercise of the City's zoning or land use authority.

(Ord. No. 3371 N.S., § 1, 5-21-2024)