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Article IV — PUBLIC WELFARE, MORALS AND POLICY›Chapter 1 — ANIMALS›Part 1 — CITY POUND AND POUNDMASTER

Division 1 — DEFINITIONS AND INTERPRETATION

Arcadia Municipal Code · 2026-09 edition · updated 2026-10-02 · Arcadia

    • DEFINITIONS.

Whenever in this Part the following terms are used, they shall have the meaning ascribed to them in the following subsections, unless it is apparent from the context thereof that some other meaning is intended.

4111.1. - SAME. CITY POUNDMASTER.

The City Poundmaster or Poundmaster, as used herein, shall include any public agency, body or individual, or any private agency, body or individual organized pursuant to Section 10400 of the Corporations Code of the State, or their employees, with whom the City shall have entered into a contract, or shall hereinafter enter into a contract for doing all things necessary and proper under this Part.

(Amended by Ord. 2014 adopted 7-5-94)

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4111.2. - SAME. POUNDKEEPER.

Any person or any duly authorized agent of any such person in charge at any time of any pound.

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4111.3. - SAME. WORKING HOURS.

Hours during which the office or place of business of any poundkeeper is open for the business of receiving, impounding, or caring for animals, and does not include any time during which such office or place of business is closed.

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4111.4. - BUSINESS AND PROFESSIONS CODE.

Nothing in this Part shall be construed to either authorize or require any person to perform or do any act in violation of the California Business and Professions Code or other law or statute.

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