Azusa Municipal Code Art. III Amendments

Section 10.12.190 of the animal control ordinance is hereby amended to read as follows:

Any person upon whom any demand is made under authority of this Division 1 for the exhibition of any dog, rabies vaccination certificate, or any dog license or tag, who fails or refuses to exhibit the same if he has it in his possession, is guilty of a violation of this Division 1, which shall be punishable as herein provided.

(Ord. No. 12-O7, § 1, 12-17-12)

Section 10.20.020 of the animal control ordinance is hereby amended to read as follows:

Any person keeping or harboring any dog for 15 consecutive days shall be deemed to be the custodian thereof and subject to licensing provisions within the meaning of this Division 1.

(Ord. No. 12-O7, § 1, 12-17-12)

Section 10.20.030 of the animal control ordinance is hereby amended to read as follows:

Every person owning or having custody or control of any dog over the age of four months in the City of Azusa shall obtain an annual license from the director for each dog and shall pay the fee for the licenses including delinquency charges and field enforcement fees as set forth in Sections 10.20.130 and 10.90.010. The owner or custodian of a dog or other animal required to be licensed and found unlicensed by a department employee in the field will be charged a field enforcement fee.

(Ord. No. 12-O7, § 1, 12-17-12)

Section 10.20.038 of the animal control ordinance is hereby amended to read as follows:

A. Dogs. Up to three dogs may be kept at any residence without an animal facility license, provided the dogs' owner or custodian licenses each individual dog. For purposes of this section, a service dog licensed under Section 10.20.090, is not counted toward the number of dogs kept or maintained, while such dog is serving a person who is disabled within the meaning of Government Code Section 12926(i) or Government Code Section 12926(k).

B. Cats. Up to five cats may be kept at any residence without an animal facility license, provided the cats' owner or custodian keeps all cats primarily indoors.

(Ord. No. 12-O7, § 1, 12-17-12)

Section 10.20.050 of the animal control ordinance is hereby amended to read as follows:

A. The provisions of this Division 1 do not require either a tag or a license for:

1. Any dog found within the City of Azusa when the owner thereof resides in any municipality within the county, and such dog is wearing or has attached to it a license tag for the current year issued by such municipality;

2. Any dog owned by or in the charge of any person who is a nonresident of the City of Azusa and is traveling through the City of Azusa or temporarily sojourning therein for a period of not exceeding 30 days;

3. Any dog brought into the City of Azusa and kept therein for not to exceed 30 days for the exclusive purpose of entering the same in any bench show, or dog exhibition, or field trials or competition;

4. Any dog brought or sent into the City of Azusa from any point outside thereof for the exclusive purpose of receiving veterinary care in any dog hospital, in the event that such dog is kept at all times strictly confined within such hospital;

5. Any dog wearing or having attached to it a license tag for the current year issued by a municipality within the county when the owner thereof has, within one year last past, moved his principal place of residence from such municipality to the City of Azusa; provided, that such municipality similarly exempts from tag and license requirements dogs wearing current county license tags and owned by persons who have moved from the City of Azusa to such municipality.

B. Except, that each guard dog found within the City of Azusa, regardless of where the owner may reside, must have a Los Angeles County dog license; and the license tag must be securely affixed to the dog's collar while it is being used as a guard dog within the City of Azusa.

(Ord. No. 12-O7, § 1, 12-17-12)

Section 10.20.060 of the animal control ordinance is hereby amended to read as follows:

The director may accept the payment of the fee for a license tag and a license for a dog who has not been vaccinated as required by Division 1 on condition that the owner of such dog, within five days thereafter, have such dog vaccinated and submit the required veterinarian's certificate to the director. Upon receipt of such certificate, the director shall issue the license tag and license.

(Ord. No. 12-O7, § 1, 12-17-12)

Section 10.20.070 of the animal control ordinance is hereby amended to read as follows:

A person who obtains a license without submitting a certificate of vaccination because of the infirmity or disability of the dog shall, within ten days after the termination of such infirmity or disability, cause such dog to be vaccinated as required by Part 2 of this chapter.

(Ord. No. 12-O7, § 1, 12-17-12)

Section 10.20.140 of the animal control ordinance is hereby amended to read as follows:

The director shall not issue a dog license unless the applicant exhibits a certificate signed by a veterinarian, licensed either by the State of California or by any other state to practice veterinary medicine, that:

A. The period elapsing from the date of vaccination with approved rabies vaccine to the date of expiration of the license being issued does not exceed the time as established by the state; or

B. Such dog should not be vaccinated with rabies vaccine because such vaccination would jeopardize the health of such dog due to infirmity or other disability, which infirmity or other disability, and the estimated date of termination thereof, is shown on the face of the certificate to the satisfaction of the director.

(Ord. No. 12-O7, § 1, 12-17-12)

Section 10.20.185 of the animal control ordinance which requires the microchipping of dogs is hereby deleted in its entirety.

(Ord. No. 12-O7, § 1, 12-17-12)

Section 10.20.190 of the animal control ordinance is hereby amended to read as follows:

A person shall not harbor or keep, or cause or permit to be harbored or kept, any unlicensed dog in the City of Azusa. A person may harbor or keep, or cause or permit to be harbored or kept, any cat which may be voluntarily licensed in the City of Azusa.

(Ord. No. 12-O7, § 1, 12-17-12)

Section 10.20.211 of the animal control ordinance which requires the spaying or neutering of cats as a condition of sale and requires the payment of a deposit for said spaying or neutering is hereby deleted in its entirety.

(Ord. No. 12-O7, § 1, 12-17-12)

Section 10.20.212 of the animal control ordinance which provides for the disposition of deposited funds for the spaying or neutering of cats is hereby deleted in its entirety.

(Ord. No. 12-O7, § 1, 12-17-12)

Section 10.20.213 of the animal control ordinance which provides for the payment of deposited funds to be paid to a veterinarian performing said spaying or neutering or the return of deposited funds to the owner is hereby deleted in its entirety.

(Ord. No. 12-O7, § 1, 12-17-12)

Section 10.20.214 of the animal control ordinance which provides for the forfeiture of deposited funds if a cat isn't spayed or neutered is hereby deleted in its entirety.

(Ord. No. 12-O7, § 1, 12-17-12)

Section 10.20.215 of the animal control ordinance which provides the conditions for refund of deposited funds for spaying or neutering is hereby deleted in its entirety.

(Ord. No. 12-O7, § 1, 12-17-12)

Section 10.20.220 of the animal control ordinance is hereby amended to read as follows:

A. Every person keeping, harboring, or having any dog over four months of age in the City of Azusa shall cause such dog to be vaccinated with rabies vaccine, by a person licensed by the State of California, or other state, to practice veterinary medicine, on or before the latest of the following dates:

1. Fifteen days after first acquiring such dog or cat;

2. Fifteen days after bringing such dog or cat into the unincorporated territory of the County of Los Angeles.

B. No person shall cause a dog under the age of four months to be vaccinated with an approved rabies vaccine unless a veterinarian licensed by the State of California, or other state, determines that such vaccination is required to preserve the health or prevent the disability of such dog.

C. A person may harbor, keep or have, or cause or permit to be harbored, kept or had, any cat which may be voluntarily vaccinated in the City of Azusa with rabies vaccine, provided that the cat is vaccinated by a person licensed by the State of California, or other state, to practice veterinary medicine.

(Ord. No. 12-O7, § 1, 12-17-12)

Section 10.20.230 of the animal control ordinance is hereby amended to read as follows:

Every person keeping, harboring, or having a dog in the City of Azusa which has been vaccinated with an approved rabies vaccine shall cause such dog to be revaccinated within a period of not more than:

A. Twelve months after the dog's initial vaccination if the dog was between four months and one year in age at the time of such vaccination;

B. Thirty-six months after each prior vaccination.

(Ord. No. 12-O7, § 1, 12-17-12)

Part 4 of Title 10 of the animal control ordinance (Sections 10.20.350 through 10.20.385) which establishes a mandatory spay and neuter program for dogs is hereby deleted in its entirety.

(Ord. No. 12-O7, § 1, 12-17-12)

Section 10.32.030 of the animal control ordinance is hereby amended to read as follows:

The provisions of this chapter do not prohibit permitting or allowing dogs to run at large on the premises of the owner or person having charge, care, custody or control of such dogs when the property is a ranch or similar undeveloped property, or prohibit permitting or allowing dogs to run at large on any ranch or similar undeveloped property with the permission of the owner of such ranch or similar undeveloped property; provided such dog is under reasonable control of a competent person.

(Ord. No. 12-O7, § 1, 12-17-12)

Section 10.36.120 of the animal control ordinance is hereby amended to read as follows:

Dogs and cats wearing current, valid license tag, issued by the County of Los Angeles or any municipality within the County of Los Angeles, impounded pursuant to this Division 1, shall not be destroyed or otherwise disposed of unless:

A. The person to whom the current license for such dog or cat was issued so directs; or

B. Six business days have elapsed since such person was notified of the whereabouts of his dog or cat by telephone; or

C. Six business days have elapsed since a letter, postage fully prepaid, addressed to such person at his last known address and informing such person of the whereabouts of his dog or cat, has been deposited in the United States mail.

Notwithstanding the foregoing, a dog or cat which is irremediably suffering from a serious illness or severe injury shall not be held for owner redemption or for adoption. Any stray animal that is impounded pursuant to this Division 1, shall, prior to the killing of the animal for any reason other than irremediable suffering, be released to a nonprofit humane organization, as defined in Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code, animal rescue or adoption organization if requested by the organization prior to the scheduled killing of the animal. The Department may assess the standard adoption fee for animals released.

(Ord. No. 12-O7, § 1, 12-17-12)

Section 10.36.340 of the animal control ordinance which requires the spaying or neutering of dogs as a condition of sale and requires the payment of a deposit for said spaying or neutering is hereby deleted in its entirety.

(Ord. No. 12-O7, § 1, 12-17-12)

Section 10.36.350 of the animal control ordinance which provides for the deposit of funds for the spaying or neutering of dogs is hereby deleted in its entirety.

(Ord. No. 12-O7, § 1, 12-17-12)

Section 10.36.360 of the animal control ordinance which provides for the payment of deposited funds to be paid to a veterinarian performing said spaying or neutering or the return of deposited funds to the owner is hereby deleted in its entirety.

(Ord. No. 12-O7, § 1, 12-17-12)

Section 10.36.370 of the animal control ordinance which provides for the forfeiture of deposited funds if a dog isn't spayed or neutered is hereby deleted in its entirety.

(Ord. No. 12-O7, § 1, 12-17-12)

Section 10.36.380 of the animal control ordinance which provides the conditions for refund of deposited funds for spaying or neutering is hereby deleted in its entirety.

(Ord. No. 12-O7, § 1, 12-17-12)

The license fees schedule set forth in Section 10.90.010 of the animal control ordinance is hereby adopted, except that Paragraph I is hereby amended to read as follows:

Every person owning a dog over the age of four months shall obtain an annual license and tag for each such dog, except, there shall be a one-time-only fee for registration of discharged military dogs, for guide dogs or seeing eye dogs, for signal dogs trained to assist the hearing impaired, and for service dogs trained to perform tasks to assist the physically handicapped, upon payment of the following fees:

(Ord. No. 12-O7, § 1, 12-17-12)