Part 2 — VACCINATION — Carson Municipal Code

10.20.220 Requirements generally.¶

A. Every person keeping, harboring, or having any dog or cat over four (4) months of age in the City of Carson shall cause such dog or cat 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:

Fifteen (15) days after first acquiring such dog or cat;
Fifteen (15) days after bringing such dog into the City of Carson.

B. No person shall cause a dog or cat under the age of four (4) months to be vaccinated with an approved rabies vaccine unless a veterinarian licensed by the state of California, or other state, determined that such vaccination is required to preserve the health or prevent the disability of such dog or cat.

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10.20.230.¶

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

A. Twelve (12) months after the dog's or cat's initial vaccination if the dog or cat was between four (4) months and one (1) year in age at the time of such vaccination;

B. Thirty-six (36) months after each prior vaccination.

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10.20.250 Certificate of vaccination – Information to be shown.¶

Every person practicing veterinary medicine in the City of Carson who vaccinates a dog or cat with rabies vaccine shall immediately issue to the person to whom he delivers the dog or cat the original, and monthly to the director a duplicate, of a certificate signed by the veterinarian which states:

A. The name and address of the owner or harborer of the vaccinated dogs or cats;

B. The kind of vaccine used, the name of the manufacturer and the manufacturer's serial or lot number, and the date of the vaccinations;

C. The breed, age, color and sex of the vaccinated dogs or cats.

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10.20.260 Research institutions exempt from Part 2 requirements.¶

10.20.262 County assistance to low-cost vaccination clinics.¶

§ 3309. Spaying or Neutering.¶

Notwithstanding the provisions of CMC § 3300, the Animal Control Ordinance is amended by changing the title of Chapter 10.24 of Division 1, Title 10 of the Los Angeles County Code to read "Spaying and Neutering," and by repealing Section 10.24.020 of said Chapter 10.24. (Ord. 92-984 § 1)

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§ 3310. Fee Schedule.¶

Notwithstanding the provisions of CMC § 3300, Chapter 10.90 of Division 3, Title 10 of the Los Angeles County Code is amended by amending Section 10.90.010, Part VI, to read:

VI. Individual Animal Licenses.

Every person owning a dog or cat over the age of four (4) months shall obtain an annual license and tag for such dog or cat; 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, for service dogs trained to perform tasks to assist the physically handicapped, and for spayed or neutered dogs belonging to senior citizens upon payment of the following fees:

payment of the following fees:
License processing fee		$2.53
A. Dog license and tag fees:
1.	Unaltered (Unspayed/unneutered)	$60.00
2.	Altered (Spayed/neutered)	20.00
3.	Senior citizen — Spayed/neutered dog	7.50
4.	Delinquency charge for annual license renewal, equivalent to the
	cost of the license, will be added to the license fee if the renewal
	application is submitted more than 10 calendar days past the
	expiration date of a license, or if a license application was not
	otherwise timely submitted.
5.	Replacement of tag or official license receipt	5.00
6.	Transfer of ownership	5.00

3310	PUBLIC SAFETY	§ 33
7.	Discharged military dogs (one-time registration fee)	5.00
8.	Guide dogs or Seeing Eye dogs, signal dogs, and service dogs (one-	5.00
	time registration fee)
9.	Field enforcement fee: The owner or custodian of a dog found	40.00
	unlicensed by a department employee in the field will be charged a
	field enforcement fee.
B.	Cat license and tag fees:
1.	Unspayed/unneutered	$10.00
2.	Spayed/neutered	5.00
3.	Replacement cat tag	5.00
4.	Transfer of ownership	5.00
5.	Delinquency charge for annual license renewal, equivalent to the
	cost of the license, will be added to the license fee if the renewal is
	submitted more than 10 calendar days past the expiration date of a
	license, or if a license application was not otherwise timely
	submitted.
6.	Field enforcement fee: The owner or custodian of a cat found	40.00
	unlicensed by a department employee in the field will be charged a
	field enforcement fee.

(Ord. 92-984 § 1; Ord. 10-1457 § 1)

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§ 3311. Dog Control.¶

a) No owner or other person having charge, custody or control of any dog(s) shall permit, either willfully or through failure to exercise due care, any such dog(s) to defecate and to allow any such feces to remain on any public parkway, park or other public property, or on any property owned or occupied by a person other than the owner of the dog(s) or the person having charge, custody or control of the dog(s).
b) Any person having charge, custody or control of any dog(s), in a location other than on the property of such person or on the property of the owner of the animal(s), shall have in possession a suitable disposable bag or container for the purpose of complying with the requirements of this Section.
c) For purposes of this Section, a "suitable disposable bag or container" shall not be considered to be an article of clothing.
d) The provisions of this Section shall not apply to blind persons being accompanied by a trained guide dog.
e) Any person violating any of the provisions of subsection (a) or (b) of this Section shall be deemed guilty of an infraction and upon conviction thereof shall be punished by a fine in accordance with CMC § 1200(b).
(Ord. 14-1545 § 1; Ord. 20-2016 § 2)

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