• 8.03.10 Application

• 8.03.30 Immediate Impound

• 8.03.40 Impoundment Of Stray Or Abandoned Livestock

• 8.03.50 Euthanasia With No Holding Period

The provisions of this chapter shall apply to any livestock. Livestock shall mean any bovine or equine animal, goats, pigs, sheep, and poultry, as poultry is defined in Food and Agriculture Code § 24657.

1. It shall be the duty of every owner or custodian of any animal to exercise reasonable care and take all necessary steps and precautions to protect other people, property, or other animals from injuries or damage. If the owner or custodian of any animal is a minor, the parent or guardian of such minor shall be responsible to ensure that all provisions of this article are complied with.

2. The owner or custodian of any animal shall provide it with necessary food, proper drink and proper shelter, necessary veterinary care and shall secure it in a humane manner as will effectively restrain it from roaming at large. The owner or custodian shall maintain any enclosures or surroundings where the animal’s safety, good health, and wellbeing are provided for.

3. Owners of livestock shall exercise reasonable care and precautions to prevent the livestock from leaving the real property limits of its owner or custodian, and ensure that it is securely and humanely enclosed within a building, lawful fence, pen, or other enclosure out of which it cannot escape on its own volition, and that such enclosure is securely locked at any time the animal is left unattended. Any enclosure shall be kept, clean and free from manure, mud and everything of a foul and unclean nature.

4. Livestock found at large are subject to immediate seizure and impoundment.

If upon investigation it is determined by the animal control officer or law enforcement officer that probable cause exists to believe the an animal poses an immediate threat to public safety the animal control officer or law enforcement officer may seize and impound the animal pending the determination through the applicable hearing procedure.

If upon investigation it is determined by the animal control officer or law enforcement officer that probable cause exists to believe the an animal poses an immediate threat to public safety the animal control officer or law enforcement officer may seize and impound the animal pending the determination through the applicable hearing procedure.

Animals that are irremediably suffering from a serious illness or severe injury shall not be held for owner redemption or adoption, and shall immediately be euthanized. Newborn animals that need maternal care and have been impounded without their mothers may be euthanized without being held for redemption or adoption.

9 Public Peace, Morals And Safety

9 Public Peace, Morals And Safety

9.04 Prisoner Labor

9.11 Regulation Of Tobacco Retail

9.12 Smoking Restrictions

9.18 Alarm Systems

9.20 Prohibition Of Abusive Panhandling

9.40 Curfew

9.42 Juvenile Alcoholic Preclusion Act

9.44 Minors In Gambling Places

9.48 Firearms

9.50 Distribution Of Funds From Forfeitures And Seizures

9.04 Prisoner Labor

9.04.10 Findings Of Board Of Supervisors

9.04.20 Furlough Administrator