Dos Palos Municipal Code Ch. 6.05 Animals at Large

It is unlawful for any person to allow or permit any horse, mule, ass, goat, cow, bull, calf, sheep, or swine to run at large upon any public street, alley, way, or highway within the city. (Ord. 276 § 4, 1987)

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6.06.010

Chapter 6.06 6.06.030 License-Fees-'-Penalties.
On or after March !st of each year, city animal
DOGS control, before delivering a dog license tag, shall
collect a delinquent or penalty fee, in addition to the

Sections: license fee, equal to the rate set by council resolu-

Fees. harlloring a dog within the city during the preceding

Impoundment. 6.06.040 License-Tags.

Impoundment. of tags, made of a suitable material, which shall

dog-Impoundment. which it is issued, and shall deliver such tags to the

owners. of police therefor at the rate set forth in Section

Fees. issue one of such tags to each person paying the dog

application, together with a receipt showing the

All persons who own, control, harbor, possess, or keep a record showing the number of the tag issued, keep any dog over the age of four months in the the date of issuance. the person to whom issued, a city shall procure a license from the chief of police short description of the dog for which the fee was for such dog. (Ord. 276 § 5 (part), 1987) paid, and the name of the veterinarian who issued the vaccination certificate. (Ord. 276 § 5 (part),

The annual license fee for dogs shall be set by the city council by resolution and shall cover the 6.06.050 Licenses-Tags-'-Aflixing. period of a calendar year. The annual license fee for The person to whom a dog license is issued shall a neutered or spayed dog shall be no more than half affix, or cause to be affixed. the license tag to the of the regular fee if the dog owner presents a collar of the dog for which the license was issued, veterinarian's certificate certifying that the dog has and such dog shall thereafter, at any and all times, been either neutered or spayed. (Ord. 330, 1994) have attached to its collar such license tag. (Ord. 276 § 5 (part), 1987)

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6.06.060

6.06.060 Licenses-Tags-Duplicates-- E. Hearings-Council decisions. In the event the Fees. council shall determine, from the report of the chief Whenever a dog license tag issued for the current of police and from other evidence presented at such year has been lost or taken or stolen by persons hearing, that the owner or person in possession or unknown to the owner or person having control of control of such dog has violated any of the provi- the dog for which the license tag was issued, such sions of this chapter or that such dog is a nuisance owner or person having control of such dog may, on and/or disturbing the peace and quiet of any of the the payment of two dollars and on making and sub- citizens of the city, the council may revoke the scribing to an affidavit of such loss, receive from license issued for such dog by the chief of police. the chief of police a duplicate license tag for the (Ord. 276 § 5 (part), 1987) remaining portion of the year for which the original license was issued. (Ord. 276 § 5 (part), 1987) 6.06.090 Running at large-Impoundment. A. No person owning any dog or having the

Dog licenses shall not be transferable. (Ord. 276 shall allow or permit such dog to run, be, or remain § 5 (part), 1987) at large on any public street, road, alley, paik, square, or other public place in the city or upon any 6.06.080 , Licenses-Revocation. private property in the city, other than the property A. Grounds-Investigations. Upon the written of the owner or custodian of such dog, without the complaint of any citizen that there is in the city any consent of the owner of such property. All dogs dog licensed pursuant to the provisions of this chap- may be deemed running at large within the meaning ter whose owner is violating any of the provisions of this section unless tied, staked, fastened, or re- of this chapter or that such dog is a nuisance and/or strained by chain, strap, or cord attached to their disturbing the peace and quiet of any of the citizens collars and actually held by some person or tied or of the city, the chief of police shall forthwith inves- restrained in an automobile or other vehicle. Any tigate such complaint to determine the truth or falsi- dog· found running at large in any public street, ty thereof. road, alley, paik, square, or other public place in the B. Reports of Chief of Police. Following a fair city or upon any private property in the city, other and impartial investigation into the truth or falsity than the property of the owner or custodian or such of such complaint, and within five days thereafter, dog, without the consent of the owner of such prop- the chief of police shall make a written report of his erty shall be subject to seizure and impounding in findings, together with his recommendations, to the the pound. council. B. It shall be the duty of any regular or reserve C. Hearings-Time. The council shall thereafter police officer to seize and impound in the pound all cause a time to be set for the taking of evidence to dogs found running at large as set forth in this sec- determine whether or not the license issued for the tion. dog about which such complaint is made shall be C. On those occasions where the police or ani- revoked. Such hearing shall be held not less than mal control officer is unable to capture the seven days after written notice of the hearing is served as set forth in subsection D of this section, on the owner or person in possession of such dog. D. Hearings-Notices. The written notice shall state the nature of the complaint and a summary of the report of the chief of police, together with his recommendation.

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6.06.090

dog, an attempt will be made to identify the and discretion at either place and mailing a copy owner, and on those occasions where the owner addressed to the owner at his place of residence; is located, the following action will be taken: or 1. On the first incident of such nature, the .C. If such place of residence and business can- owner will be issued a written warning that the not be ascertained, or a person of suitable age or dog was in violation of this title. discretion cannot be found at either place, by 2. On the second or any subsequent occasion, mailing a copy of the notice addressed to the the chief of police or his designated represen- owner at his last known address. (Ord. 276 § 5 tative will cause a criminal complaint to be filed (part), I 987) against the owner for allowing the dog to run at large in violation of this title. (Ord. 276 § 5 (part), 6.06.130 Impoundment-Redemption-Fees. 1987) A. Unlicensed Dogs. The owner or any per- son interested in any impounded dog may redeem such dog by procuring the necessary dog6.06.100 •Dogs in heat running at large- license tag or, in the event the dog is too young to Impoundment. be vaccinated, by depositing the required license It is unlawful for any bitch, while in heat, to fee with the chief of police until such time as therun at large on any of the public streets, lanes, certificate of vaccination may be produced andalleys, parks, squares, or other public places in. by paying the required fee of twenty dollars, plusthe city with or without a license tag. It shall be fifteen dollars per day maintenance fee (food andthe duty of the chief of police or his assistants to lodging) for every day the dog is held at the cityimpound any such animal running at large while' pound.in such condition. (Ord. 276 § 5 (part), 1987) B. Licensed Dogs. The owner, or any other person at times when the owner has signed over

lmpoundment. impounded licensed dog by payiiig a pound fee It shall be the duty of the chief of police and his in the amount of: assistants to impound all dogs which are I. Twenty-five dollars on the first occasion the unlicensed and/or unidentified as provided for in animal is impounded; this chapter. (Ord. 276 § 5 (part), 1987) 2. Seventy-five dollars on the second occasion the animal is impounded; and

No dog impounded pursuant to the provisions any subsequent time the animal is impounded of this chapter shall be destroyed, as set forth in and fifteen dollars per day maintenance fee (food Section 6.06. 140 of this chapter, until notice is and lodging) for every day the dog is held at the given by the chiefofpolice or his assistants to the city pound. (Ord. 276 § 5 (part), 1987) owner of such dog, if known. Such notice shall set forth a description of the dog impounded, 6.06.140 lmpoundment-Destruction. including the sex and breed thereof, and the date If no person appears and redeems an ofimpoundment. The notice may be served: impounded dog within three days after the serv- A. By delivering a copy personally to the ice of the notice, as set forth in Section 6.06.120 owner of the dog; or of this chapter, the chief of police or his assistants B. If the owner shall be absent from his place shall cause and direct such dog to be humanely ofresidence and from his usual place ofbusiness, killed. If it is impossible to ascertain the owner of by leaving a copy with a person of suitable age any dog impounded, and no person appears and

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the owner of any dog impounded, and no person of the state, and all ordinances of the county appears and redeems such dog within three days relating to the licensing, impounding and after the date of impounding, the chief of police destroying of dogs running at large in the city, or his assistants shall cause and direct such dog to and dogs over the age of four months having no be humanely killed. (Ord. 276 § 5 (part), 1987) license, and to destroy any wild or vicious or destructive dogs running at large. (Ord. 276 § 5

No person shall be compelled to m.uzzle any dog, except in· cases of emergencies. Such 6.06.170 Penalties. emergencies shall be deemed to exist when the All unlicensed dogs will be picked up and health officer shall determine and report to the impounded. Owners will be able to redeem an council that there is iri the city or country sur- impounded dog only after a certificate of vac- rounding the city an epidemic of rabies. When cination has been produced and an impound fee the health officer so reports, all persons in the city has been paid. Impound fees will be changed by owning, possessing, keeping, or harboring any resolution of the city council. If impounded dogs dog shall cause such dog to be muzzled and to are not claimed within three days such dogs will remain muzzled, except when such dog is eating, be disposed of. Any person. violating any of the until the health officer shall publicly and offi- provisions of this title is guilty of a misdemeanor, cially declare that such epidemic has ended. and upon conviction thereof, shall be punished (Ord. 276 § 5 (part), 1987) by a fine of not more than five hundred dollars or by imprisonment in the county jail for not more6.06.160 Enforcement. It shall be the duty of the poundmaster to than six months or by both such fine and enforce all provisions of this chapter and all laws imprisonment. (Ord. 276 § 5 (part), 1987)

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6.07.010

' Chapter 6.07 B. Any use of a lot or premises contrary to the provisions set forth in this section is declared to ANIMALS HEALTH HAZARD be unlawful and a public nuisance. C. Every person who maintains, permits, or Sections: allows a public nuisance to exist upon his or her

ing or leasing the property or premises of another

A. In all of the several districts into which the sance to exist thereon, after reasonable notice in city is divided, no person shall keep or maintain writing from a health officer or the district or permit to be kept or maintained upon his or attorney or city attorney to remove, discontinue, her premises or lot, any animal or animals in or abate the same has been served upon such such manner as to be injurious to the health or person, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor. (Ord. offensive to the senses, so as to interfere with the 277, 1987) comfortable life or property ofhis or her immedi- ate neighbor or surrounding neighborhood.

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ORDINANCE 363 AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF DOS PALOS AMENDING THE DOS PALOS MUNICIPAL CODE BY ADDING CHAPTER 06.08 The City Council of the City of Dos Palos hereby ordains that the following be added and adopted into the Municipal Code: CHAPTER 06,08 CITY-DEFINED POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS DOGS