Fresno County Municipal Code Ch. 9.16 Rodents and Predatory Animals

Footnotes:

--- (2) ---

State Law reference— For statutory provisions authorizing counties to control and destroy predatory animals, see Gov. Code § 25803.

Whenever an infestation with rodents or predatory animals exists on any premises within the county, it shall be the duty of the agricultural commissioner to cause said infestation to be eradicated or controlled and the reasonable expenses incurred therefor shall be a county charge. The agricultural commissioner shall, whenever he deems it necessary, cause an inspection to be made of any premises within the county for the purpose of ascertaining whether said premises are infested with rodents or predatory animals.

(Ord. No. 17-022, § 1, 11-14-2017; Ord. 555, § 1, 1973; prior code, § 420)

The agricultural commissioner may prescribe the methods to be used to eradicate or control rodents and predatory animals, and may manufacture and sell poison barley and such other materials as are convenient or necessary in destroying rodents and predatory animals. All such materials shall be furnished at cost to any person giving satisfactory assurance to the commissioner that such materials shall be used on premises within the county for the purpose of controlling or eradicating rodents or predatory animals.

(Ord. No. 17-022, § 1, 11-14-2017; Ord. 555, § 1, 1973; prior code, § 421)

A. It is unlawful for any person to possess, keep or harbor any cheetah, jaguar, bear, African lion, mountain lion, tiger, leopard, panther, cougar, lynx, wildcat, ocelot or wolf, except in strict accordance with a permit issued therefor by the local health officer. The local health officer may issue a permit therefor and may attach such conditions thereto as in his opinion may be necessary to protect the public health and safety. Such permit shall be in effect for one year subject to renewal upon the anniversary date thereof. The local health officer may at any time inspect the premises where any such animal kept or proposed to be kept and may investigate the conditions under which such animals are maintained in order to determine the appropriate conditions to include in any permit or whether existing conditions of such permit are being complied with. He may at any time add to or modify the conditions of a permit when in his opinion the public health and safety so require. The local health officer may, after notice and hearing, revoke such permit upon a showing of persistent violation of the terms and conditions thereof. The local health officer shall charge a fee of ten dollars upon the issuance and renewal of a permit.

B. This section shall not apply to any circus, carnival, regularly established zoo or animal shelter, or to a public officer or employee in the performance of his duties.

(Ord. No. 17-022, § 1, 11-14-2017; Ord. 555, § 1, 1973; prior code, § 423)

Any person who interferes with the official actions of the agricultural commissioner or the local health officer while carrying out the provisions of this chapter is guilty of a misdemeanor.

(Ord. No. 17-022, § 1, 11-14-2017; Ord. 555, § 1, 1973; prior code, § 424)