Isleton Municipal Code Ch. 5.12 Animals

Animal as used herein means any bovine animal, horse, mule, burro, sheep, goat, swine, chicken, duck, turkey or other domestic animal or poultry with the exception of domestic dog or cat.

It is unlawful to keep, harbor or maintain any animal on any parcel of real property within the city, unless such property is zoned for agricultural uses and the keeping, harboring and maintaining of an animal thereon is authorized pursuant to the zoning ordinance of the city. Where the keeping, harboring and maintaining of an animal is authorized herein, such animal shall not be located nor shall any structure, pen or enclosure used for the keeping thereof be located nearer than 100 feet of any building on adjoining property used for dwelling purposes, food preparation, food service, a school, a hotel or motel or place of public assembly.

It is unlawful to kill or slaughter any animal within the city.

It is unlawful to transport or cause to be transported upon any public street within the city, the carcass of any animal unless the vehicle in which it is so transported is constructed to completely enclose said carcasses and so that the same are not exposed to view.

The board of supervisors of the County of Sacramento has heretofore adopted an ordinance providing for the control or animals, licensing of dogs, providing for the collection of fees, impounding of animals, and similar matters, and that said Ordinance 906 is hereby incorporated and adopted by reference, three certified copies of the same being on file in the office of the city clerk.

Under the provisions of section 439.90 of the California Food and Agriculture Code, the provisions of said Ordinance 906 shall apply throughout any city located in Sacramento County whenever the governing body of the city by ordinance requests the application thereof within the confines of the city, and it is deemed to be to the best interests of the city that is request the application of the provisions of said ordinance sections within the confines of the city.

It is hereby requested of the board of supervisors of the county that the provisions of said Ordinance 906 and the provisions of the section of the California Food and Agriculture Code therein adopted as set forth in section 439.90, apply throughout the city that the city clerk forward a certified copy of this ordinance to the board of supervisors of the county; and that the mayor and the city clerk be authorized and instructed to execute an animal control agreement setting forth the terms and conditions for the enforcement of said ordinance.

Any person violating any of the above provisions of this chapter shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, punishable upon convict of a fine of not more than $500.00, or by imprisonment in the county jail for not more than six months, or by both such fine and imprisonment.