Part 7

General Regulations Relating to Animals[Added by Ord. 485; suspended by Ord. 92-10]

Every person who owns any animal for which a license is required by this Chapter shall comply with each of the following conditions:

• A. Where any license or permit requires housing facilities for such animals, such facilities shall be structurally sound and shall be maintained in a clean and sanitary condition.

• B. All animals shall be supplied with sufficient good and wholesome food and water as often as the feeding habits of the respective animals require.

• C. All animals and all animal buildings or enclosures shall be maintained in a clean and sanitary condition.

• D. All animals shall be so maintained as to eliminate so far as possible all excessive and night-time noise.

• E. No animals shall be without attention more than fifteen consecutive hours. Where any animal, for which a license is required by this Chapter, is left unattended at a commercial animal facility, the telephone number of the Department of Animal Control or the name, address and telephone number of the responsible person in charge of such animal shall be posted in a conspicuous place at the front of the property.

• F. Every responsible precaution shall be used to insure that animals are not teased, abused, mistreated, annoyed, tormented, or in any manner made to suffer by any person or means.

• G. No condition shall be maintained or permitted that is or could be injurious to the animals.

• H. Where animals are required by this Chapter or any license or permit to be contained within a building or enclosure, the same shall be so constructed and maintained as to prevent escape of such animal. All reasonable precaution shall be taken to protect the public from the animals and the animals from the public.

• I. Every person required to have a license to maintain any animal under this Chapter shall isolate sick animals sufficiently so as not to endanger the health of other animals. Sick animals shall at all times be isolated from other animals.

• J. Buildings or enclosures wherein animals are maintained shall be constructed of materials easily cleaned and shall be kept in a sanitary condition. The buildings shall be properly ventilated to prevent drafts and remove odor. Heating and cooling shall be provided where reasonably necessary and required according to the physical needs of the animals. Buildings shall have sufficient light to allow observation of animals and sanitation.

• K. Any person required to have a license for an animal under this Chapter shall take any animal to a veterinarian for examination and treatment if the Director finds it is necessary in order to maintain the health of the animal and order such person to do so.

• L. All animal rooms, cages, kennels and runs shall be corrected within a reasonable time to be specified by the Director.

• M. Every violation of an applicable regulation shall be corrected within a reasonable time to be specified by the Director.

No person shall:

• A. Give any animal any alcoholic beverage unless prescribed by a veterinarian.

• B. Allow animals which are natural enemies, temperamentally unsuited, or incompatible to be quartered together or at or near each other so as to cause injury, fear or torment.

• C. Allow the use of any tack, equipment, device, substance or material that is or could be injurious or cause unnecessary cruelty to any animal.

• D. Work, use or rent any animal which is overheated, weakened, exhausted, sick, injured, diseased, lame or otherwise unfit.

• E. Display any animal bearing evidence of malnutrition, ill health, unhealed injury, or having been kept in an unsanitary condition.

• F. Maintain any animal which is a hazard or menace to the health, peace, safety or welfare of the community.

No owner or person having charge, custody or control of any animal, other than a service dog or other service animal for a disabled person shall permit, either willfully or through failure to exercise due care to control, any such dog or animal to defecate and then to allow such feces thereafter to remain on any public sidewalk, or on the floor of any common hall in any apartment, hotel or other multiple dwelling, or upon any entrance way, stairway or walk immediately abutting a public sidewalk; or upon the floor, stairway, of any public place; or upon the lawns, yard or any other private property, which is either improved or occupied, without the consent of the owner or person in lawful occupation thereof.

The holder of a dog kennel license shall keep available for inspection on the premises a record that shall show the name, current address and telephone number of the owner of such animals kept in the kennel; the date such animal entered the kennel; the reason for such animal being in the kennel, such as for boarding, sale, breeding or grooming; the description of the animal, including its age, breed, sex and color. As part of such record, a current valid rabies certificate shall be maintained for each dog over four months of age as long as such dog is kept in the kennel.

Dog kennel runs shall be of concrete, provided with adequate drainage for proper sanitation, or if sand or pea gravel is used, droppings must be picked up and disposed of and the runs treated periodically with an effective disinfectant.

All wild animals shall be maintained in buildings, in closed yards, paddocks, or cages, as specified in the permit therefor.

Any City officer or employee, including employees of the Department of Animal Control, and the Law Enforcement Agency or any other duly authorized representative of the City may enter the premises where animals are maintained for investigation or inspection as to whether or not any portion of said premises, building, structure, enclosure, pen or cage is being used, kept or maintained in violation of this Chapter or any other provisions of this Code. No person shall deny, prevent, obstruct or attempt to deny, prevent or obstruct such access. This Section does not permit any such person to enter a private dwelling except where pursuant to a search warrant or, where because of imminent danger it is necessary to do so in order to protect the public health, safety or welfare.

Any dog having a disposition or propensity to attack or bite any person or animal without provocation is hereby defined as a vicious animal. Where the official records of the Director indicate a dog has bitten any person or persons or animal without provocation on two (2) or more separate occasions, it shall be a prima facie evidence that said dog is a vicious animal.