Los Gatos Municipal Code Art. II Miscellaneous Animals

(a) The provisions of this section shall be in addition to, or not in lieu of, any other regulations contained in this Code or in any other ordinance of the Town regarding the keeping and maintenance of animals.

(b) The owner of every animal shall have the duty to keep and maintain such animal in a healthy and sanitary condition, and shall have the duty to supply such animal with clean and appropriate food, water and suitable shelter. All animal enclosures and shelters shall be kept in a clean and sanitary condition, and free from all noxious odors or substances. They shall be of suitable size and situated to prevent exposing the animal to unreasonably loud noise, or teasing, abuse or injury by another animal or person.

(c) The keeping of any animal in such a manner as to create unhealthy or unsanitary conditions is hereby prohibited and declared to be a nuisance.

(Ord. No. 2276, § 1, 9-18-18)

Editor's note— Ord. No. 2276, § 1, adopted Sept. 18, 2018, repealed § 4.20.005 and enacted a new § 4.20.005 as set out herein. The former § 4.20.005 pertained to restrictions on keeping of swine and derived from Ord. No. 1971, § II, 2-22-94.

No animal shall be sheltered or confined or tethered or kept in a manner which subjects them to unnecessary suffering or cruelty. Minimum space for animals in pens should be that which appropriately fits the size of the animal, allowing for the animal to stand up, turn around, stretch and make natural movements, appropriate for the age and species. All animals shall receive appropriate veterinary treatment when such treatment is necessary to alleviate the animal's suffering or prevent the transmission of disease.

(Ord. No. 2276, § 1, 9-18-18)

(a) It shall be unlawful for any person to keep or maintain any bovine animal, sheep, hog swine, goat, live hare, rabbit, chicken, duck, turkey, goose, pigeon or other fowl except as provided in this article and Chapter 29 of this Code.

(b) Any person maintaining any such animal or fowl within the Town shall keep the premises upon which such is kept fenced, or if such animal is staked, so as to keep the animal or fowl from leaving the premises upon which such is kept, and shall not permit such animal or fowl to run at large upon any public place or upon the property of any other person.

(c) No person shall keep more than two (2) swine within the Town nor shall they be kept within three hundred (300) feet of any dwelling in the Town.

The requirements for the keeping of horses are listed in article XII of this chapter and the provisions of chapter 29.

(Ord. No. 2276, § 1, 9-18-18)