Manhattan Beach Municipal Code Ch. 5.08 Animal Care Regulations

Every person, within the City of Manhattan Beach, who owns any animal or who owns, conducts, manages, or operates any animal establishment shall comply with each of the following.

A. Structural strength. Housing facilities for animals shall be structurally sound and shall be maintained in good repair, to protect the animals from injury, to contain the animals, and to restrict the entrance of other animals.

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 clean and sanitary condition.

D. All animals shall be so maintained as to eliminate excessive and nighttime noise.

E. No animals shall be without attention more than twenty-four (24) consecutive hours. Whenever an animal is left unattended at a commercial animal facility, the telephone number of the Department of Animal Aid or the name, address, and telephone number of the responsible person shall be posted in a conspicuous place at the front of the property.

F. Every reasonable 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. Animal buildings and enclosures shall be so constructed and maintained as to prevent escape of animals. All reasonable precautions shall be taken to protect the public from the animals and the animals from the public.

I. Every animal establishment shall isolate sick animals sufficiently so as not to endanger the health of other animals. Sick animals shall at all times be isolated from the other animals.

J. Every building or enclosure wherein animals are maintained shall be constructed of material easily cleaned and shall be kept in a sanitary condition. The building shall be properly ventilated to prevent drafts and to remove odors. Heating and cooling shall be provided as required, according to the physical need of the animals, with sufficient light to allow observation of animals and sanitation.

K. Take any animal to a veterinarian for examination or treatment if the Animal Aid personnel find this is necessary in order to maintain the health of the animal and orders the owner or custodian to do so.

L. Provide proper shelter and protection from the weather at all times.

M. No owner of an animal shall abandon such animal.

N. Every violation of an applicable regulation shall be corrected within a reasonable time to be specified by the Director of Animal Aid.

(§ 1, Ord. 1557, eff. July 5, 1979)