Mono County Municipal Code Ch. 9.08 Animal Services

Editor's note— Ord. No. 24-004, § 1A(Exh. A), adopted March 12, 2024, repealed § 9.08.010, which pertained to the creation of the position of the animal services director and derived from Ord. No. 21-01, § 1(Exh. A), adopted May 4, 2021.

A. The animal services manager and his or her other officers are designated as public officers and employees of the county, charged with the duty to enforce the provisions of this chapter and any law of the state relating to the care, treatment and impounding of animals, and they are authorized to issue citations for violations of said laws and provisions in accordance with Section 836.5 of the California Penal Code.

B. Each such person, while performing his or her respective duties, shall wear a metallic badge of a size and design to be determined by the animal services manager.

C. The animal services manager and his or her officers, when acting in the course and scope of their employment, are authorized to carry, in county vehicles, unloaded firearms or weapons of a type and caliber approved by the sheriff's department. The animal services manager and his or her officers shall receive initial and recurrent training in the use of any type of firearm or weapon approved for use by the sheriff's department, in order to establish and assure satisfactory proficiency in the use of such weapons commensurate with the safety and welfare of the general public.

(Ord. No. 21-01, § 1(Exh. A), 5-4-2021; Ord. No. 24-004, § 1B, C(Exh. A), 3-12-2024)

The animal services manager and his or her officers shall pick up and impound animals as provided in Chapters 9.04 through 9.44 of this code. They shall also enforce the provisions of Chapters 9.04 through 9.44 and any other state law or local ordinances relating to animals.

(Ord. No. 21-01, § 1(Exh. A), 5-4-2021; Ord. No. 24-004, § 1B, C(Exh. A), 3-12-2024)

The following fees are imposed, the amount of which shall be set by resolution of the board of supervisors:

A. Redemption fee. To redeem a dog from the pound, the amount of which shall include reasonable costs associated with of the care of dogs while impounded.

B. Turn-in fee. When an animal is voluntarily turned in to the pound by its owner, the amount of which shall include reasonable costs associated with of the care of dogs while impounded.

(Ord. No. 21-01, § 1(Exh. A), 5-4-2021; Ord. No. 24-004, § 1B, C(Exh. A), 3-12-2024)

Whenever the animal services director or his or her officers are authorized to take up and impound any animal under the provisions of Chapters 9.04 through 9.44, he or she shall have the authority in the exercise of a sound discretion to shoot to kill any such animal that attacks him or her while he or she is in the act of seizing it for impounding and to shoot any dog at large that has no known owner or home and which cannot be safely caught.

(Ord. No. 21-01, § 1(Exh. A), 5-4-2021; Ord. No. 24-004, § 1B, C(Exh. A), 3-12-2024)