Montebello Municipal Code Ch. 6.12 Administration and Enforcement

The department of animal care and control under the administrative management of the director, and the office of the director is established.

(Prior code §§ 4102.1 and 4102.2)

A. The director of animal control shall be vested with the necessary police powers and duties of a police officer for the exclusive purpose of enforcing the provisions of this title, and it shall be his duty to make arrests and issue citations for violations of any of the provisions of this title. The director of animal care and control shall enforce all of the laws of the city, county and state relating to the care, treatment and impounding of dumb animals and to the prevention of cruelty to dumb animals.

B. It is made the duty of the director of animal care and control to enforce any other sections of this ordinance whether enumbrated as a duty or not.

(Prior code §§ 4102.1 and 4102.2)

No person shall rescue or attempt to rescue any animal mentioned herein from the possession of the director of animal care and control or his deputies, in the performance of their official duties.

(Prior code § 4102.3)

The director of animal care and control or his deputy animal control officers or any police officer is authorized to enter upon any premises upon which any animal is kept, for the purpose of taking up, seizing or impounding any animal found running at large, or staked, herded or grazing thereon, contrary to the provisions of this title for the purpose of ascertaining whether such animal is licensed as provided in this title or determining whether any regulation or law of the state relating to the care, treatment or impounding of dumb animals or to the prevention of cruelty to dumb animals is being violated: provided there is probable cause to believe there is such violation, and provided that, except in cases of emergency or where necessary to complete a pursuit initiated outside the premises. Such entry shall be performed pursuant to a valid inspection warrant issued pursuant to California Code of Civil Procedure, Section 1822.50 et seq. Any person who denies or prevents, obstructs, or attempts to deny, prevent, or obstruct the taking up, seizing or impounding is guilty of a misdemeanor.

(Prior code § 4102.4)

It shall be the duty of the director of animal care and control to enforce those sections of the Penal Code of the state pertaining to the inhumane treatment of dumb animals, and to take possession of animals so abandoned or neglected, and care for or dispose of same as provided for in the Penal Code of the state or this title.

(Prior code § 4102.5)

A. The director of animal care and control may establish a clinic, at which members of the public may have dogs and cats spayed or neutered in a humane manner upon payment of the fees established by the director.

B. A person submitting a dog or cat for this service shall sign a consent form certifying thereon under penalty of perjury that he is owner of the animal or setting forth facts showing that he is otherwise authorized to present the animal for this operation and such person may be required to furnish proof of such ownership or authority. Such consent shall contain a waiver of any and all liability of the city, the department of animal care and control and any employees thereof for any injury or death to an animal arising out of the aforementioned operation or any services provided incidental thereto.

C. The department of animal care and control shall establish a return date by which a person submitting an animal for the operation shall pick up the animal or be subject to a reasonable board and care fee to commence the day after such return date. Failure to pick up an animal within fifteen days of the return date shall be deemed abandonment of such animal and the director may dispose of it by sale or destruction.

(Prior code § 4102.6)