National City Municipal Code Ch. 8.36 Transportation of Animals in Vehicles

No person shall transport or carry on any public highway or public roadway any animal in a motor vehicle unless the animal is safely within the vehicle or protected by a cab or container, secured cage, cross-tether, harness or other device that will prevent the animal from falling from, being thrown from, or jumping from, the motor vehicle. Animals transported in violation of this section shall be impounded until the owner or handler can provide proper transportation. Transportation of dogs shall comply with Vehicle Code Section 23117.

(Ord. 2171 § 9 (part), 2000: Ord. 1893 § 1 (part), 1986)

A. No person shall leave an animal in any unattended vehicle without adequate ventilation and water, or in any other manner which subjects the animal to extreme temperatures which adversely affect the animal's health or welfare.

B. It shall be rebuttably presumed that an interior temperature exceeding one hundred degrees Fahrenheit constitutes an extreme temperature which adversely affects the health or welfare of the animal, or that ventilation is inadequate unless at least two windows of the vehicle are each left open a minimum of one inch.

C. Notwithstanding subsection B of this section, the prosecuting officer may utilize any evidence or set of conditions which demonstrates a violation of subsection A of this section, including the fact that the animal's body temperature at the time of the violation exceeded the normal body temperature established by veterinary medicine or science for the species.

(Ord. 2171 § 9 (part), 2000: Ord. 1893 § 1 (part), 1986)