Norwalk Municipal Code Art. II Sanitation and Sales

No owner or person having charge, custody or control of any dog shall permit, either wilfully or through failure to exercise due care or control, any such dog to defecate, or to allow such feces thereafter to remain, on any public sidewalk or park or any other public property, or on any improved private property other than that of the owner or person who has custody or control of such dog.

(Prior code § 6-9.2; amended during 1999 codification; Ord. 21-1722 § 2)

No person shall dye, color or otherwise treat any rabbit, baby chick, duckling or other fowl, or any and all other animals.

(Prior code § 6-9.3; Ord. 21-1722 § 2)

Every person owning or occupying premises where any animal, fowl or bird is kept shall keep the stable, barn, stall, pen, coop, building or place in which such animal is kept in a clean and sanitary condition.

(Prior code § 6-9.5; Ord. 21-1722 § 2)

Every person owning or occupying premises where manure from any horse, pony, mule, cow, pigeon, fowl, rabbit or other animal accumulates shall provide for the removal of such manure daily. Unless all manure accumulated on any premises is removed daily, boxes, bins or receptacles of a design and construction acceptable to the Health Officer shall be provided by the owner or occupant of such premises, and such boxes, bins or receptacles shall be used only for the purpose of containing the accumulation of manure, and in no instance shall manure be so placed in such boxes or receptacles in such a manner as to prevent the tight closing of the lid; provided, however, that nothing contained in this section shall apply to manure which is spread as fertilizer over and around cultivated plants, vines, vegetables, lawns, bushes or trees, or to manure kept by any nursery for commercial fertilizer purposes, unless such manure creates a nuisance either from fly breeding or excessive obnoxious odors. These boxes, bins or receptacles shall be constructed of brick, stone, concrete, metal, wood lined with metal or other sound material, and shall be proof against access to the contents by flies. The contents of such boxes, bins or receptacles shall be removed at least once a week.

(Prior code § 6-9.6; Ord. 21-1722 § 2)

No person who is ordered by the Executive Director or the Health Officer to clean or disinfect any stable, barn, corral, stall, pen, coop, building or place in which any horse, pony, mule, cow, fowl, bird or other animal is kept, or who is ordered by such officer to clean or disinfect any box, bin or receptacle used for the accumulation of manure shall fail, neglect or refuse to clean and disinfect such stable, barn, corral, stall, pen, coop, building, place, box, bin or receptacle.

(Prior code § 6-9.7; Ord. 21-1722 § 2)

Every person owning or operating any veterinary hospital or other establishment for the treatment of animals shall give written notice to the owner of any animal left in the hospital or institution for treatment, in the event of the death of such animal; provided, the name and address of the owner has been filed with the office of the establishment.

(Prior code § 6-9.8; Ord. 21-1722 § 2)

It is declared to be a nuisance and no person shall cause, suffer or permit the carcass of any animal to remain upon any lot, premises or place owned, controlled or occupied by him or her for a period of more than 24 hours, or to be buried upon any premises owned, controlled or occupied by him or her.

(Prior code § 6-9.9; Ord. 21-1722 § 2)

No person shall bring any dog, cat or other live animal, or permit any dog, cat or other live animal to be brought into or remain in any room or place, other than a private home where food is not handled for commercial purposes, in which meat, fish, game, poultry, fruit, vegetables, bakery goods or any other food or food product is stored, kept, held, prepared, exposed, offered for sale or sold for human consumption, or permit any dog, cat or other live animal to ride upon or get into or upon any wagon or other vehicle in which any such articles offered or to be offered for sale for human consumption are being kept or transported; provided, however, that the provisions of this section shall not apply to a dog trained to guide the blind.

(Prior code § 6-9.10; Ord. 21-1722 § 2)

No person shall transport any animal on the running board of any motor vehicle or outside the passenger compartment, tonneau or body thereof, unless such animal is protected by a framework or other device which will prevent such animal from falling, jumping or being thrown from such motor vehicle, whether in motion or not.

(Prior code § 6-9.11; Ord. 21-1722 § 2)

No person shall keep any animal which is known or believed by him or her to be infected with any dangerous or communicable disease, or which is afflicted with any painful disease believed by him or her to be incurable, without a permit to do so from the Health Officer or other person designated by the City.

(Prior code § 6-9.12; Ord. 21-1722 § 2)

No person shall keep any animal, fowl or bird, wild or domestic, other than dogs, cats, canaries and birds of the psittacidae family, within 35 feet of any inhabited structure, school or hospital.

(Prior code § 6-9.13; Ord. 21-1722 § 2)

It is declared to be a nuisance, and no person shall keep, maintain or permit upon any lot or parcel of land under his or her control, any animal or animals, including any fowl, which by any sound or cry shall interfere with the comfortable enjoyment of life or property by any individual.

(Prior code § 6-9.14; Ord. 21-1722 § 2)

No person shall set or use any spring steel trap, No. 1 size or larger, except that the use of gopher traps is not prohibited.

(Prior code § 6-9.15; Ord. 21-1722 § 2)

No person shall, within this City, wilfully slaughter or cause to be slaughtered any cattle, calf, horse, mule, sheep, swine or goat or any other animal. This section shall not apply to the slaughter of such animals within an educational institution, physician's office or laboratory for medical research or other scientific purposes, nor to the slaughter of such animals by a person licensed by the State of California to practice veterinary medicine or by any commercial establishment duly licensed by the City and the United States Department of Agriculture as a slaughterhouse.

(Prior code § 6-9.16; Ord. 21-1722 § 2)