Article IV — Permissible Household Pets, Etc.

§ 4-22. Livestock control.

Oakdale Municipal Code · 2026-07 edition · updated 2026-09-27 · Oakdale

(a) Staking or grazing. No person having or having charge, care, custody or control of any livestock shall cause or permit either willfully or through failure to exercise due care or control, any such animal to be placed, staked, or to graze or be upon the land of another without the written consent of the owner or other authorized person, or upon public lands or highways or to allow any such animal to run at large.
(b) Livestock hauling fee.
- (1) When it is necessary for the impoundment of large quadruped domestic animals such as horses, donkeys, mules, burros, cattle, sheep, goats or swine to haul such animals with livestock hauling equipment, the owner of the animals shall be charged a livestock hauling fee.
- (2) A schedule of fees for hauling livestock shall be established by resolution by the City Council. Such schedule of fees shall reflect the approximate cost of impounding and hauling the livestock.
(c) Impoundment fees. The chief of police or animal control officer shall charge and collect fees for every impounded animal when claimed and before release. The amount of said fees shall be set time to time by resolution of the City Council.
(d) Absence of liability. No liability shall be incurred for the disposition of any animal made pursuant to the provisions of this chapter.
(e) Relief from fees during natural calamities. Upon recommendation of the chief of police and with the approval of the City Council, the fees provided for by this chapter may be waived when animals have been impounded because of civic disorganization, disruption or other conditions of devastation within the City due to fire, flood, earthquake, storm or other natural calamity.
(f) After one hundred and twenty hours, animals impounded under this section shall become the property of the City. Animals which become City property shall be disposed of in a humane economical manner. [Ord. No. 1000, § 1.]

§ 4-23. Kennels. [Ord. No. 1000, § 1.]

(a) Residential kennel. It shall be unlawful in any residential zone for any person to own or have custody of four or more unlicensed or licensed dogs over the age of four months, or four or more cats over the age of four months, for any purpose.
(b) Kennel permit required for commercial business.
- (1) It shall be unlawful for any person, firm, or corporation, having custody or control of four or

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City of Oakdale, CA § 4-23

ANIMALS AND FOWL

§ 4-25

more unlicensed or licensed dogs or cats over the age of four months, to engage in, conduct, manage, or carry on any of the following businesses within the incorporated area of the City of Oakdale without first having obtained a kennel permit from the director of finance and without the approval of the building department and the animal control department.

a. Grooming parlor
b. Kennel
c. Pet shop

No kennel permit shall be required of any kennel, pet shop or grooming parlor doing business within the City as of the effective date of this ordinance, unless there is a change of ownership, location or should the business be conducted in a manner that could cause revocation of a permit as set forth in Subsection (b)(3) of this section.

(2) Inspection. Every application or license shall permit the director of finance, chief of police or animal control officer access to any premises or vehicles used in the conducting of the licensed business at all reasonable times, and to any records required to be maintained by this article, and the director of finance, chief of police or his designated animal control officer shall make such inspections thereof as he deems necessary from time to time.
(3) Revocation. When the director of finance has issued any license under the terms of this article, the same may be revoked at any time thereafter by the director of finance or chief of police if he becomes satisfied that the conduct of the licensed business does not or will not comport with the public welfare for any reason, or that the same has been conducted in an illegal, improper, or disorderly manner, or in a manner substantially different from that described in the application, or for any reason for which the license application could have been denied.
(4) Appeals. Any person who has had a permit denied or revoked may within ten days appeal the decision of the chief of police. The chief of police or his designated officer shall render a decision within fifteen days. Either party involved may appeal the decision to the City Council. Said appeal shall be in writing and must be received by the City clerk within ten days of the action which is being appealed.

§ 4-24. Wild animals. [Ord. No. 1000, § 1.]

It shall be unlawful for any person to keep, harbor or sell any wild animal within the City of Oakdale.