Sec. 4.16. - Dogs on The Strand during the Fourth of July.

It shall be unlawful for the owner or custodian of any dog, whether licensed or unlicensed, to suffer, permit or allow such dog to be on any portion of The Strand between Breakwater Way and Wisconsin Street during the time the Coastal Safety Enhancement Zone is in effect pursuant to section 1.15.B, whether or not the dog is led or restrained by any leash, chain, strap, or cord. Signs giving notice of this prohibition may be erected in accordance with section 1.15.B. The prohibitions of this section shall not apply to guide, signal or service dogs for persons with disabilities pursuant to Civil Code sections 54.1 and 54.2, or dogs under the control of a peace officer acting within the course and scope of his or her prescribed duties.

(Ord. No. 09-OR0322-1, § 1, 5-20-09)

It shall be unlawful for any person to willfully tease, taunt, torment, strike, kick, mutilate, disable, or otherwise injure or kill, or to interfere or meddle with any dog while such animal is being utilized by the police department or any other law enforcement agency, or any officer or employee thereof, in the performance of any function or duty of said department or agency, or of such officer or employee. Violation of this section shall be a misdemeanor offense.

(Ord. No. 81-61, § 5, 12-9-81; Ord. No. 83-32, § 1, 8-24-83)

Editor's note— Ord. No. 81-61, § 5, adopted Dec. 9, 1981, enacted provisions designated as § 4.26, which provisions were subsequently redesignated by Ord. No. 83-32, § 1, as § 4.16.1 for purposes of classification.

(a)

It shall be unlawful for any person owning, keeping or having in his or her care, custody or control any dog to knowingly fail, refuse or neglect to clean up any feces of such dog immediately and dispose of it in a sanitary manner whenever such dog has defecated upon public or private property within the Oceanside city limits without the consent of the public or private owner or person in lawful possession or charge of the property.

(b)

The provisions of subsection (a) shall not apply to a blind person being accompanied by a guide dog or a trained dog being utilized by a law enforcement agency, nor shall they be construed to require or authorize any act of trespass upon private property. Whenever the feces to be cleaned up cannot be reached without a trespass upon private property on which the feces is located, the person having the duty pursuant to subsection (a) to clean it up shall first obtain consent to do so from the owner or person in lawful possession or charge of the property.

(Ord. No. 82-02, § 1, 1-13-82; Ord. No. 83-33, § 1, 8-24-83)

Cross reference— Similar provisions, § 13.26.