Chapter 6.32 — GENERAL REGULATIONS

The animal shelter shall not sell or give away any female cat more than six months of age that has not been spayed, or any male cat of more than six months of age that has not been altered. The animal shelter shall not sell or give away any cat less than six months of age unless the cost of spaying or altering such cat has been deposited in trust with the Director for payment to a veterinarian or spaying or altering clinic designated by the person purchasing or receiving the cat. The deposit shall be refunded to the owner upon proof of sterilization. (Prior code § 5-9)

No owner or person having charge, custody or control of any dog shall permit, either willfully or through failure to exercise due care to control, any such dog to defecate and 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 of control of such dog.

(Prior code § 5-9.1)

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

(Prior code § 5-9.2)

No person shall display, sell, offer for sale, barter to give away any rabbit, baby chick, duckling or other fowl which has been dyed, colored or otherwise artificially treated. (Prior code § 5-9.3)

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 said animal is kept in a clean and sanitary condition.

(Prior code § 5-9.4)

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 such animal, provided the name and address of the owner has been filed in the office of the veterinary hospital or other institution.

(Prior code § 5-9.5)

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City of Paramount, CA

PARAMOUNT CODE

§ 6.32.070

§ 6.32.130

It is hereby 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 bury the carcass of any animal upon any premises owned, controlled or occupied by him or her in the City. (Prior code § 5-9.6)

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 or 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 § 5-9.7)

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 animals from falling off, jumping or being thrown from such motor vehicle whether in motion or not. (Prior code § 5-9.8)

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 of the City or other person(s) designated by the City. (Prior code § 5-9.9)

It is hereby declared to be a nuisance, and no person shall keep, maintain or permit upon any lot or parcel of land within the City 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 an individual.

(Prior code § 5-9.10)

No person shall set or use any spring steel trap, No. 1 or larger, in the City (this section shall not prohibit the use of gopher traps). (Prior code § 5-9.11)

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City of Paramount, CA § 6.32.130

ANIMAL CONTROL

§ 6.32.130

No person shall, within this City, willfully slaughter or cause to be slaughtered any cattle, calf, horse, mule, sheep, swine or goat or any other animal. This section does not apply to the slaughter of such animals within an educational institution, physician's office or laboratory for medical research or other scientific purposes, 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 § 5-9.12)

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City of Paramount, CA

ANIMAL CONTROL

§ 6.36.010

§ 6.36.020