Rocklin Municipal Code Ch. 6.12 Care and Control

It is unlawful for the owner of any animal to violate any of the provisions of this title hereinbefore or hereinafter set out, or to commit any of the acts set out in this chapter.

(Ord. 483 § 3.1 (part), 1982).

A. No person shall allow any animal, except the domestic cat, to run at large.

B. A dog shall not be considered at large if it is:

1. A trained service animal as defined in California Civil Code § 54.1(6) through 54.1(7)(b). This exception only applies to individuals whose disability prevents them from using a restraint. In such a case, the individual must maintain voice, signal or other effective control of the animal.

2. Assisting or in training to assist a peace officer engaged in law enforcement duties.

3. Within the confines of a city designated dog park.

4. Securely confined in a vehicle.

(Ord. 483 § 3.1 (a), 1982).

(Ord. No. 985, § 5, 6-12-2012)

No person shall allow any animal, except the domestic cat, to enter upon public property or upon any private property without the consent of the owner of the property.

(Ord. 483 § 3.1 (b), 1982).

No person shall, if unauthorized, remove from any dog or domestic swine any collar or harness or other device to which a license tag is attached or remove a current license tag therefrom.

(Ord. 660 § 5, 1991: Ord. 483 § 3.1 (c), 1982).

No person shall attach to or keep upon, or cause or permit to be attached or kept upon any dog or domestic swine any license tag, except a tag issued for such dog or swine under the provisions of this title. No person shall attach to or keep upon, or cause or permit to be attached to or kept upon any dog or domestic swine, or make, or cause or permit to be made, or to have in possession, any counterfeit or imitation of any tag provided for by this title.

(Ord. 660 § 6, 1991: Ord. 483 3.1(d), 1982).

Editor's note— Ord. No. 985, § 7, adopted June 12, 2012, deleted § 6.12.060, which pertained to licensing dogs over four months of age and derived from Ord. 483 § 3.1(e), 1982.

No person shall possess any dog, over four months of age, which does not have a current vaccination for rabies as evidenced by an official certificate thereof, except as otherwise provided in this title.

(Ord. 483 § 3.1 (i), 1982).

No person shall interfere with, oppose or resist the animal control officer while he is engaged in the performance of any act authorized by this title.

(Ord. 483 § 3.1 (f), 1982).

No person shall allow any dog known to be dangerous or vicious to run at large upon any street or other public place within the city.

(Ord. 483 § 3.1 (1), 1982).

No person shall allow any animal to habitually make loud noise or act in such a manner as to constitute a public nuisance.

(Ord. 483 § 3.1 (m), 1982).

No person shall allow any animal to go without adequate food, water, shelter or proper care.

(Ord. 483 § 3.1 (j), 1982).

No person shall damage, harm, mutilate, maim, tease or in any other way mistreat any animal.

(Ord. 483 § 3.1 (k), 1982).

No person shall fail to confine any female dog, while in heat or breeding condition.

(Ord. 483 § 3.1 (g), 1982).

No person shall abandon any animal in the city.

(Ord. 483 § 3.1 (h), 1982).

Whenever the animal control officer receives in writing complaints by three or more persons, each having a separate residence or regularly employed in the neighborhood at separate locations, that any dog or domestic swine is a habitual nuisance by reason of its howling, barking or by its actions, is potentially vicious, or in any other manner is causing undue annoyance, the animal control officer shall investigate the complaint. If he or she finds such conditions to exist, he or she may issue an order to conform requiring the owner or custodian to obey such conditions within a reasonable length of time.

(Ord. 660 § 7, 1991: Ord. 483 § 3.3, 1982).

No owner of a domestic cat shall permit or suffer the cat to damage property, public or private, real or personal, or to bite, scratch or claw any human being or other animal which is the property of another. Any domestic cat which has damaged property or has bitten, scratched or clawed a human being or animal shall be subject to impoundment.

(Ord. 483 Art. 9, 1982).

If any person has any loss or damage to livestock or poultry, which is caused by animals, the person may file a complaint in writing with the animal control officer. Such complaint shall state when and where the damage occurred and how much damage was done, and, if known, the name of the person who owns the animal(s) or the custodian in charge of the animal(s) causing such damage or loss. The animal control officer shall investigate the complaint and if he finds conditions exist in violation of this title, he may issue an order to conform requiring the owner or custodian to abate such conditions within a reasonable length of time.

(Ord. 483 § 3.2, 1982).

Any person who takes up a stray animal shall notify the animal control officer within forty-eight hours of taking up the animal.

(Ord. 483 § 3.6, 1982).

It shall be unlawful to sell or give away live animals as described and set forth in Section 597.4 of the California Penal Code.

(Ord. No. 985, § 8, 6-12-2012)

A. It is unlawful for the owner or person having the custody of any dog to fail to immediately remove and dispose of in a sanitary manner, by placing in a closed or sealed container and depositing in a trash receptacle, any feces deposited by such dog upon public property or upon private property not exclusively owned or controlled by the owner or person having the custody of such dog.

B. Any person who has the charge or control of any dog in a location other than on private property exclusively owned or controlled by such person, or on the property of the owner of the dog, shall have in his or her possession a suitable wrapper, bag or container for the purpose of complying with the requirements of this section. The failure of any person to carry such a wrapper, bag or container when in charge or control of any dog in a location other than on property exclusively owned or controlled by such person, or on the property of the owner of the dog, shall constitute a violation of this section.

C. Subsections A and B of this section shall not apply to the proper use of guide dogs, service dogs, or signal dogs as defined in Section 54.1 of the California Civil Code, as may be amended.

D. It is unlawful for a person to allow any dry or wet animal waste to accumulate upon his or her property private property in such a manner as to emit noxious or offensive odors or to become unsanitary or injurious to public health or to the extent that the accumulation otherwise creates a nuisance. A nuisance, for purposes of this subsection, includes, but is not limited to, dry or wet solid waste accumulation that interferes with the use or enjoyment of any neighboring property as a result of odors or the attraction or breeding of vermin or vectors.

(Ord. No. 1133, § 3, 6-22-2021)