Earlier editions: 2026-09
Rolling Hills Municipal Code Ch. 6.60 Use of Traps
Rolling Hills Municipal Code · 2026-10 edition · updated 2026-10-04 · Rolling Hills
Cite as: Rolling Hills Municipal Code Chapter 6.60 · Text as of 2026-10-04
6.60.010 - Use of steel-jawed leg-hold traps.¶
A. Except as provided below, it shall be unlawful for any person to set, trigger, activate or otherwise use or cause to be set, triggered or activated, any steel-jawed leg-hold trap for the capture of any animal within the limits of the City. As used in this section, "steel-jawed leg-hold trap" means a spring-powered device used to trap animals with two metal jaws that clamp shut on an animal's leg when it steps on the trap's pressure-sensitive trigger.
B. Notwithstanding the above, it shall be lawful to utilize a steel-jawed leg-hold trap within the limits of the City when:
Such traps are utilized for predator control programs by United States government trappers;
Such traps are utilized for the control of disease outbreaks as authorized by California Fish and Game Code Section 4011.
C. When complaints are received, the city manager or his or her agent may investigate and enforce the provisions of this chapter. The provisions of this chapter may also be enforced by any peace officer having the jurisdictional authority to do so.
(Ord. 235 § 2, 1992).
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