San Bernardino County Municipal Code Ch. 13 Animal Food and Food Scraps

(a) No person shall feed or in any manner provide food for one or more nondomesticated mammalian predators. A nondomesticated mammalian predator shall include coyotes, raccoons, foxes, opossums, bears, mountain lions, and bobcats.

(b) Exceptions. This Section shall not apply in any of the following instances:

(1) Where the person providing the food is the owner of such non-domesticated mammalian predator and the predator is kept under a valid certificate or permit issued by the State of California Department of Fish and Game; or

(2) Where the person provides food for a trapped, injured or unweaned, nondomesticated mammalian predator between the time the agency in charge of animal control is notified and the time such predator is picked up by said agency.

(Ord. 3322, passed - -1989)

No person shall leave or permit to be left out-of-doors food for any animal between the hours of 10:00 p.m. of any one day and 6:00 a.m. of the following day, unless the area where the food is left is not accessible to nondomesticated mammalian predators.

(Ord. 3322, passed - -1989)

No person shall leave or permit to be left out-of-doors any garbage containing food scraps without first securing said food scraps in closed containers.

(Ord. 3322, passed - -1989)

Sections 32.1302 and 32.1303 shall be applicable only in the mountainous and foothill areas of the County described as follows: Beginning at the intersection of the San Bernardino and Los Angeles County line with the center line of State Highway 138; thence southeasterly along said center line to the north line of Section 1, Township 3 North, Range 7 West, San Bernardino Meridian, said point being also on the northern boundary of the San Bernardino National Forest; thence easterly along said boundary and continuing along said boundary, following all of its various courses to the Northeast corner of Section 18, Township 3 North, Range 5 West, San Bernardino Meridian; thence leaving said National Forest boundary east along section lines to the northeast corner of Section 13, Township 3 North, Range 4 West, San Bernardino Meridian; thence south along the East line of said Section 13 to the northwest corner of Section 10, Township 3 North, Range 3 West, San Bernardino Meridian, said point being also on the northern boundary of the San Bernardino National Forest; thence easterly along said boundary and continuing along said boundary, following all of its various courses to the San Bernardino and Riverside County line; thence leaving said National Forest boundary Westerly along said County line to the southwest corner of Section 8, Township 2 South, Range 1 West, San Bernardino Meridian; thence north along section lines to the northwest corner of Section 32, Township 1 South, Range 1 West, San Bernardino Meridian; thence east along the North line of said Section 32 to the southwest corner of Section 28; thence north along the west line of Sections 28 and 21 to the Southeast corner of Section 17; thence west along section lines to the center line of Bryant Street; thence northwesterly along said center line to the center line of State Highway 38; thence westerly along said center line of State Highway 38 to the center line of Garnet Street; thence northerly along said center line of Garnet Street to the center line of Florida Street; thence westerly along said center line of Florida Street to the center line of Green Spot Road; thence northerly and westerly along said center line of Green Spot Road to the eastern boundary line of the City of Highland; thence northerly along said boundary and continuing along said boundary, following all of its various courses to the Northern boundary of the City of San Bernardino; thence westerly along said northern boundary of the City of San Bernardino, following all of its various courses to the center line of Interstate 215; thence leaving said boundary northwesterly along said center line to the center line of Interstate 15; thence southwesterly along said center line of Interstate 15 to the south line of Section 13, Township 1 North, Range 6 West, San Bernardino Meridian; thence west along section lines to the southwest corner of Section 16, Township 1 North, Range 7 West, San Bernardino Meridian, said point being on the boundary of the City of Rancho Cucamonga; thence northerly, westerly and southerly along said boundary to the northern boundary of the City of Upland; thence westerly along said northern boundary of the City of Upland to the San Bernardino and Los Angeles County line; thence northerly along said County line to the point of beginning.

(Ord. 3322, passed - -1989)

A person violating any provision of this Chapter shall be guilty of an infraction, punishable in accordance with the provisions of Chapter 2 of Division 1 of Title 1 of this Code.

(Ord. 3322, passed - -1989)

If any provision or clause of this Chapter or the application thereof to any person or circumstances is held to be unconstitutional or to be otherwise invalid by any court of competent jurisdiction, such invalidity shall not affect other sections, provisions, or clauses or applications thereof which can be implemented without the invalid provision or clause or application, and to this end the provisions and clauses of this Chapter are declared to be severable.

(Ord. 3322, passed - -1989)