Santa Maria Municipal Code Art. 8 Livestock

It is unlawful to keep or maintain or cause to be kept or maintained, any live hog or swine, or any live stallion or bull, within the City.

(Prior Code § 3-2)

It is unlawful to breed or let to any mare or jennies or cows, any stallions or jack or bull, within the City.

(Prior Code § 3-3)

It is unlawful to keep or maintain or cause to be kept or maintained, within the City, any live horse, mule or other equine animal, any cow or other bovine animal, or any sheep or goat, within 125 feet of any building or structure used or occupied as a residence or dwelling. With respect to the restrictions contained in this section relating to the proximity of the place of keeping livestock to residences or dwellings, the residence or dwelling of the owner of such livestock shall not be considered.

(Prior Code § 3-5)

The keeping or maintaining within the City of any live horse, mule or other equine animal, cow or other bovine animal, sheep or goat, is unlawful without a permit first having been obtained from the Health Officer.

(Prior Code § 3-6)

(a) The permit required in Section 5-3.804 shall be applied for to the Health Officer in writing and the Health Officer shall thereupon cause an investigation to be made. If, after investigating the conditions and considering the facts presented, the following facts appear, a permit shall be issued to such applicant by the Health Officer:

(1) That the keeping or maintaining of such animal or animals will not constitute a nuisance to the neighborhood;

(2) That the keeping or maintaining of such animal or animals will not constitute a menace to the public health;

(3) That the keeping or maintaining of such animal or animals will not constitute an interference with the comfortable enjoyment of life or property;

(4) That the keeping or maintaining of such animal or animals will not be in violation of any State or municipal law or ordinance.

(b) If such facts do not appear, such permit shall be refused.

(Prior Code § 3-6)

Permits issued pursuant to Section 5-3.805 may be revoked by the Health Officer at any time for cause.

(Prior Code § 3-6)

All corrals, pens, buildings, kennels, yards or other places wherein any animals are kept or maintained shall be kept in a clean and sanitary condition, free from accumulations of urine, stagnant water, manure, used bedding material or any other filthy or odorous or unhealthful substances; provided, that the animals described in Section 5-3.804 shall be kept or maintained only in pens or corrals or buildings, and shall not be staked out or allowed to run on leash or tether in any unfenced or unenclosed area.

(Prior Code § 3-7)

Except for the requirements of Sections 5-3.802 and 5-3.807 the requirements of this article shall not be applicable to any portion of the City set apart by public authority for rodeos, fairs, horse shows or other public showings or exhibitions of animals.

(Prior Code § 3-8)

Except for the requirements of Section 5-3.804, 5-3.805 and 5-3.806 the requirements of this article shall not be applicable to farmers or dairymen who keep livestock as a part of their business or for use in connection with farm work, and whose facilities for the keeping of such livestock are not located in any area subdivided into town lots within the City.

(Prior Code § 3-9)