Yolo County Municipal Code Art. 4 Prohibitions

The territory to which the provisions of this chapter shall apply is hereby fixed as the limits within which animals shall not run at large, and no owner shall permit his animal, wild or domestic, except a domestic cat, to run at large within the territory to which the provisions of this chapter apply. (§ 2, Ord. 703, eff. May 22, 1974)

No owner shall permit his dog to be in any area, other than on private property where the dog is maintained by or on behalf of its owner, unless the dog is restrained by a leash not exceeding eight (8’) feet in length; provided, however, this section shall not apply if the dog is (1) assisting a peace officer in law enforcement duties, (2) under the control of a person engaged in hunting pursuant to a license issued under Sections 3031 et seq. Of the Fish and Game Code of the State, (3) enrolled and actually participating in a dog training or obedience class, exhibition, or competition conducted by an organization with the permission of the owner or operator of the grounds or facility, or (4) actively herding on an agriculturally zoned parcel. (§ 1, Ord. 949, eff. May 26, 1983, as amended by § 2, Ord. 1365, eff. December 6, 2007)

Whenever the Chief of the Animal Control Division or authorized personnel thereof take up, assume control over, herd, or otherwise respond to a situation involving any animal which is at large, and which is not impounded pursuant to the provisions of Article 8 of this chapter, the owner or other person responsible for the care or restraint of such animal shall pay, and be charged and liable for a fee not to exceed the actual costs incurred by the County in taking up, assuming control over, herding, or otherwise responding to the at large animal. (§ 4, Ord. 1013, eff. August 15, 1985)

(a) After November 1, 2007, no person shall possess, purchase, acquire, or breed a wolf hybrid, except for:

(1) Wolf hybrids possessed in the County prior to November 1, 2007; or

(2) Any wolf hybrid born to a wild canid or wolf hybrid that was both pregnant with such hybrid and possessed in the county prior to that date.

(b) Any wolf hybrid falling within either of the above exceptions shall be spayed or neutered, and shall at all times be vaccinated against rabies. Notwithstanding such vaccination, however, any wolf hybrid that bites or scratches a human being or other animal must be quarantined as required by the current California Rabies Compendium. Wolf hybrids may not be bred. The owner of a wolf hybrid may be required, upon reasonable request by the Chief of Animal Services, to provide satisfactory evidence that the hybrid falls within either of the above exceptions.

(c) Except as otherwise set forth in this section, any wolf hybrid falling within either of the exceptions set forth in subsection (a), above, shall be subject to all of the same requirements of the Yolo County Code that apply to dogs.

(d) Any wolf hybrid that is determined to be possessed illegally may, in addition to other penalties provided in this Title, be seized and disposed of as determined to be appropriate by the Chief of Animal Services. The Chief of Animal Services may, in his or her sole discretion, provide the person in possession of such wolf hybrid not more than 30 days to transfer such animal out the county prior to seizure.

Any person determined to have violated the provisions of this Code with respect to wolf hybrids may file an appeal regarding the identification of the animal. Such appeal must be initiated within fifteen (15) days of the determination that the animal is possessed illegally, and shall be commenced by filing an application for an appeal with the Clerk of the Board of Supervisors. The Board of Supervisors shall hear the appeal in accordance with the provisions of Title 1 of this Code. If the appeal is filed with regard to an animal that is in the custody of Animal Services, the animal shall be maintained at the cost of the Owner until there is a final decision on the appeal. (§ 2, Ord. 1365, eff. December 6, 2007).

No owner shall permit his animal, except a domestic cat, to trespass on any property, public or private, without the consent of the owner of the property. (§ 2, Ord. 703, eff. May 22, 1974)

No owner shall permit his animal, except a domestic cat, habitually to make a loud noise or act in such a manner as to constitute a public nuisance. (§ 2, Ord. 703, eff. May 22, 1974)

No owner of any unspayed female dog shall permit such dog to stray or run at large in the territory to which this chapter applies while such female dog is in the copulating season. (§ 2, Ord. 703, eff. May 22, 1974)

No owner or person in charge of an animal shall permit such animal to go without proper food, water, care, shelter, or attention. (§ 2, Ord. 703, eff. May 22, 1974)

No owner shall have a dog required to be licensed within the territory to which this chapter applies unless such dog has been licensed pursuant to the provisions of this chapter. (§ 2, Ord. 703, eff. May 22, 1974)

No owner shall fail, neglect, or refuse to attach, by means of a collar, harness, or other device, any tag issued pursuant to the provisions of this chapter to the licensed dog, or pot-bellied pig; nor shall any owner fail, neglect, or refuse to keep such tag attached to such dog or pot-bellied-pig at all times while the license is in force. In addition, pot-bellied pigs must be micro-chipped and chip numbers recorded with Yolo County Animal Services. (§ 2, Ord. 703, eff. May 22, 1974 and amended by § 2, Ord. 1365, eff. December 6, 2007).

No owner shall fail to apply for a new license within ten (10) days after the date of the loss of the license tag. (§ 2, Ord. 703, eff. May 22, 1974)

No owner shall permit to be attached or kept upon any dog any license tag provided for by this chapter except a tag issued for that dog pursuant to the provisions of this chapter, nor shall any owner permit to be attached to or kept upon any dog, or to be made or to be kept in his possession, any counterfeit or imitation of any tag provided for by this chapter. (§ 2, Ord. 703, eff. May 22, 1974)

No person without authorization from the owner shall remove from any dog any collar, harness, or other device to which a current license tag is attached; nor shall any such person remove a current license tag from any such collar, harness, or other device. (§ 2, Ord. 703, eff. May 22, 1974)

No owner shall maintain, conduct, or operate, or cause to be maintained or operated; any unlicensed dog kennel. (§ 2, Ord. 703, eff. May 22, 1974)

No person shall fail, neglect, or refuse to maintain a kennel:

(a) So as to prevent dogs contained therein from running at large;

(b) So the location does not violate planning and zoning laws;

(c) So the kennel building does not violate the building codes or sanitary laws;

(d) So the kennel premises are maintained in a clean and sanitary condition;

(e) So the dogs therein are not subject to suffering, cruelty, or abuse;

(f) So the kennel does not constitute a public nuisance;

(g) So the keeping and maintenance of the kennel. will not be detrimental to the peace, health, or safety of persons in the immediate vicinity or in the County as a whole; or

(h) Without possessing evidence that each dog in the kennel has been vaccinated in accordance with the provisions of this chapter. (§ 2, Ord. 703, eff. May 22, 1974)

No person shall operate or maintain a kennel within one year after the revocation of a kennel license. (§ 2, Ord. 703, eff. May 22, 1974)

No person shall take a dog off the premises of a kennel except under leash or the control of the owner; nor shall any owner of a kennel or his agent or employee run or take dogs off the premises of a kennel or permit dogs to be run or be taken therefrom except as provided in this chapter. (§ 2, Ord. 703, eff. May 22, 1974)

No owner shall have a dog within the unincorporated area of the County unless such dog has been vaccinated against rabies pursuant to the provisions of this chapter. (§ 2, Ord. 703, eff. May 22, 1974)

No person having knowledge of an animal of the categories set forth in Section 6-1.905 of Article 9 of this chapter shall fail to report the animal to the Health Officer, the Chief, Division of Animal Control, or the Sheriff-Coroner. (§ 2, Ord. 703, eff. May 22, 1974)

No person shall violate any of the conditions of isolation or quarantine prescribed by the Health Officer. (§ 2, Ord. 703, eff. May 22, 1974)

No person shall violate any rules or regulations promulgated pursuant to the provisions of this chapter based upon a determination or declaration of a rabies epidemic or other unusually dangerous health situation. (§ 2, Ord. 703, eff. May 22, 1974)

No person shall interfere with, oppose, or resist the animal control officers or other persons authorized under the provisions of this chapter to take up and impound animals while any such person is engaged in the performance of any act authorized by the provisions of this chapter. (§ 2, Ord. 703, eff. May 22, 1974)

No owner of a domestic cat shall permit or suffer such cat to damage property, public or private or real or personal, or to bite, scratch, or claw any human being or other animal which is the property of another. (§ 2, Ord. 703, eff. May 22, 1974)

No owner shall permit his dog to deposit fecal matter on the lands of another, unless such owner shall cause the fecal matter to be removed immediately thereafter. (§ 2, Ord. 703, eff. May 22, 1974, as amended by § 1, Ord. 903, eff. February 12, 1981)

(a) Any person who violates the provisions of Sections 6-1.401, through 6-1.401.3, 6-1.410 through 6-1.413, 6-1.415, 6-1.418, or 6-1.419 of this article shall be guilty of a misdemeanor.

(b) Any other provision of this Code notwithstanding, any person who violates any provision of this article other than the provisions set forth in subsection (a)of this section shall be guilty of an infraction, punishable as set forth in Section 25132 of the Government Code of the State. (§ 2, Ord. 703, eff. May 22, 1974, as amended by § 1, Ord. 1027, eff. April 3, 1986, as amended by § 2, Ord. 1365, eff. December 6, 2007).

Every person violating any provision of this chapter shall be deemed guilty of a separate offense for each day, or portion thereof, during which such violation continues and shall be punishable therefor as provided in this article. (§ 2, Ord. 703, eff. May 22, 1974)

(a) Notices to appear. If any person is arrested for any such violation, and such person is not immediately taken before a magistrate, the arresting officer, pursuant to the provisions of Section 853.6 of the Penal Code of the State, shall prepare, in duplicate, a written notice to appear in court. Such written notice shall contain the name and address of such person and the offense charged and shall set forth the time when and the place where such person shall appear in court. The time set forth in the notice to appear shall be at least fourteen (14) days after such arrest. The place set forth in the notice to appear shall be the court of the magistrate before whom the person would be taken if the requirement of taking an arrested person before a magistrate were complied with, or shall be an officer authorized by such court to receive a deposit of bail.

(b) Bail. The arresting officer shall deliver one copy of the notice to appear to the arrested person, and the arrested person, in order to secure release, shall give his written promise to appear in court by signing the duplicate notice which shall be retained by the officer. Thereupon, the arresting officer shall forthwith release the person arrested from custody. The officer, as soon as practicable, shall file the duplicate notice with the magistrate specified therein. Thereupon, the magistrate shall fix the amount of bail which, in his judgment, in accordance with the applicable provisions of the Penal Code of the State, will be reasonable and sufficient for the appearance of the defendant and shall endorse upon the notice a statement signed by the magistrate in the form set forth in the applicable section of said Penal Code. The defendant, prior to the date upon which he promised to appear in court, may deposit with the magistrate the amount of bail thus set. Thereafter, at the time when the case is called for arraignment before a magistrate, if the defendant shall not appear, either in person or by counsel, the magistrate may declare the bail forfeited and, in his discretion, may order that no further proceedings shall be had in such case. Upon the making of such order that no further proceedings shall be had, all sums deposited as bail shall forthwith be paid into the County Treasury for disposition pursuant to the applicable provisions of said Penal Code. No warrant shall issue on such charge for the arrest of a person who has given such written promise to appear in court unless and until he has violated such promise or has failed to deposit bail, or to appear for arraignment, trial, or judgment, or to comply with the terms and provisions of the judgment as required by law.

(c) Violations: Warrants for arrest. Any person wilfully violating his written promise to appear in court shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, regardless of the disposition of the charge upon which he was originally arrested. Whenever a person signs a written promise to appear at the time and place set forth therein and has not posted bail as provided in the Penal Code of the State, the magistrate shall issue and have delivered for execution a warrant for his arrest within twenty (20) days after the delivery of such written promise to appear by the officer to a magistrate having jurisdiction over the offense. When such person violates his promise to appear before the officer authorized to receive bail, other than a magistrate, the officer shall immediately deliver to the magistrate having jurisdiction over the offense charged the written promise to appear and the complaint, if any, filed by the arresting officer. (§ 2, Ord. 703, eff. May 22, 1974, as amended by § 2, Ord. 1027, eff. April 3, 1986)