HomeMy Public PortalAbout74-315 ORDINANCE NO. 74-315
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF CARSON AMENDING
THE ANIMAL CONTROL ORDINANCE AND AMEN DING
THE CARSON MUNICIPAL CODE
THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CARSON DOES ORDAIN AS FOLLOWS:
Section I . Section 3301 of the Carson Municipal Code is amended to read:
3301 . Amendment to Animal Control Ordinance. Notwithstanding the provisions
of Section 3300 of the Carson Municipal Code, the Animal Control Ordinance, being Ordinance
No. 4729 of the County of Los Angeles adopted thereby is amended by amending Sections 411,
810 and 817 and adding Sections 421, 833 and 834 to read:
Section 411 . Dog Licenses, Fees. Every person owning or having custody
or control of any dog over the age of four (4) months in the unincorporated
territory of the County of Los Angeles not covered by the provisions of
Section 410 shall first obtain an annual license from the Director for each
of such dogs and at the same time obtain a dog license tag, and for such
license or licenses, in addition to the one dollar ($1) fee for the dog
license tag, shall pay six dollars ($6), a total of seven dollars ($7) in all .
Section 421 . Spayed or Neutered Dogs; Reduction in License Tag Fee.
Pursuant to Section 30804.5 of the Food and Agricultural Code, any dog
license tag issued pursuant to Section 411 of this Ordinance shall be issued
for one-half of the fee required if a certificate is presented from a licensed
veterinarian that the dog has been spayed or neutered.
Section 810. Vaccinations, Required. The Director shall not sell or
re ea—( se any dog to any person of er t an an approved research institution
unless such dog does not have rabies, and:
(a) The purchaser exhibits a certificate signed by a veterinarian
licensed either by the State of California or by any other State to
practice veterinary medicine that:
1 . Such dog has been vaccinated with approved Killed
Virus Vaccine less than eighteen (18) months prior to date
of release, or
2. Such dog has been vaccinated with approved Live Virus
Vaccine less than thirty (30) months prior to date of release, or
3. Such dog should not be vaccinated with rabies vaccine
because such vaccination would jeopardize the health of such
dog due to an infirmity, or other disability and the estimated
date of termination of such is shown on the face of the certi-
ficate, or
(b) The County Veterinarian has so vaccinated such dog within the times
specified in subsection (a) of this section.
(c) The purchaser exhibits a certificate signed by a veterinarian licensed
either by the State of California or by any other State to practice veterinary
medicine that:
1 . Such dog has been vaccinated with Canine Distemper-Hepatitis
Vaccine, Leptospira Bacetarin, or Anti-Canine Distemper Serum, or
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2. Such dog should not be vaccinated with such vaccine or
serum because such vaccination would jeopardize the health
of-such dog due to an infirmity or other disability, and the
estimated date of termination of such is shown on the face of
such certificate, or
(d) The County Veterinarian has so vaccinated such dog with Canine
Distemper-Hepatitis Vaccine, Leptospi ra,Bacetarin, or Anti-Canine
Distemper Serum.
Section 817. Redemption Fees. For the redeeming of any impounded dog,
ten oars $10); for the vaccmation by the County Veterinarian, if he
has vaccinated such, five dollars ($5) for a rabies vaccination and one
dollar ($1) for a DHL vaccine and serum; for feed and caring for any such
dog, two dollars ($2) for each day or fraction thereof during which such
dog is kept in such shelter except the day on which it is impounded, shall
be collected.
Section 833. Pick-Up Fee for Dead Animals. The Director is hereby
instructed to charge and collect a fee of ten do tars ($10) for each stop
made pursuant to Section 305 for the picking up of dead animals from any
pet hospital, humane society, kennel, stable, veterinary establishment,
or any commercial, industrial, educational, research, medical, or other
facility that deals with or uses animals in connection with its operations.
Section 834. Owner to Pay Impound Fee. In any case in which the
Directs requeste y t e owner o a og to travel into the field to
pick up and impound such dog, the Director may charge and collect a
fee of two dollars ($2) from the owner for such impoundment.
Section 2. Section 3302 of the Carson Municipal Code is hereby repealed.
PASSED, APPROVED and ADOPTED this 19 h day of Augus t, 1974
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STATE OF CALIFORNIA )
COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES ) ss.
CITY OF CARSON )
1, Helen S. Kawagoe, City Clerk of the City of Carson, Califomia, do
hereby certify that the whole number of members of the City Council of said City is
five; that the foregoing ordinance, being Ordinance No. 74-315, passed first reading
on August 5, 1974 , was duly and regularly adopted by the City Council
of said City at a regular meeting of said Council, duly and regularly held on the
19th day of Auust 1974, and that the some was massed and adopted by
ttEieol lowing roll-call— vote:—
AYES: COUNCILMEN: Bridgers, Colas, Marbut, Yamamoto and Smith
NOES: COUNCILMEN: None
ABSENT: COUNCILMEN: None
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