HomeMy Public PortalAbout92-984 ORDINANCE NO. 92-984
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF CARSON REGULATING
ANIMAL LICENSING, AMENDING THE ANIMAL CONTROL
ORDINANCE AND AMENDING THE CARSON MUNICIPAL
CODE
THE CITY OF COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CARSON DOES ORDAIN:
Section 1. Chapter 3 of Article IIT of the Carson
Municipal Code is amended by adding Sections 3308 and 3309 to
read:
3308. Licensing -- Doga and rata. Notwithstanding the
provisions of Section 3300, Chapter 10.20 of Division 1,
Title 10, of the Los Angeles County Code, is amended by amending
Parts 1 and 2 to read as follows:
"Chapter 10.20
DOGS AND CATS
Part 1
LICENSING
10.20.010 License Laos Issuan F tg. Pursuant
to Chapter 3 (commencing with Section 30801) of Division 14 and
Section 31751 of Division 14.5 of the Food and Agricultural Code,
the director shall issue serially numbered metallic dog and cat
license tags stamped with the name of the City of Carson and
shall collect for each such tag the sum of $1.00.
10.20.011 License -- Issuan hy vetgriDdrians and
Other guallfied versons in unincoroorated areas oL the county --
Conditions. The director may authorize the issuance of dog
licenses and cat licenses, as required by Section 10.20.010, by
persons practicing veterinary medicine in the City of Carson, or
other persons approved by the director who meet the
qualifications established by the department. Said persons shall
transmit records and negotiable papers to the department of
animal care and control at intervals as established by the
director, and collect and transmit to the director the fee
required by this chapter for the issuance of such licenses.
10.20.020 Person deemed g11ktQdian when. Any person
keeping or harboring any dog or cat for 15 consecutive days shall
be deemed to be the custodian thereof and subject to licensing
provisions within the meaning of this Division 1.
10.20.030 License -- Required -- Costs. Every person
owning or having custody or control of any dog or cat over the
age of four months in the City of Carson shall obtain a license
from the director for each of such dogs and cats and shall pay
the fees for such licenses as set forth in Section 10.90.010.
10.20.035 Senior citizen -- Defined -- Reduced rates,
A fee of one-half of the amount for dog licenses and cat licenses
stated in Section 10.90.010 shall be charged to persons present-
ing proof and qualifying for senior citizen status. For purposes
of this Title lo, persons over 60 years of age qualify for senior
citizen status.
10.20.040 Kennel dogs and cats Individual li a
r i ed wh n. An individual dog license or cat license shall be
obtained for each dog or cat in addition to a kennel license when
such dog or cat is not kept exclusively on the premises. No
individual license shall be required for any dog or cat in
transit, or when attending a dog show or cat show in the care of
a kennel representative.
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10.20.045 Dog or cat breeding -- License required --
Fees. Any person, except for a person possessing a valid kennel
license, who for pay or other compensation causes the breeding of
a female dog or cat, shall obtain an animal breeding permit in
the amount set forth in Section 10.90.010. Each permit shall
authorize the whelping of no more than one litter per female cat
or dog in any 12-month period and no more than one litter per
domestic household in any 12-month period.
10.20.050 Exceptions from licensing requirement. The
provisions of this Division 1 do not require either a tag or a
license for:
1. Any dog or cat found within the City of Carson
when the owner thereof resides in the unincorporated portion of
the County of Los Angeles or in any municipality within the
county, and such dog or cat is wearing or has attached to it a
license tag for the current year issued by such municipality or
county;
2. Any dog or cat owned by or in the charge of any
person who is a nonresident of the City of Carson or of the
County of Los Angeles and is traveling through the City of Carson
or the County of Los Angeles or temporarily sojourning therein
for a period of not exceeding 30 days;
3. Any dog or cat brought into the City of Carson and
kept therein for not to exceed 30 days for the exclusive purpose
of entering the same in any bench show, or dog or cat exhibition,
or field trials or competition;
4. Any dog or cat brought or sent in to the City of
Carson from any point outside thereof for the exclusive purpose
of receiving care in any dog or cat hospital, in the event that
such dog or cat is kept at all times strictly confined within
such hospital;
5. Any dog or cat wearing or having attached to it a
license tag for the current year issued by a municipality within
the County of Los Angeles when the owner thereof has, within one
year last past, moved his principal place of residence from such
municipality to the City of Carson; provided, that such munici-
pality similarly exempts from tag and license requirements dogs
and cats wearing current license tags and owned by persons who
have moved from the City of Carson to such municipality.
10.20.060 Unvaccinated dogs and cats -- Licensing
permitted when. The director may accept the payment of the fee
for a license tag and a license for a dog or cat which has not
been vaccinated as required by Division 1 on condition that the
owner of such dog or cat, within five days thereafter, have such
dog or cat vaccinated and submit the required veterinarian's
certificate to the director. Upon receipt of such certificate,
the director shall issue the license tag and license.
10.20.070 Unvaccinated dogs and cats -- Time limit fo
vaccination when dog or cat is disabled. A person who obtains a
license without submitting a certificate of vaccination because
of the infirmity or disability of the dog or cat shall, within 10
days after the termination of such infirmity or disability, cause
such dog or cat to be vaccinated as required by Part 2 of this
chapter.
10.20.080 License and license tag -- Period of
validity -- Dogs discharged from military service. Each license
and each dog license tag provided for in this chapter for a dog
which has been honorably discharged from the armed forces of the
United States shall be of indefinite duration, so long as the
same individual owns or harbors the same dog. No fee shall be
charged for such license over and above the $1.00 required for
the dog license tag.
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10.20.090 License and license tag -- Period of
validity -- Guide dogs signal dogs and service dogs defined --
Requirements.
A. Every person owning or having custody or control of
a dog of either sex over the age of four months which comes
within the definition of guide dog, signal dog, or service dog
who submits proof to the director that such dog has been
successfully trained as a guide dog, or as a signal dog, or as a
service dog shall procure a dog license tag and a license, which
dog license tag and license shall be good while such dog is owned
or harbored by the same person. No fee shall be charged for such
license over and above the $1.00 required for the dog license
tag.
B. As used in this section, "guide dog" means any
guide dog or seeing-eye dog which was trained by a person
licensed under Chapter 9.5 (commencing with Section 7200) of
Division 3 of the Business and Professions Code.
C. As used in this section, "signal dog" means any
dog trained to alert a deaf person, or a person whose hearing is
impaired, to intruders or sounds.
D. As used in this section, "service dog" means any
dog individually trained to do work or perform tasks to meet the
requirements of a physically disabled person, including, but not
limited to, minimal protection work, rescue work, pulling a
wheelchair, of fetching dropped items.
10.20.110 License tag -- Fee for spaved or neutered
animals. Pursuant to Sections 30804.5 and 31751.5 of the Food
and Agricultural Code, any dog or cat license tag issued pursuant
to Section 10.20.030 of this Part 1 shall be issued for one-half
or less of the fee required if a certificate is presented from a
licensed veterinarian that the dog or cat has been spayed or
neutered.
10.20.120 Fees payable annually -- Delinquency charge.
A. The license fees provided for in this chapter
shall be paid annually to the director in the amount set forth in
Section 10.90.010.
B. A delinquency charge as provided in Section
10.90.010 shall be assessed when the license fees provided for in
this chapter are not paid on or before the expiration date of the
date the license is required to be obtained by the provisions of
this title.
10.20.130 Recordkeeping and procurement of tags and
receipts. The director shall procure the number of license
receipts and dog and cat license tags needed each year, and shall
keep a register wherein shall be entered the name and address of
each person to whom any dog or cat license is issued, the number
of such tag, the date of issuance thereof and a description of
the dog or cat for which issued.
10.20.140 License -- vaccination requirements and
conditions. The director shall not issue a dog or cat license
unless the applicant exhibits a certificate signed by a
veterinarian, licensed either by the state of California or by
any other state to practice veterinary medicine, that:
A. The period elapsing from the date of vaccination
with approved rabies vaccine to the date of expiration of the
license being issued does not exceed the time as established by
the state; or
B. Such dog or cat should not be vaccinated with
rabies vaccine because such vaccination would jeopardize the
health of such dog or cat due to infirmity or other disability,
which infirmity or other disability, and the estimated date of
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termination thereof, is shown on the face of the certificate to
the satisfaction of the director.
10.20.150 License -- Information to be shown on
receipt. When the director issues a dog or cat license, he shall
show on the receipt the age of the dog or cat, the date of last
vaccination and, if the license was issued without proof of
vaccination, the reason therefor.
10.20.160 License and license tag -- Transfer
Permitted when -- Fee. If, during a license period, a dog or cat
is sold or title to the dog or cat is otherwise transferred to a
new owner, such new owner may apply to the director for a
transfer of such dog's or cat's tag and license and pay a
transfer fee of $5.00. Upon receipt of such application and fee,
the director shall issue a certificate of transfer of such tag,
and the names and addresses of the former and new owners.
10.20.170 Replacement of lost tans. In case any
license tag for an individual dog or cat is lost or destroyed, a
duplicate thereof may be procured from the director upon the
submission to the director of such proof as he may require and
upon the payment therefor of the sum of $5.00.
10.20.180 Tag to be worn by dog or cat. A license tag
for an individual dog or cat shall be securely affixed to a
collar, harness or other device which shall at all times be worn
by such dog or cat, except while such dog or cat remains indoors
or in any enclosed yard or pen.
10.20.190 Keeping unlicensed dogs prohibited --
Exception. A person, other than an approved research
institution, shall not have, harbor or keep, or cause or permit
to be harbored or kept, any unlicensed dog or cat in the City of
Carson.
10.20.200 Counterfeit or imitation tags prohibited. A
person shall not attach to or keep upon any dog or cat, or cause
or permit to be attached to or kept upon any dog or cat, any tag
provided for in Section 10.20.010 of this chapter except a tag
issued for such dog or cat under the provisions of this chapter,
or attach or keep upon or cause or permit to be attached to or
kept upon any dog or cat, or make or cause or permit to be made
or have in possession, any counterfeit or imitation of any tag
provided for in this chapter.
10.20.210 Removing tag from collar orohibi d --
Exception. An unauthorized person shall not remove from any dog
or cat any collar or harness or other device to which is attached
a license tag for the current year, or remove such tag therefrom.
Part 2
VACCINATION
10.20.220 Requirements generally.
A. Every person keeping, harboring, or having any dog
or cat over four months of age in the City of Carson shall cause
such dog or cat to be vaccinated with rabies vaccine, by a person
licensed by the state of California, or other state, to practice
veterinary medicine, on or before the latest of the following
dates:
1. 15 days after first acquiring such dog or
cat;
of Carson. 2. 15 days after bringing such dog into the City
B. No person shall cause a dog or cat under the age
of four months to be vaccinated with an approved rabies vaccine
unless a veterinarian licensed by the state of California, or
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other state, determines that such vaccination is required to
preserve the health or prevent the disability of such dog or cat.
10.20.230 Revaccination time -- Rabies vaccine. Every
person keeping, harboring, or having a dog or cat in the City of
Carson which has been vaccinated with an approved rabies vaccine
shall cause such dog or cat to be revaccinated within a period of
not more than:
A. 12 months after the dog's or cat's initial
vaccination if the dog or cat was between four months and one
year in age at the time of such vaccination;
B. 36 months after each prior vaccination.
10.20.250 Certificate of vaccination -- Information to
be shown. Every person practicing veterinary medicine in the
City of Carson who vaccinates a dog or cat with rabies vaccine
shall immediately issue to the person to whom he delivers the dog
or cat the original, and monthly to the director a duplicate, of
a certificate signed by the veterinarian which states:
A. The name and address of the owner or harborer of
the vaccinated dogs or cats;
B. The kind of vaccine used, the name of the
manufacturer and the manufacturer's serial or lot number, and the
date of the vaccinations;
C. The breed, age, color and sex of the vaccinated
dogs or cats.
10.20.260 Research institutions exempt from Part 2
requirements. This Part 2 of Chapter 10.20 does not apply to any
approved research institution.
10.20.262 County assistance to low-cost vaccination
clinics. The director may direct department personnel to assist
at low-cost vaccination clinics operated by veterinary
associations. The director shall charge for the services of
department personnel at low-cost vaccination clinics operated by
veterinary associations. This charge shall not include the time
actually spent in the issuance of licenses. Rates shall be those
established by the county auditor-controller.
3309. Spaying or neutering. Notwithstanding the
provisions of Section 3300, the Animal Control Ordinance is
amended by changing the title of Chapter 10.24 of Division 1,
Title 10 of the Los Angeles County Code to read "Spaying and
Neutering", and by repealing Section 10.24.020 of said Chapter
10.24.
3310. Fee Schedule. Notwithstanding the provisions of
Section 3300, Chapter 10.90 of Division 3, Title 10 of the Los
Angeles County Code is amended by amending Section 10.90.010,
Part VI to read:
"VI. Individual Animal Licenses.
Every person owning a dog or cat over the age of four months
shall obtain an annual license and tag for such dog or cat;
except, there shall be a one-time-only fee for registration of
discharged military dogs, for guide dogs or Seeing-eye dogs, for
signal dogs trained to assist the hearing impaired, for service
dogs trained to perform tasks to assist the physically
handicapped, and for spayed or neutered dogs belonging to senior
citizens upon payment of the following fees:
A. Dog license and tag fees
1. Unspayed/unneutered. . . . . . . . . . .. . . .... . . . $ 20.00
2. Spayed/neutered. . . .... . . . . .. ..... . . . . ... 10.00
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3. Senior citizen - Spayed/neutered dog. .. . 5.00
4. Delinquency charge for annual license
renewal not obtained on or before date of
expiration. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20.00
5. Replacement dog tag. . . .... . ... .. . . . . . . . . 5.00
6. Transfer of ownership. ..... . ... . . . . . . . . . 5.00
7. Discharged military dogs (one-time
registration fee) .. .. . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . .. . 5.00
8. Guide dogs or Seeing-eye dogs, signal
dogs, and service dogs (one-time
registration fee) . . .. . . . .. . . . . .. .. . . . . . . 5.00
B. Cat license fees:
Cats shall be licensed and registered with the
department upon payment of the following fees:
1. Unspayed/unneutered. .. .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10.00
2. Spayed/neutered. . . . .. . .. ... . . ... . . . . . . . . 5.00
3. Replacement cat tag... .. .. . . . . .... ... .. . 5.00
4. Transfer of ownership. . . . .. . . . .. . . . . . . . . 5.00
C. Wild animals - License fees. . . .. . . . .. . . . . . . . . 50.00
D. Voluntary identification registration:
Any dog or cat may be registered in the department's
Voluntary Identification Program. Such animal shall be
assigned an identification number by tattoo, microchip
or other available means of identification, at the
owner's request, upon the payment of the following
fees:
1. Initial registration.... ..... . ..... .. . . . 20.00
2. Annual renewal. . . . . . . . .... . . . . . . . . . .. . .. 5.00
3. Transfer of ownership. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5.00"
PASSED, APPROVED and ADOPTED this 15th day of
September 1992.
YOR
ATTEST:
a/ CITY CLERK)
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
�ASSOOMMM! CITY ATTORNEY
ATTORNEY
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STATE OF CALIFORNIA )
COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES ) ss.
CITY OF CARSON )
I, Helen S. Kawagoe, City Clerk of the City of Carson, California, 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. 92-984 passed first reading on September 1, 1992, 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 15th day of September 1992, and that the same was passed
and adopted by the following roll call vote:
AYES: COUNCIL MEMBERS: Calas, Fajardo, Muise-Perez, McDonald, and Mitoma
NOES: COUNCIL MEMBERS: None
ABSTAIN: COUNCIL MEMBERS: None
ABSENT: COUNCIL MEMBERS: None
City Clerk, City of Carson,Palifornia
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