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ORDINANCE N0. 1067
Ail ORllINADICE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CI`.PY
OF LYNWOOD AMENDING SECTION 5-03 OF THE CODE
OF THE CITY OF LYNWOOD RELATING TO ANIMAL
CONTROL
SECTION 5-03 of the Code of the City of Lynwood hereby
is amended to read as follows:
Sec. 5-p3• Animal Control Officer.
~a) The office of the Chief Animal Control Officer is
hereby established. The Chief Animal Control Officer may be either
a person, firm, association, corporation, another municipality, or
the County of Los Angeles, as determined by the City Council. The
Chief Animal Control Officer shall serve for such period of time
and shall receive such compensation as shall be established by
ordinance, resolution or by contract executed by the City Council.
The Chief Animal Control officer is hereby authorized and directed
to perform, in conjunction with and under the supervision o.f the
City Manager, the powers and duties herein bestowed upon and re-
quired to be performed by said Chief Animal Control Officer.
(b) Police Powers.
The Chief Animal Control Officer shall. be vested with the
the necessary police powers and duties of a police officer for the
exclusive purpose of enforcing the provisions of this chapter; and
it shall be his duty to make arrests and issue citations for viola-
tions of any of the provisions of this chapter. The Chief Animal
Control Officer shall enforce all of the laws of the city, county
and state relating to the care; treatment, impounding or other
condition of 'dumb animals and to the prevention of cruelty to dumb
animals. The exercise of said police powers shall be under the
direct supervision of the City Manager.
Cc) Interference with Duty.
No person shall rescue or attempt to rescue any animal
mentioned herein from the possession of the Chief Animal Control
Officer nor interfere with the Chief Animal Control Officer or his
deputies, in the performance of their official duties.
SECTION 2. Sever~ty. If any section, subsection,
subdivision, sentence, clause, phrase or portion of this Ordinance,
or the application thereof to any person or place, is for any
reason held to be invalid or unconstitutional by the decision shall
not affect the validity o£ the remaining portions of this Ordinance
or its application to other persons or places. The City Council.
hereby declares that it would have adopted this Ordinance, and each
section, subsection, subdivision, sentence, clause, phrase or por-
tion thereof, irrespective of the fact that any one or more sections,
subsections, subdivisions, sentences, clauses, phrases, or portions,
or the application thereof to any person or place, be declared in-
valid or unconstitutional.
First read at a regular meeting of the City Council of
said City held on the 1st day of
ordered May 1.979, and finally
15th published at a regular meeting of said Council held on the
day of Mav 1979• ~•
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AYES: COUNCILMEN BYOEK, GREEN, HIGGINS, ROWS, MORRIS.
NOES: COUNCILMEN ,,.NONE.
ABSENT: COUNCILMEN NONF_.
E• Morris, Mayor
City of Lynwood
ATTEST:
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L' u ene Coffey, ~~ty lerk
City of Lynwood
STATE OF CALIFORNIA
COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES )
I, the undersigned, City Clerk of the City of
Lynwood, and ex-officio clerk of the Council of said City,
do hereby certify that the above is a true and correct Copy
of Ordinance No, 1067 adopted by the City Council of the
City of Lynwood, and that same was passed on the date and
by the vote therein stated.
Dated this 17th day of Mao 1979 ,
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l y Clerk,~Ci y' of ynwood