For the purpose of this Subchapter, the following words and phrases shall have the meanings given herein:
ADMINISTRATIVE HEARING OFFICER. That person or designee who is authorized by the City Manager to hear testimony from witnesses including complainants, peace officers, Animal Services Officers or other parties including the owner or person having charge, custody or control of the animal allegedly causing the nuisance, to determine whether the maintenance of the animal is a public nuisance and to order the abatement of such nuisance by taking such actions as set forth in this Chapter.
COMPLAINING PARTY. That person or those persons who contact the Culver City Animal Services Division to report a noisy animal or noisy animals.
DECLARANT. That person or those persons who contact the Culver City Animal Services Division to report a noisy animal or noisy animals and complete the Declaration of Animal Public Nuisance Form.
NOISY ANIMAL. Any animal or animals maintained on the same premises or location whose excessive, unrelenting or habitual barking, howling, crying, whining or making other sounds common to their species annoy or become offensive to a resident or residents in the vicinity thereby, disturbing the peace of the neighborhood or causing excessive discomfort to any reasonable person of normal sensitivity hearing such sounds.
RESPONSIBLE PARTY. That person or those persons in charge of the premises or location where any noisy animal is located and may include any of the following:
1. The person or persons who own the property where the noisy animal is located;
2. The person or persons in charge of the premises where the noisy animal is located;
3. The person or persons occupying the premises where the noisy animal is located;
4. The owner of the noisy animal.
If any of those persons are minors, the parent or parents or a guardian of such minor shall be the responsible party.
(Ord. No. 2017-011 § 2)