A. When an Animal Services Officer is notified or alerted of a possible animal which may constitute a nuisance and has personally confirmed the existence of a potential nuisance, or has received a written complaint under penalty of perjury of such noisy animal signed by the complaining party, the Animal Services Officer shall issue an Initial Warning - Animal Nuisance Complaint Notice to the responsible party. Such notice shall specify that the continued barking, howling or other noise or sounds of such animal is in violation of this Code and that the animal noise must be abated forthwith to avoid further enforcement action. Such notice shall be served upon the responsible party or, if such service cannot be safely made, posted at the premises upon which the animal is located. A copy of the Initial Warning Animal Nuisance Complaint Notice shall be filed with the Culver City Animal Services Division. The Culver City Animal Services Officer shall, within 10 days of the issuance of said warning notice, make a reasonable attempt to speak personally or by telephone with the responsible party concerning the matter, including what efforts have been made to abate the nuisance. If no one is available at the time of the visit, a warning notice and educational materials will be issued. The responsible party will be granted a 10-day period to resolve the issue.
B. If within 10 days of the issuance of the Initial Warning Animal Nuisance Complaint Notice, the Culver City Animal Services Division determines that the barking, howling or other sound or cry was provoked or that such barking, howling or other sound or cry was not excessive, unrelenting or habitual, the Culver City Animal Services Division shall cause the Initial Warning Animal Nuisance Complaint Notice to be voided.
C. The original nuisance animal complaint will remain on file and active for 30 days after the initial 10 day correction period. If a second complaint is not received from the original complainant in 30 days, the complaint shall expire and the complainant must begin the process again if another allegation of nuisance is made regarding the same animal.
(Ord. No. 2017-011 § 2)