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The General Manager and the authorized employees of the Department and all police officers of this City are hereby given the power and authority, and it is declared to be their duty, to go upon unenclosed lots or lands for the purpose of taking up and impounding any animal found running at large thereon or staked, herded, or grazed thereon, contrary to the provisions of this article.
It shall be the duty of the General Manager or the General Manager’s authorized representatives to take up and impound in the City pound, and it shall be the duty of members of the Police Department on duty during the hours when the Municipal Pound is open, to take up and immediately deliver to the Department those animals which are authorized and directed to be taken up and impounded by this article or which are found or kept contrary to the provisions of this article.
(Amended by Ord. No. 160,401, Eff. 11/1/85.)
No person owning or having possession, charge, custody or control of any animal, except cats which are not in heat or season, shall cause, permit or allow the animal to stray, run, or in any manner to be at large in or upon any public street, sidewalk or park, except as otherwise expressly provided in section 63.44 of this Code, or in the bed of the Los Angeles River or upon any unenclosed lot or land.
A municipality may, under its police power, enact Ordinances prohibiting animals from running at large.
Amyx J. Tabor C 1863 23 C 370.
(Added by Ord. No. 186,864, Eff. 1/21/21.)
(a) Dogs. No person shall keep or maintain more than three (3) dogs over four (4) months of age at any premises, including any Dwelling Unit as defined in Section 12.03, or at any lot, building, structure, enclosure, or premises that does not constitute a Dwelling Unit.
(b) Cats. No person shall keep or maintain more than five (5) cats over four (4) months of age at any premises, including any Dwelling Unit as defined in Section 12.03, or at any lot, building, structure, enclosure or premises that does not constitute a Dwelling Unit. Any person who keeps or maintains more than three (3) cats at any such location shall comply with the following requirements:
1. Notwithstanding Section 53.15.2(b)(1), all cats shall be kept solely indoors;
2. All cats shall be spayed or neutered, unless exempt under Section 53.15.2(b)(2)E.;
3. All cats shall be implanted with an animal identification device, such as a microchip, identifying the owner of the cat; and
4. The location where the cats are kept or maintained shall be registered with the Department of Animal Services using a Department approved form that specifies the name of the cat owner, the address of the location, the number of cats at the location, and any other information the Department deems necessary.
(c) Exceptions. The restrictions in this section shall not apply to any premises operating as a Pet Shop, Dog Kennel, or Cat Kennel pursuant to a valid permit issued by the Department.
(Amended by Ord. No. 160,401, Eff. 11/1/85.)
(a) Every person owning or having charge, care, custody or control of any dog shall keep such dog exclusively upon the person’s own premises provided, however, that such dog may be off such premises if it be under the control of a competent person and restrained by a substantial chain or leash not exceeding six feet in length, or under the control of a competent person on a dog exercise or training area established pursuant to section 63.44 of this Code.
(b) (Deleted by Ord. No. 183,271, Eff. 11/14/14.)
This section is not unconstitutional and is substantially and fundamentally different from Ordinance No. 55,665.
People v. Barnsdall 1945, CR A 2103.
“Whatever may be said about the affection which mankind has for a faithful companion, modern city conditions no longer permit dogs to run at large.”
Brotemarkel v. Snyder 1950, 99 CAC 388, 390.
(Amended by Ord. No. 170,644, Eff. 9/14/95.)
(a) No person shall set, or cause to be set, any trap to catch any animal, other than rats, mice, pocket gophers, ground squirrels and moles, without having first obtained a permit therefor from the Department prior to the setting of any such trap.
(b) The Department shall charge and collect for issuance of a permit to trap a coyote a fee of $200.00.
(c) The Department shall establish conditions which the applicant for a permit to trap a coyote must satisfy prior to the issuance of any such permit. If the General Manager or the General Manager’s designee determines that the applicant has satisfied the conditions, then the Department shall issue a permit to trap a coyote. The Department shall further ensure that those conditions will be maintained and that the permittee shall inform neighboring residents, located within a distance established by the Department, that coyote trapping will be occurring in their area.
(d) No person shall set, or cause to be set, any snare, body gripping trap, body crushing trap, deadfall trap, leg hold trap, or any trap or snare that captures an animal other than rats, mice, pocket gophers, ground squirrels and moles, by gripping or snaring any part of the animal including its body, head, neck or limb, or that maims or causes the inhumane death or suffering of any animal. (Added by Ord. No. 183,001, Eff. 5/28/14.)
(e) The Department shall promulgate rules and regulations which are reasonably necessary to minimize the suffering of animals trapped in humane traps such as box, culvert or cage traps. These rules and regulations may include the placement of the traps and visitation schedules, identification and contact information for the trap, the type and use of permissible bait, and the treatment of the trapped animals. (Added by Ord. No. 183,001, Eff. 5/28/14.)
(Amended by Ord. No. 133,983, Eff. 4/10/67.)
When any of the following described animals are found to be at large upon any public property, street, highway or alley, or are found to be at large upon private property and molesting, injuring, damaging or threatening to injure or damage any persons or property such animals may be taken up by the General Manager or the General Manager’s authorized representative and summarily destroyed: Badgers, bobcats, cougars, coyotes, opossums, foxes, raccoons, poisonous reptiles, skunks, or weasels.
(Amended by Ord. No. 175,383, Eff. 9/14/03.)
(a) No person shall feed or in any manner provide food or cause to be fed any non-domesticated mammalian predator including, but not limited to, coyotes, foxes, possums, raccoons and skunks.
(b) This section shall not apply to any person who has legal possession of any non-domesticated mammalian predator and who has a permit from the State Department of Fish and Game to keep the animal. This section shall not apply to any person who provides food or water to any non- domesticated mammalian predator while the animal is injured, trapped or unweaned provided that the person notifies the State Department of Fish and Game within 48 hours of commencing the care.
(c) Any person violating this subsection shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, punishable by a fine of not more than $1,000.00 or by imprisonment in the County Jail for a period not more than six months, or by both a fine and imprisonment.
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