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Home My WebLink AboutORD 695 (1976)184 ORDINANCE NO. 695 AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF TUSTIN AMENDING THE TUSTIN CITY CODE RELATIVE TO ANIMAL CONTROL REGULATIONS, LICENSING OF ANIMAL FACILITIES AND AMENDING FEE SCHEDULE. 4' ~e City Co~cil of ~e City of ~~ Califo~ia, d~s ordain as 5 foll~s: 6 1. Section 4-1 of ~e ~th Ci~ C~e is her~y ~ded ~ read ~ as foll~s: 8 Sec~on 4-1: Or~~ No. 2908, ~ ~d_in~ of ~e ~m~ 9 of Or~ge, ~fomia, ~shg ~1 ~n~l ~0 ~atio~ ~d ~hg ~shg ~~ ~i for ~al Facilities, pass~ ~d adopt~ by 12 ~e ~d of S~isors of '~e Co~ty of ~5 Or~ge on May 2, 1976, ~ree ~pies of which ~4 are on file h ~e office of ~e Ci~ Clerk, is 15 h~y adop~d by reference as if ~e s~ were ~6 set fo~ h~eh h full, ~d provid~ ~ever, 1~ ~at ~y~hg h ~e for~ohg Ordhace No. 18 2908 ~ ~e ~n~ m~i~s~dhg, it shall ~9 ~ ~a~ul for ~y ~rson ~ keep, mh~h or 20 ~ to ~ kept or ~h~{n~ on ay shgle 21 p~l of pro~y h ~e Ci~ of ~n ~e 22 foll~hg: (1) rare ~ fo~ (4) d~s, ~pt 25 ~ose ~der fo~ (4) mn~s of age; (2) ~re Z4 ~ f~ (4) ~n ho~e G~, ~pt ~ose Z5 ~der fo~ (4) ~n~s of age; (3) rare ~ ~ 26 (10) bir~ or f~l; (4) rare ~ ~n (10) 2~ h~s, ~ rats, ~, ~irrels, ~i~s, 28 mn-~i~no~ sn~es, hs~, ~es or r~its; 29 (5) ~y'~l~ bird, f~l, hsect, se~t or ~0 r~t not ~tt~ ruder ~y of ~e pre~hg ~1 sec~ons for ~ich no ~t is h effe~, ~ 32 provided herein. 185 2. Section 4-2 of the 91stin City Code is hereby amended to read follows: Section 4-2: The following charges and fees are hereby adopted: A. For animals impounded at the Animal Shelter: 1. Impound Fees: Minimum a) Iarge animal (horse, cc~, etc.) actual cost or ............ $.25.00 b~ Medium animal (pig, sheep, etc.) actual cost or ........ - .... $10.00 c) Dog, cat, or other small animal actual cost or ............. $10.00 (Except that animals that are impounded more than once within a twelve (12) months period will be charged above fees plus fifty per- cent (50%) of prior impounding charges. ) 2. Placement Fees: a) dog .................. $10.00 b) cat ' $6~00 C) other animal subject to placement.. market value 3.- Animal release fee for approved medical research.: a) dog ' $10 00 b) cat .................. $6.00 c) other animal ............. market value d) dead animal .............. $1.00 4. .Daily care and feed (minimum of one-day charge): a) large animal (horse, cow, etc.) . . . . $5.00 b) medium animal (pig, sheep', etc.) .... $2.50 c) dog, cat ................ $2.00 d) other small animal ........... actual cost 5. .Veter'.lnary' services: a) vaccination against rabies. ...... $5.00 b) medical or surgical care, per treatment at Orange County Animal Shelter ................ minimum (1) large or medium animal, actual cost or .......... $10.00 (2) dog, cat, or other small animal, actual cost or .......... $5.00 -2- C) medical or surgical care, per treatment, performed by private veterinarian, flat rate ............... $20.00 ~TEE: The Directo~ may charge the ~w~er or custodian for veterinaagy care rendered to impounded animals and such charges shall constitute a lien on said animals. He may approve payment frcr~ County funds to prac- ticing veterinarians. rendering treatment to impounded animals. 6. Miscellanous services: a) euthanasia upon request of owner .... Free b) copies of documents approved for release, per page ................ $0.10 NOTE: The DireCtor may charge ~he owner or custodian for veterinary care rendered to impounded animals and such charges shall constitute a lien on said animals. He may approve payment frcm County funds to prac- ticing veterinarians rendering treatment to impounded animals. Individual animal licenses: Note 1. A dog license can be sold only for the .p~aciod covered by a valid rabies vaccination certificate acceptable to the California De- partment of Health (CA. Admin. Code 2606.4). Note 2. The reduced fee for a neutered animal will be allowed only upon presentation of a certificate of spaying, castration, or of the dog's inability to reproduce signed by a licensed veterinarian. Note 3. Any person who fails to renew a license within fifteen (15) days after it .has expired shall be deemed delinquent and shall pay a late fee of five dollars ($5.00) in addition to the prescribed fee. Note 4. Once purchased, there will be no refund of license fees unless it is demonstrated that, at the time the license became effective, the animal was not subject to licensing. Neutered Other 1. Dog license, six (6) months . . . $3.00 $6.00 2. Dog license, twelve (12) months 5.00 10.00 3. Cat 'registration (optional) for the period of valid rabies vaccination 2.00 4.00 4. .Pc-issue of lost dog license or cat registration tag, or license transfer 2.00 4.00 -3- 187 Neutered Other ~ 5. Transfer of dog license or cat license 2.00 2.00 ~" 5 Free ' 6. Dog license, approved guide dog Free 7. License for privately-owned dangerous 5 or non-dGnest/c animal, each -- 25.00 6 8. Orange County residents v~o are 65 years of age or older may obtain ~ one (1) dog license or one (1) cat registration at 50% of the regular- 8 fee. 9 C. Animal facility licenses: NOTE: A non-refundable application.fee of $25.00 shall be charged for processing an application for any of the following facility licenses. The application fee shall be credited to the license fee if the license is issued: 1. Kennel, per year a. 4- 9 animals $40.00 ~ ~5 b.- 10 - 29 animals 65.00 16 90.00 c. 30 - 59 animals 17 d, 60 or over animals 120~00 18 50.00 2. Pet shop, per year 19 25.00 · 3. Grocming parlor, per year ~0 4. Animal rental establishment, per year 100.00 5. Permanent animal exhibition (including ~2 public aql~_~rium, zoo, dGnestic and wild animal park, and animal act) , per year 100.00 Z5 40.00 6. Camercial stable, per year ~4 40.00 a. 1 - 9 horses ~5 65.00 b. 10 - 29 horses 26 90.00 c. 30 - 59 horses -- ~7 d. 60 or over horses 120.00 ~8 125.00. . 7. Circus, per day ~9 250.00 8. Rodeo, per day /// // / -4- '188 3. Section 4-23 of the Tustin City Cede is hereby amended by the addition thereto of subsection' (b) to read as follows: Section 4-23 [b): Nuisance. No person shall keep, maintain, or permit either willfully or through failure to exercise proper control, on any lot, parcel of land, or premises under his control any animal which by som~d or cry shall disturb the peace and comfort of the inhabitants of the neighborhood or interfere with ~ny person in the reasonable and comfortable enjoyment of life or property except for noise on property used for agricultural purposes which is normally associated with animals on property used for such purposes. 4. The City Council of the City of Tustin, California, finds and determines that the enactment of this ordinance as an emergency, urgency meas~ is required for the preservation of public health and welfare, and this ordinance shall go into effect immediately upon adoption. PASSED AND ADOPTED as an urgency measure at a regular meeting of the City Councilt City of Tustin, California, held on the 4th day of October, 1976. ,. - MAy6~/ ATEEST: TCH:36 10/1/76 JGR: sl -5- 189 STATE OF CALIFOP~NIA) COUNTY OF ORANGE ) SS CITY OF TUSTIN ) RUTH C. POE, City Clerk and ex-officio Clerk of the City ' Council of the City of Tustin, California, does hereby certify that the whole number of members of the City Council of the City of Tustin is five; that the above and foregoing Ordinance No. 69~5 was duly and regularly introduced and read ~t a reguia~r meetfng of the City Co. uncil held on the 4th day'of_ October , 1976 and was given its second ~eading and duly passed and adopted at a regular meeting held on the 4th day of October 1976, as an urgency measure by the following vote: AYES: COUNCILt-LEN: .EDGAR, SHARP; SALTARELLI, WELSH, SCHUSTER NOES: COUNCI/~.~IEN: NONE ABSENT: COUNCIL~LEN: NONE :- City Clerk, ti-~y of Tustin, California Publish Tustin N&ws October 14, 19 76