ORD 337 ORDINANCE NO. 337
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF RANCHO PALOS
VERDES ADOPTING BY REFERENCE TITLE 10 OF THE
ANIMAL CONTROL ORDINANCE OF THE COUNTY OF
LOS ANGELES AND AMENDING THE RANCHO PALOS
VERDES MUNICIPAL CODE
WHEREAS, the Society for Prevention of Cruelty of Animals (SPCA) announced its
discontinuation of animal control field service as of July 1, 1998;
WHEREAS, the City considered available options of providing animal control services;
WHEREAS, on May 19, 1998, the City entered into an agreement with the County of
Los Angeles for animal control service; and
WHEREAS, as a condition of the agreement, the City is required to adopt the County
Animal Control Code and fee structure as part of the City's Municipal Code.
THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF RANCHO PALOS VERDES
ORDAINS AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1: Chapter 6.04 of Title 6 of the Rancho Palos Verdes Municipal
Code is hereby amended by amending Sections 6.04.010, 6.04.020 and 6.04.030 to
read as follows:
"6.04.010 County animal control ordinance adoption.
Except as hereinafter provided, Title 10, Animals, of the Los Angeles County
Code, as amended and in effect on May 1, 1998, is hereby adopted by reference
as the Animal Control Ordinance of the City of Rancho Palos Verdes and may be
cited as such.
A copy of the Animal Control Ordinance has been deposited in the office of the
city clerk and shall at all times be maintained by the city clerk for use and
examination by the public.
6.04.020. Animal control ordinance amended. A. Notwithstanding the
provisions of Rancho Palos Verdes Municipal Code Section 6.04.010, the Animal
Control Ordinance is amended by repealing Los Angeles County Code Section
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10.36.330 and amending Sections 10.20.010, 10.20.011, 10.20.020, 10.20.030,
10.20.040, 10.20.045, 10.20.050, 10.20.060, 10.20.070, 10.20.110, 10.20.130,
10.20.140, 10.20.150, 10.20.160, 10.20.170, 10.20.180, 10.20.190, 10.20.200
and 10.20.210 to read as follows:
1020.010 License tags - Issuance - Fee. Pursuant to Chapter
3 (commencing with Section 30801) of Division 14 and 14.5 of the Food and
Agricultural Code, the director shall issue serially numbered metallic dog license
tags stamped with the name of the county of Los Angeles and collect for each
such tag the sum of$1.00.
10.20.011 License - Issuance by veterinarians and other
qualified persons in the City of Rancho Palos Verdes - Conditions. The director
may authorize the issuance of dog licenses, as required by Section 10.20.010,
by persons practicing veterinary medicine in the City of Rancho Palos Verdes, or
other persons approved by the director who meet the qualifications established
by the department. Said persons shall transmit records and negotiable papers to
the department of animal care and control at intervals as established by the
director, and collect and transmit to the director the fee required by this chapter
for the issuance of such licenses.
10.20.020 Person deemed custodian when. Any person keeping or
harboring any dog for 15 consecutive days shall be deemed to be the custodian
thereof and subject to licensing provisions within the meaning of this Division 1.
10.20.030 License - Required - Costs. Every person owning of having
custody or control of any dog over the age of four months in the City of Rancho
Palos Verdes shall obtain a license from the director for each of such dogs and
shall pay the fees for such licenses as set forth in Section 10.90.010.
10.20.040 Kennel dogs - Individual license required when. An individual
dog license shall be obtained for each dog in addition to a kennel license. No
individual license shall be required for any dog in transit, or when attending a
dog show in the care of a kennel representative.
10.20.045 Dog breeding - License required - Fees. Any person, except
for a person possessing a valid kennel license, who causes the breeding of a
female dog and sells the offspring for pay or other compensation, shall obtain an
animal breeding permit in the amount set forth in Section 10.90.010. Each
permit shall authorize the whelping of no more than one litter per female dog in
any 10-month period and no more than one litter per domestic household in any
12-month period.
10.20.050 Exceptions from licensing requirement.
A. The provisions of this Division 1 do not require either a tag or a
license for:
1. Any dog found within the City of Rancho Palos Verdes when the
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owner thereof resides in any municipality or unincorporated territory
within the county, and such dog is wearing or has attached to it a license
tag for the current year issued by such municipality or county.
2. Any dog owned by or in the charge of any person who is a
nonresident of the City of Rancho Palos Verdes and is traveling through
the City or temporarily sojourning therein for a period of not exceeding 30
days;
3. Any dog brought into the City of Rancho Palos Verdes and kept
therein for not to exceed 30 days for the exclusive purpose of entering the
same in any bench show, or dog exhibition, or field trials or competition;
4. Any dog brought or sent into the City of Rancho Palos Verdes from
any point outside thereof for the exclusive purpose of receiving veterinary
care in any dog hospital, in the event that such dog is kept at all times
strictly confined within such hospital;
5. Any dog wearing having attached to it a license tag for the current
year issued by a municipality within the county or by the county when the
owner thereof has, within one year last past, moved his principal place of
residence from such municipality or unincorporated territory of the county
to the City of Rancho Palos Verdes; provided, that such municipality or
county similarly exempts from tag and license requirements dogs wearing
current City license tags and owned by persons who have moved from the
City of Rancho Palos Verdes to such municipality or unincorporated
territory of the county.
10.20.060 Unvaccinated dogs - Licensing permitted when. The director
may accept the payment of the fee for a license tag and a license for a dog who
has not been vaccinated as required by Division 1 on condition that the owner of
such dog within five days thereafter, have such dog vaccinated and submit the
required veterinarian's certificate to the director. Upon receipt of such certificate,
the director shall issue the license tag and license.
10.20.070 Unvaccinated dogs - Time limit for vaccination when dog is
disabled. A person who obtains a license without submitting a certificate of
vaccination because of the infirmity or disability of the dog shall, within 10 days
after the termination of such infirmity or disability, cause such dog to be
vaccinated as required by Part 2 of this chapter.
10.20.110 License tag - Fee for spayed or neutered animals. Pursuant to
Section 30804.5 of the Food and Agriculture Code, any dog license tag issued
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pursuant to Section 10.20.030 of this Part 1 shall be issued for one-half or less
of the fee required if a certificate is presented from a licensed veterinarian that
the dog has been spayed or neutered.
10.20.130 Record keeping and procurement of tags and receipts. The
director shall procure the number of license receipts and dog license tags
needed each year, and shall keep a register wherein shall be entered the name
and address of each person to whom any dog license tag is issued, the number
of such tag, the date of issuance thereof and a description of the dog for which
issued.
10.20.140 License -Vaccination requirements and conditions. The
director shall not issue a dog license unless the applicant exhibits a certificate
signed by a veterinarian, licensed either by the state of California or by any other
state to practice veterinary medicine, that:
A. The period elapsing from the date of vaccination with approved
rabies vaccine to the date of expiration of the license being issued does not
exceed the time as established by the state; or
B. Such dog should not be vaccinated with rabies vaccine because
such vaccination would jeopardize the health of such dog due to infirmity or other
disability, which infirmity or other disability, and the estimated date of termination
thereof, is shown on the face of the certificate to the satisfaction of the director.
10.20.150 License - Information to be shown on receipt. When the
director issues a dog license, he shall show on the receipt the age of the dog,
the date of last vaccination, and, if the license was issued without proof of
vaccination, the reason therefor.
10.20.160 License and License tag - Transfer permitted when - Fee. If,
during a license period, a dog is sold or title to the dog is otherwise transferred to
a new owner, such new owner may apply to the director for a transfer of such
dog's tag and license and pay a transfer fee as specified under Chapter 10.90.
Upon receipt of such application and fee, the director shall issue a certificate of
transfer of such tag, and the names and addresses of the former and new
owners.
10.20.170 Replacement of lost tags. In case any license tag for an
individual dog is lost or destroyed, a duplicate thereof may be procured from the
director upon the submission to the director of such proof as he or she may
require and upon the payment therefor as specified under Chapter 10.90.
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10.20.180 Tag to be worn by dog. A license tag for an individual dog
shall be securely affixed to a collar, harness or other device which shall at all
times be worn by such dog.
10.20.190 Keeping unlicensed dogs prohibited. A person shall not have,
harbor or keep, or cause or permit to be harbored or kept, any unlicensed dog in
the City of Rancho Palos Verdes.
10.20.200 Counterfeit or imitation tags prohibited. A person shall not
attach to or keep upon any dog, or cause or permit to be attached to or kept
upon any dog, any tag provided for in Section 10.20.010 of this chapter except a
tag issued for such dog under the provisions of this chapter, or attach or keep
upon or cause or permit to be attached to or kept upon any dog, or make or
cause or permit to be made or have in possession, any counterfeit or imitation of
any tag provided for in this chapter.
10.20.210 Removing tag from collar prohibited. An unauthorized person
shall not remove from any dog any collar or harness or other device to which is
attached a license for the current year, or remove such tag therefrom.
S. Notwithstanding the provisions of Section 3.28.010, the Animal Control
Ordinance is further amended by amending Schedule VI of Section 10.90.010 of
Chapter 10.90 by deleting paragraph C and amending the first paragraph of
Schedule VI and paragraph A thereof to read as follows:
"Every person owning a dog over the age of four months shall obtain an
annual license and tag for each such dog; except, there shall be a one-time only
fee for registration of discharged military dogs, for guide dogs or Seeing-eye
dogs, for signal dogs trained to assist the hearing impaired, for service dogs
trained to perform tasks to assist the physically handicapped, upon payment of
the following fees:
A. Dog license and tag fees:
Dogs over four months:
1. U nspayed/u n neutered $30.00
2. Spayed/neutered 15.00
3. Dog license surcharge, per license 2 00
4. Senior citizen Spayed/neutered dog 5 00
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5. Delinquency charge for annual license,renewal not obtained
on or before date of expiration 20.00
6. Replacement of tag or official license receipt 5 00
7. Transfer of ownership 5 00
8. Discharged military dogs
(one-time registration fee) 5 00
9. Guide dogs or Seeing Eye dogs, signal dogs, and service dogs
(one-time registration fee) 5.00"
6.04.030 Violations - penalty
a. Unless a different penalty is provided for in this Chapter, any person
violating any provision of the Animal Control Ordinance is guilty of an infraction that is
punishable by:
1. A fine not exceeding fifty dollars ($50.00) for a first violation;
2. A fine not exceeding one hundred dollars ($100.00) for a second
violation of the same provision within twelve (12) calendar months; and
3. A fine not exceeding two hundred fifty dollars ($250.00) for each
additional violation of the same provision within twelve (12) calendar months.
b. Any person violating any of the following Sections, or violating any of the
Chapters or provisions referenced in the following Sections, is guilty of a misdemeanor
that is punishable as provided for in Section 1.08.010 of Chapter 1.08 of this Code:
Section 10.12.190 Section 10.37.040(c)
Section 10.12.200 Section 10.37.050(c)
Section 10.12.210(6) Section 10.37.050(f)
Section 10.20.280 Section 10.37.060(f)
Section 10.20.310 Section 10.40.010
Section 10.28.060 Section 10.40.040
Section 10.32.020 Section 10.40.065(B)
Section 10.32.040 Section 10.48.060
Section 10.32.070 Section 10.72.040
Section 10.32.080 Section 10.76.050
Section 10.37.030 Section 10.80.020
Section 10.86.020"
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Section 2. Sections 6.04.040 through 6.04.240, inclusive, of Chapter 6.04
and Sections 6.08.010 through 6.08.130, inclusive, of Chapter 6.08 of Title 6 of the
Rancho Palos Verdes Municipal Code are hereby repealed, and Section 6.08.140 is
hereby renumbered as Section 6.04.040.
Section 3. Sections 6.12.010 through 6.12.160, inclusive, of Chapter 6.12
of Title 6 of the Rancho Palos Verdes Municipal Code are hereby repealed, and
Sections 6.12.170 and 6.12.180 are hereby renumbered as Sections 6.04.050 and
6.04.060, respectively.
Section 4. Chapters 6.16, 6.20, 6.24, and 6.32, inclusive, of Title 6 of the
Rancho Palos Verdes Municipal Code are hereby repealed.
Section 5. Chapter 6.28 of Title 6 of the Rancho Palos Verdes Municipal
Code is hereby renumbered as Chapter 6.08, and new Section 6.08.010 C is hereby
amended to read as follows:
"C. The fees for registration of cats shall be the fees which are established by
Los Angeles County Code Section 10.90.010 B."
Section 6. The City Council hereby declares that it would have passed
this ordinance sentence by sentence, and does hereby declare that the provisions of
this ordinance are severable, and if, for any reason any sentence of this ordinance shall
be invalid, such decision shall not affect the validity of the remaining parts of this
ordinance.
Section 7. The City Clerk is directed to certify to the adoption of this
ordinance and cause same to be properly posted and/or published as required by law.
Section 8,. This ordinance shall take effect thirty days after its final
passage.
Section 9. The City Clerk is directed to forward a certified copy of this
ordinance to the Director of the Los Angeles County Department of Animal Care and
Control.
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PASSED, APPROVED and ADOPTED this 16th day of June, 1998.
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MAYOR
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ATTEST:
C CLERK
STATE OF CALIFORNIA )
COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES ) ss
CITY OF RANCHO PALOS VERDES )
I, Jo Purcell, City Clerk of the City of Rancho Palos Verdes, do hereby certify that the
whole number of members of the City Council of said City is five; that the forgoing
Ordinance No. 337 passed first reading on May 19, 1998, was duly and regularly
adopted by the City Council of said City at a regular meeting thereof held on June 16,
1998 and that the same was passed and adopted by the following roll call vote:
AYES: Hollingsworth, Byrd, Ferraro, Lyon, McTaggart
NOES: None
ABSENT: None
ABSTAIN: None
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ORDINANCE/RESOLUTION NO. ORD. NO. 337 FILE: 104 X 1101
SUBJECT: ADOPTING BY REFERENCE TITLE 10 OF THE ANIMAL CONTROL ORDINANCE OF
THE COUNTY OF LOS ANGLEES AND AMENDING THE RANCHO PALOS VERDES MUNICIPAL
CODE.
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