ORD 365 ORDINANCE NO. 365
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF RANCHO PALOS VERDES
ADOPTING BY REFERENCE TITLE 10, ANIMALS, OF THE LOS
ANGELES COUNTY CODE, AND AMENDING CHAPTER 6.04 OF THE
RANCHO PALOS VERDES MUNICIPAL CODE
THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF RANCHO PALOS VERDES
ORDAINS AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1: Section 6.04.010 of Chapter 6.04 of Title 6 of the Rancho
Palos Verdes Municipal Code is hereby amended 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 June 1, 2001, 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 Title 10, Animals, of the Los Angeles County Code, as
amended an in effect on June 1, 2001 has been deposited in the office of the City Clerk
of the City of Rancho Palos Verdes and shall at all times be maintained by the City
Clerk for use and examination by the public.
Section 2: Section 6.04.020 of Chapter 6.04 of Title 6 of the Rancho
Palos Verdes Municipal Code is hereby amended to read as follows:
"6.04.020. Animal control ordinance amended.
A. Notwithstanding the provisions of Section 6.04.010, the Animal
Control Ordinance is amended by amending Sections 10.08.230, 10.12.180, 10.12.190,
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:
Section 10.08.230. Unlicensed dog. "Unlicensed dog means any dog for
which the license for the current year has not been paid, or to which the tag for
the current year, provided for in this Division 1, is not attached
Section 10.12.180. Unlicensed dogs or unvaccinated dogs or cats — Right
of entry for enforcement. For the purpose of discharging the duties imposed
upon him by this Division 1, the director, in order to enforce the provisions hereof
to take and impound any unlicensed dog or unvaccinated dog or cat, may enter
any real property upon which any dog or cat is kept or harbored or upon which
he has reason to believe any dog or cat is kept or harbored and demand the
exhibition by the person owning or having charge or control of any such dog or
cat, the required rabies vaccination certificate, and/or the license or license tag
for such dog for the current year provided for by this Division 1. This section
does not permit any person to enter any private dwelling, except where
necessary to rescue an animal.
10.12.190. Refusing to show license or certificate unlawful. Any person
upon whom any demand is made under authority of this Division 1 for the
exhibition of any dog or cat rabies vaccination certificate, or any dog license or
tag, who fails to refuse to exhibit the same if he has it in his position,is guilty of a
violation of this Division 1, which shall be punishable as herein provided.
10.20.010. 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 permanent dog
license tags marked with the name of the county of Los Angeles.
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 shall collect and transmit to the director the fee required by this
chapter for the issuance of such licenses. The director may reimburse these
businesses for such fees.
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, when
such dog is not kept exclusively in a kennel run or cage. 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
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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
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
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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
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
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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 record the name and
address of the new owner.
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.
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, except while such dog remains indoors or in any
enclosed yard or pen.
10.20.190. Keeping unlicensed dogs prohibited. A person shall not
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 tag, or remove such tag or other identification therefrom.
B. Notwithstanding the provisions of Section 6.04.010, the Animal Control
Ordinance is further amended by amending the first paragraph of Schedule VI 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:
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Dogs over four months:
1. Unspayed/unneutered $30.00
2. Spayed/neutered 15.00
3. Dog License surcharge, per license 2.00
4. Senior Citizen-spayed/neutered dog 7.50
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"
Section 3. Section 6.04.030 of Chapter 6.04 of Title 6 of the Rancho
Palos Verdes Municipal Code is hereby amended to read as follows:
"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 one hundred dollars ($100.00) for a first
violation;
2. A fine not exceeding two hundred dollars ($200.00) for a second
violation of the same provision within twelve (12) calendar months; and
3. A fine not exceeding five hundred dollars ($500.00) 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 10.32.070
Section 10.12.200 Section 10.32.080
Section 10.12.210(6) Section 10.37.030
Section 10.20.280 Section 10.37.040(c)
Section 10.20.310 Section 10.37.050(c)
Section 10.28.060 Section 10.37.050(f)
Section 10.32.020 Section 10.37.060
Section 10.32.040 Section 10.40.010
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Section 10.40.040 Section 10.76.050
Section 10.40.065(B) Section 10.80.020
Section 10.48.060 Section 10.86.020"
Section 10.72.040
Section 4. If any section, subsection, subdivision, sentence, clause,
phrase, or portion of this ordinance or the application thereof to any person or place, is
for any reason held to be invalid or unconstitutional by the decision of any court of
competent jurisdiction, such decision shall not affect the validity of the remainder of this
ordinance. The City Council hereby declares that it would have adopted this ordinance,
and each and every section, subsection, subdivision, sentence, clause, phrase, or
portion thereof, irrespective of the fact that any one or more sections, subsections,
subdivisions, sentences, clauses, phrases, or portions thereof be declared invalid or
unconstitutional.
Section 5. 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.
PASSED, APPROVED AND ADOPTED THIS 7TH DAY OF AUGUST, 2001.
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CITY 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 foregoing
Ordinance No. 365 passed first reading on July 3, 2001, was duly and regularly adopted
by the City Council of said City at a regular meeting thereof held on August 7, 2001 and
that the same was passed and adopted by the following roll call vote:
AYES: Ferraro, Gardiner, McTaggart, and Mayor Lyon
NOES: None
ABSENT: Stern
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CITY CLERK
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RANCHO PALOS VERDES
STATE OF CALIFORNIA )
COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES ) SS AFFIDAVIT OF POSTING
CITY OF RANCHO PALOS VERDES)
The undersigned, being first duly sworn, deposes and says:
That at all times herein mentioned, she was and now is the appointed City Clerk
of the City of Rancho Palos Verdes;
That on October 16, 2001 she caused to be
posted the following document entitled: ORDINANCE NO. 365
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF RANCHO PALOS
VERDES ADOPTING BY REFERENCE TITLE 10, ANIMALS, OF
THE LOS ANGELES COUNTY CODE,AND AMENDING CHAPTER
6.04 OF THE RANCHO PALOS VERDES MUNICIPAL CODE
a copy of which is attached hereto, in the following locations:
City Hall Hesse Park
30940 Hawthorne Blvd. 29301 Hawthorne Blvd
Rancho Palos Verdes Rancho Palos Verdes
Ladera Linda Community Center Ryan Park
32201 Forrestal Drive 30359 Hawthorne Blvd.,
Rancho Palos Verdes Rancho Palos Verdes
I certify under penalty of perjury that the foregoing is a true and correct affadavit of
posting.
City Clerk
30940 Hawthorne Boulevard/Rancho Palos Verdes,CA 90275-5391 /(310)377-0360/Fax(310)544-5291
www.palosverdes.com/rpv