ORD 488 ORDINANCE NO.488
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF RANCHO PALOS VERDES ADOPTING BY
REFERENCE TITLE 10, ANIMALS, OF THE LOS ANGELES COUNTY CODE,
AMENDING CERTAIN SECTIONS THEREOF 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 July 29, 2008, 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
July 29, 2008, 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 examinathn 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, 10.12.075, 10.12.180, 10.12.190, 10.20.010, 10.20.011,
10.20.020, 10.20.030, 10.20.040 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, 10.20.200,10.20.210, 10.84.010 and 10.84.020
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 curent year, provided
for in this Division 1, is not attached
Section 10.12.075. Incentive programs. The director, at his or her discretion, may offer
incentive programs to encourage compliance with the dog licensing requirements.
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 b rescue an animal.
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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, mho fails or refuses 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 be 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 ofRancho 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.
10.20.050. 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 unincorperated 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;
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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.
B. Except, that each guard dog found within the City of Rancho Palos Verdes,
regardless of where the owner may reside, must have a dog license issued by the County; and
the license tag must be securely affixed to the dog's collar while it is being used as a guard dog
within the City.
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 submitthe 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 yea, 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
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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 licase 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 Icense 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.
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B. Notwithstanding the provisions of Section 6.04.010, the Animal Control Ordinance
is further amended by amending the first paragraph of Sdiedule 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 Seeirg-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:@ 10.84.010 Providing
food for certain animals—prohibited. Except as otherwise provided for in Section
10.84.020, no person shall feed or in any manner provide food to any peafowl, crow,
pigeon, seagull, nondomesticated rodent, including tree squirrels or ground squirrels, or
to a nondomesticated mammalian predator, including coyotes, foxes, opossums, skunks
and raccoons.
10.84.020 Feeding animals permitted—when. A person may feed or provide
food to the animals specified in Section 10.84.010 in the following circumstances:
A. When the person is the owner of such animal, and such animal is kept
under a valid certificate or permit issued by the State of California Department of Fish
and Game;
B. When the person feeds or provides food to a trapped, injured or
unweaned animal between the time when the agency in charge ofanimal control or its
designated agent is notified and is picked up by said agency.
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 10.28.060
Section 10.12.200 Section 10.28.280(C)
Section 10.20.280 Section 10.32.020
Section 10.20.310 Section 10.32.070
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Section 10.32.080 Section 10.40.010
Section 10.37.030 Section 10.40.040
Section 10.37.050(C) Section 10.86.010
Section 10.37.060(F)
Section 4: Chapter 6.04 of Title 6 of the Rancho Palos Verdes Municipal Code is hereby
amended by adding new Section 6.04.070 thereto to read as follows:
6.04.70 Interference with the trapping and relocatbn of peafowl prohibited.
No person shall prevent or interfere with the trapping or relocation of peafowl, either on public or private
property, by releasing any captured peafowl or by damaging, disabling or disengaging any peafowl trap or
enclosure.
Section 5. 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 competentjurisdiction, 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 6. The City Clerk is directed to forward a certified copyof this ordinance to the Director of
the Los Angeles County Department of Animal Care and Control.
PASSED, APPROVED and ADOPTED this 2nd day of June 2009.
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City Clerk
STATE OF CALIFORNIA )
COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES )ss
CITY OF RANCHO PALOS VERDES )
I, Carla Morreale, 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.488 passed first reading on
May 19, 2009, was duly and regularly adopted by the City Council of said City at a regular meeting thereof held
on June 2, 2009 by the following vote:
AYES: Long, Stern, Wolowicz and Clark
NOES: None
ABSENT: Gardiner
ABSTAIN: None
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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 June 10, 2009, she caused to be posted the following document
entitled: ORDINANCE NO. 488, AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF
RANCHO PALOS VERDES ADOPTING BY REFERENCE TITLE 10,
ANIMALS, OF THE LOS ANGELES COUNTY CODE, AMENDING
CERTAIN SECTIONS THEREOF 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 Ladera Linda Community Center
30940 Hawthorne Blvd. 32201 Forrestal Drive
Rancho Palos Verdes Rancho Palos Verdes
Hesse Park
29301 Hawthorne Blvd.
Rancho Palos Verdes
I certify under penalty of perjury that the foregoing is a true and correct affidavit of
fY p Y p 1 rY
posting.
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City Clerk
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