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HomeMy WebLinkAbout67-121 - County Pound Rules and Regulations - Adopting123 RESOLUTION No. 67-121 A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF COSTA MESA ADOPTING CERTAIN RULES AND REGULATIONS OF THE COUNTY OF ORANGE PURSUANT TO A FUND AND POUNDMASTER CONTRACT CURRENTLY IN FORCE BETWEEN THE CITY AND THE COUNTY. THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF COSTA MESA DOES HEREBY RESOLVE AS FOLLOWS: That the rules and regulations adopted by County Resolution Number 67-727 be hereby adopted as the rules and regulations for the City of Costa Mesa relating to pound and poundmaster. Said rules and regulations are as follows: RULES AND REGULATIONS The following rules and regulations pertaining to the maintenance of animal quarters and premises required to be licensed have been promulgated by the Poundmaster pursuant to Section 41.025 of the Codified Ordinances of the County of Orange. Applicant, when applying for a license, shall furnish the Poundmaster with a current list of the type of animals to be kept or used for any purpose, with the estimated maximum number. Applicant shall furnish the Poundmaster with the name(s), address(es), and telephone number(s) of a responsible person(s) who has access to the animals and who can be reached during an emergency. Licensee shall notify the Poundmaster when animals are kept or maintained for which an additional license is required. The Poundmaster may establish the maximum number of animals to be kept or maintained on the premises pursuant to zoning regulations set forth in the Orange County Zoning Code, or any city contracting with the County of Orange for enforcement of Division I of Title 4 of the Codified Ordinances of the County of Orange. Licensee shall report in writing any changes in address, ownership, or management to the Poundmaster at least fifteen (15) days prior to such change. Licensee shall maintain a register of the names and addresses of persons from vroom animals are received and to whom animals are sold, traded, rented, leased or given. This shall be available to the Poundmaster upon demand. Licensee shall supply animals with sufficient good and wholesome food and water as often as the feeding habits of such animals require. Licensee shall keep animals and animal quarters in a clean and sanitary condition. Licensee shall provide for the daily disposal of all animal feces and waste to a sanitary sewerage system, approved by the County of Orange Plumbing Code or the plumbing code of any city contracting with the County of Orange for enforcement of Division I of Title 4 of the Codified Ordinances of the County of Orange. ■ Licensee shall provide proper shelter and protection from the weather J at all times. Animals must not be overcrowded nor exposed to temperatures detrimental to their welfare. 124 Licensee shall take every reasonable precaution to insure that animals are not teased, abused, mistreated, annoyed, tormented or in any manner made to suffer by any person or by any means. Animals which are natural enemies, temperamentally unsuited, or otherwise incompatible, shall not be quartered together or so near each other as to cause injury or torment. Any tack, equipment, device, substance or material that is or could be injurious or cause unnecessary cruelty to any animal is prohibited. Licensee shall keep or maintain animal(s) confined at all times on the premises for which the permit has been issued, unless special permission to remove the animal(s) has been obtained from the Poundmaster. Licensee has Hill responsibility for recapturing any animal that escapes. Licensee shall give working animals proper rest periods. Confined or restrained animals shall be given exercise proper for the individual animal under the particular conditions. Licensee shall not work, use or tent any animal which is overheated, weakened, exhausted, sick, injured, lame or otherwise unfit. No animal which the Poundmaster has suspended from use shall be worked or used until released by the Poundmaster. Licensee shall display no animal bearing evidence of malnutrition, ill health, unhealed injury, or having been kept in an unsanitary condition. Licensee shall keep or maintain all animals in such manner as may be prescribed to protect the public from the animals and the animals from the public. The Poundmaster may order any animal to be examined and/or treated by a veterinarian. Licensee shall allow no animal to constitute or cause a hazard or be a menace to the health, peace or safety of the community. Licensee shall isolate sick or diseased animals from healthy animals at all times, and so segregate them that the illness or disease will not be transmitted to another animal. The following rules and regulations pertain to rodeos and are in addition to the general rules and regulations. The applicant, when applying for a license, shall furnish the Poundmaster with a detailed diagram of the area, showing location of chutes, catch chutes and pens, and list of all proposed events and acts, and a copy of the rules and regulations which will govern the conduct of the contestants and events. The County Director of the Division of Veterinary Public Health (or his assistant) shall be in attendance at all shows. A conveyance must be available for the immediate removal of injured animals from the area. No animal which is unfit to perform the work intended may be used. The Poundmaster on duty at the show shall be furnished an up-to-date list of names and numbers of all contestants and the number of each animal drawn by each contestant. Chutes must be so constructed as to prevent injury to stock. The arena most be free of rocks, holes and all obstacles. All flank straps and equip- ment must be removed from stock in catch chutes as soon as possible. Any injured animal is to be kept in catch chute until examined and released by the Department representative. Generally, no more than one bull will be allowed in the arena at a time. The rowels on the spurs of all contestants must be short, dull and free to revolve. The use of wire or shot -loaded quirts is prohibited. Calves for roping must weigh not less than 250 pounds and be strong and healthy. Contestants in calf roping events must have a 3.25 neck strip on horses used in this event. Training of calf -roping horses during the show is prohibited. Willful or intentional "busting" of calves is prohibited. The rodeo area shall be left in a clean and sanitary condition. The following rules and regulations pertain to construction of co=mmercial kennels and are in addition to the general rules and regulations. Outdoor runs or indoor runs shall be provided in all commercial kennels. 11 Each outdoor or indoor run shall have a minimum of 18 square feet not J including housing area. All commercial kennel floor runs shall be constructed of concrete or other suitable type nonporous material. The floors shall slope a minimum of one-half inch per foot to a drain or drainway. All such drains shall be connected to an approved sewerage system as required by the Orange County Plumbing Code or plumbing code of any city contracting with the County of Orange for enforcement of Division I of Title 4 of the Codified Ordinances of the County of Orange. Breeding kennel outdoor floor runs shall be constructed of four -inch minimum thickness of pea gravel or other suitable aggregate on a three-foot minimum porous sand base. Adequate housing shall be provided for the pro- tection of dogs from the elements. Kennel runs shall be effectively enclosed to a minimum height of six feet. The exterior of the kennel area shall be completely fenced or otherwise enclosed. All kennel runs and kennel housing shall not exceed ten percent (10%) of the total property size. Each single run shall have a minimum of eighteen square feet of floor area, the width being not less than three linear feet. Each single kennel house shall have a minimum of ten square feet of floor area, the width being not less than three linear feet. Each single kennel run of minimum size shall contain not more than the maximum number of dogs of the following sizes: one standard size or larger, two medium size, or three small size. Each single kennel house of minimum size shall contain not more than the maximum number of dogs of the following sizes: one standard size or larger, two medium size, or three small size. For each standard -size dog, or larger dog, a minimum of eighteen square feet of floor area per kennel run shall be required. For each medium-size dog, a minimum of nine square feet of floor area per kennel run shall be required when confined with two or more dogs. For each small -size dog, a minimum of six square feet of floor area per kennel run shall be required when confined with three or more dogs. For each standard -size dog or larger, a minimum of ten square feet of floor area per kennel house shall be required. For each medium-size dog, a minimum of five square feet of floor area per kennel house shall be required when confined with two or more dogs. For each small -size dog, a minimum of three and one-third (3-1/3) square feet of floor area per kennel house shall be required when confined with three or more dogs. DEFINITION OF DOG SIZES Standard size means a dog of a German Shepherd size or larger. (Forty- one (41) pounds or over). Medium size means a dog of a Springer Spaniel or Cocker Spaniel size. (Twenty-one (21) to forty (40) pounds). Small dog means a dog of a Toy Poodle or Boston Terrior size or smaller. (Twenty (20) pounds or under). APPROVED AND ADOPTED this 18th day of December, 1967. ATTEST: City Clerk of the City of Costa Mesa STATE OF CALIFORNIA ) COUNTY OF ORANGE ) SS. CITY OF COSTA MESA ) Mayor of 77 he C Costa Mesa I, C. K. PRIEST, City Clerk of the City of Costa Mesa and ex -officio Clerk of the City Council of the City of Costa Mesa, hereby certify that the above and foregoing Resolution No. 67-121 was duly and regularly passed and adopted by the City Council of the City of Costa Mesa at a regular meeting held on the 18th day of December, 1967. IN WITNESS WHEREOF I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the Seal of the City of Costa Mesa, this 19th day of December, 1967. rf City Clerk and ex -officio Clerk of the City Council of the City of Costa Mesa