HomeMy WebLinkAbout72-48 - Animal ControlORDINANCE NO. 72-48
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF COSTA
MESA, ESTABLISHING A DOMESTIC AND LEASH LAW; PROVIDING
FOR THE VACCINATION OF DUGS; PROVIDING FOR THE LICENSING
OF DOGS; PROVIDING FOR THE CONFINEMENT OF BITING DOGS;
PROHIBITING THE KEEPING OF UNDOMESTICATED ANIMALS;
PROVIDING CERTAIN EXEMPTIONS FOR COMMERCIAL ESTABLISHMENTS;
PROHIBITING THE KEEPING OF LIVESTOCK; PROVIDING FOR THE
IMPOUNDING OF ANIMALS AT LARGE; PROVIDING FOR THE QUARANTINE
OF DOMESTIC ANIMALS; DEFINING AND PROHIBITING NUISANCES
CREATED BY ANIMALS; AND PROVIDING FOR PENALTIES IN
CONNECTION THEREWITH.
THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF COSTA MESA DOES HEREBY ORDAIN
AS FOLLOWS:
SECTION 1. The City Council of the City of Costa Mesa hereby
finds and declares that it is necessary for the health, safety and welfare
of the community to undertake the regulation of domestic animals, and
accordingly, the following Title is added to the Costa Mesa Municipal
Code.
SECTION 2. TITLE 3
ANIMALS AND FOWL
CHAPTER III
Section 1. Definition of Terms. For the purpose of this
Chapter, unless it is plainly evident from the context that a different
meaning is intended, certain terms used herein are defined as follows:
Section 2. Animal. Shall include dogs, and all other
animals, reptiles, fowl, birds and poultry.
Section 3. Animal Control Officer. Shall mean the officer
charged with the duty of enforcing the provisions of these sections and
all other State laws relating to animal regulations.
Section 4. City Health Officer. Includes any such person
appointed by the City Council as such, and also the Orange County Health
Officer when designated as the City Health Officer and acting as such for
and on behalf of the City.
Section 5. License Year. Shall commence on July 1 of
each year and shall end on June 30 of the same year.
Section 6. Owner. Shall include any person who owns,
harbors, has charge of, has control of, keeps or maintains any dog or
animal in the City of Costa Mesa.
Section 7. Doq. The term "dog" shall mean and include
any canine.
Section 8. Keeping of Livestock Prohibited. No person
shall keep any cow, pig, goat, horse, mule, poultry, or any other animal
usually considered as a farm animal or bird and not as a domestic animal
within the City except in specifically permitted animal zones.
Section 9. Keeping More Than Four (4) Animals. It shall
ue unlawful for any person or persons to keep, possess or harbor more than
four (4) animals over the age of three (3) months on any premises, except
on a business premise on which a licensed business is operated, providing
for the keeping of animals.
Section 10. Application with Zoning Ordinance. Any
information not herein contained in this Ordinance applicable to animal
control zones, definitions, requirements, restrictions, sanitary regulations,
penalties or other matter, will be found in Chapter V, Sections 5141 through
5161 of the Costa Mesa Municipal Code.
Section 11. License Required - Fees - Terms. Every
person who owns, possesses, keeps or harbors a dog of whatever sex, over
the age of four (4) months, within the City, shall pay to the City an
annual license tax of six dollars ($6.00) for each dog. The City shall
deliver to the person making such payment, a license which shall describe
the dog, together with a seal or tag having thereon the number of such
license and figures indicating the year for which the license has been
paid, and shall keep a record of the name of the owner and a description
of the dog licensed. Duplicates shall be issued for lost tags for one
dollar ($1.00) upon showing proof of such loss. Such person shall attach
the tag to a collar or harness and shall cause such collar or harness with
the attached tag to be kept on such dog at all times. Licenses are not
transferable or refundable.
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Section 12. License and Tax Due Date. The license taxes
and fees herein mentioned shall be due and payable on the first day of
July, 1973 and the first day of July of each year thereafter. Where a dog
is acquired after the first day of July in any year, the license tax shall
be due on the date of acquisition of such dog on a quarterly pro rated
basis.
Section 13. License Delinquency Date. Licenses shall
become delinquent thirty (30) days following the date on which they are
due, and all delinquent licenses shall be subject to the payment of a
penalty of six (6) dollars in addition to the license fee. The license
collector, animal control officers and any other designated personnel are
each authorized to collect these license fees. All license fees collected
pursuant to the terms of this section shall be paid into the general fund.
of the City.
Section 14, License Fee Exemptions. No license fee shall
be required for the following:
a. Seeing -eye dogs.
b. Dogs honorably discharged from the armed forces
of the United States of America.
c. Dogs in the care, custody and control of non-
residents who are traveling through the City or temporarily staying in the
City for a period not exceeding thirty (30) days, or dogs temporarily
brought into the City for the exclusive purpose of being entered in a bench
show or dog exhibition provided such dogs are so entered and not kept
elsewhere in the City.
by public officers.
to sale.
d. Dogs used in crime detection or apprehension
e. Dogs housed in a duly licensed pet shop prior
f. Dogs owned by any duly licensed kennel operator.
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Section 15. Unauthorized Removal of Tags. No unauthorized
person shall remove from any dog any collar or harness or other device to
which is attached a license tag for the current year or remove such license
tag from any dog.
Section 16. Improper License Tagging. No person shall
attach any current license tag to any dog, which tag was not issued to
the dog, or shall remove a tag from any dog the property of another, or
shall counterfeit or imitate a dog tag, or attach a counterfeit or
imitation tag to any dog.
Section 17. Vaccination Defined. The term "vaccination"
shall mean the inoculation of a dog with a vaccine approved by the Orange
County Health Department.
Section 18. Vaccination Required. Every person who owns
or harbors any dog shall have such dog vaccinated against rabies by a duly
licensed veterinarian or some person under his supervision on or prior to
the date such dog reaches four (4) months of age and thereafter at
intervals of not greater than two (2) years. A dog may not be licensed
prior to vaccination.
Section 19. Veterinarian's Certificate --Vaccination. Every
duly licensed veterinarian or person under his direct supervision after
vaccinating any dog shall sign a certificate in triplicate containing the
following information.
of the vaccinated dog.
1. The name and address of the owner or harborer
2. The kind and serial number of vaccine used and
the date of vaccination.
3. The year, number of dog license tag, and name
of City where issued; or, in the event that the dog has not previously
been licensed, a notation to that effect.
4. The breed, age, color and sex of the vaccinated
dog. Such veterinarian or person under his direct supervision shall
immediately present the original certificate to the owner, possessor
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or harborer of the dog, shall deliver the duplicate copy of the certificate
of the Orange County Health Department, and shall retain the triplicate
copy thereof.
Section 20. Display of Certificate - Vaccination. No
person who owns, possesses, keeps or harbors any dog shall fail or refuse
to exhibit the certificate required by this section upon demand of any
person charged with its enforcement.
Section 21. Importation - Vaccination. Every person who
brings a dog into the City, which has not been vaccinated with the approved
vaccine as herein prescribed within twenty-four (24) months prior to the
importation, shall have such dog vaccinated within seven (7) days from
and after its arrival in the City. A certificate of vaccination issued
by a duly licensed veterinarian or person under his direct supervision
from any other jurisdiction for a specific dog establishing vaccination
with an approved vaccine may be accepted by the City as evidence of
vaccination, providing it be within the interval prescribed by this section.
Section 22. Stolen or Counterfeit Certificate - Vaccination.
No person shall make use of or have in his possession or under his control
a stolen, counterfeit, or forged vaccination certificate or license tag.
Section 23. Duties of Health Department - Vaccination. In
furtherance of the program of the City for vaccination of dogs against
rabies, the Orange County Health Department is authorized to:
a. Approve of such vaccine or vaccines as it may
find suitable for such use. Designate approved vaccines and file a
statement of such approval with the office of the City Finance Department
as a public record.
b. Change said approved vaccines when as a result of
experience, research, practice or tests it finds that a new or different
vaccine or vaccines are suitable for such use, and designate such changes
and file them in the Office of the City Finance Department as a public
record.
c. Prescribe the form of certificate to be used by
duly licensed veterinarians or persons under their direct supervision,
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under the provisions hereof and to distribute such form of certificate to
duly licensed veterinarians practicing in this City upon request.
Section 24. Exception - Vaccination. The vaccination
requirement above shall not apply to a dog where a certificate has been
issued by a duly licensed veterinarian doing business in the County of
Orange setting forth that the giving of the inoculation would endanger
the life of the dog. In such an event, the dog shall be confined at a}1
times within the premises of the owner or within a motor vehicle owned by
or under the supervision of the owner of such dog.
Section 25. Non -domesticated Animals. The term "Non -
domesticated Animal" shall mean and include any animal whose natural
habitat is other than the domicile of man and shall not be construed to
include cats and dogs. The term cats shall not include: lions, tigers,
leopards, pumas, cheetahs, bobcats, panthers, or any other branch of
the cat family except household cats.
Section 26. Reptiles. All snakes and other reptiles
shall be deemed non -domesticated under the terms of this Ordinance.
Section 27. Birds. All birds except: .canaries,
parakeets, finches, pigeons, parrots, and Myna birds shall be deemed
non- domesticated under the terms of this ordinance.
Section 28. Allowing Non -domesticated Animals, Birds
and Reptiles to Run at Large. No person owning or having charge, custody
control or possession of any non -domesticated animal, bird or reptile shall
permit or allow the same to run at large upon any highway, street, lane,
alley, court or other public place or upon any private property, or on
or within the premises of such person in such manner as to endanger the
life or limb of any person lawfully entering such premises.
Section 29. Permit for Keeping Non -domesticated Animals,
Birds and Reptiles. Except as hereinafter provided, no person shall keep,
maintain, or have in his possession within the City of Costa Mesa any
non -domesticated animals, birds or reptiles, without first obtaining a permit
from the Police Chief as hereinafter provided.
Section 30. Application for Permit. An application for a
permit required pursuant to this section shall be made in writing to the
Police Chief upon a form furnished by the City, and shall be accompanied
by an application fee in the amount of fifteen dollars ($15.00). The
application shall be verified by the person who desires to keep, maintain,
or have in his possession or under his control, in the City, the non -
domesticated animal, bird or reptile for which a permit is required, and
shall set forth the following:
applicant.
1.. Name, address and telephone number of the
2. The applicant's interest in said non -domesticated
animal, bird or reptile.
3. The proposed location, and the name, address, and
telephone number of the owner of such location, and of the lessee, if any.
4. The number and general description of all animals,
birds, or reptiles, for which the permit is sought.
5. Any information known to the applicant concerning
vicious or dangerous propensities of all such animals, birds or reptiles.
6. The housing arrangement for all such animals, birds
or reptiles with particular details as to safety of structure, locks,
fencing, etc.
7. Safety precautions proposed to be taken.
8. Noises or odors anticipated in the keeping of
such animals, birds or reptiles.
9. Prior history of incidents, involving the public
health or safety involving any of the animals, birds or reptiles.
10. Proof that the animal, bird or reptile has been
immunized against rabies if known to be susceptible to or a carrier of
rabies.
11. Any additional information required by the Police
Chief at the time of filing such application or thereafter.
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Section 31. Conditions - Issuance of Permit. The Police
Chief may issue a permit for the keeping of any animal, bird, or reptile
if he determines that such animal, bird or reptile may be kept or
maintained without menacing the safety of any person or property; provided,
however, that the Police Chief may impose such conditions in granting a
permit as he may deem necessary to protect the public and the animals and
may limit the term of such permit.
Section 32. Notice of Action - Permits. The applicant
shall be notified in writing of the action of the Police Chief in either
granting or denying the permit, and if the application has been denied, the
notice shall advise the applicant of his right to appeal to the City Council.
Service of the notice may be made by personal service or by registered
mail. If service is made by mail, it shall be deemed complete upon deposit
in the United States Mail directed to the applicant at his latest address
shown on the application.
Section 33. Commercial Establishments - Acquisitions.
Commercial establishments possessing such non -domesticated animals, birds
or reptiles for the purpose of sale or display may replace the same with
others of the same kind, but the number of each shall not be in excess of
the number allowed by the terms of such permit. Such establishments may,
in the discretion of the City, be granted a permit for such numbers of
each kind of non -domesticated animals, birds, or reptiles as do not
exceed the maximum such establishment estimates will be maintained by it
in the City at any one time during the period of the permit. Such permit
shall require the immediate notification of the Police Chief upon the
acquisition of any non -domesticated animal, bird or reptile having a prior
history of any incident involving the public or safety, or resulting in any
bodily injury or property damage.
Section 34. Revocation of Permit. The Police Chief may,
for good cause, revoke any permit or modify any terms or provisions
thereof, after informal hearing, and may, in the event it is reasonably
necessary to protect against an immediate threat to the public health
or safety, suspend any permit or portion thereof without hearing, for
a period not to exceed thirty (30) days. The permittee shall be given at
least three (3) days prior written notice of any such hearing.
Section 35. Appeals from Action of Police Chief. If any
person is aggrieved by any action of the Police Chief taken pursuant to this
Chapter, such person may appeal to the City Council by filing with the
City Clerk a statement addressed to the City Council setting forth the facts
and circumstances regarding the action or failure to act on the part of
the Police Chief. The City Clerk shall notify the applicant in writing
by registered mail of the time and place set for hearing his appeal. The
City Council shall hold a hearing and determine the merits of the appeal.
The City Council may sustain, overrule or modify the action of the Police
Chief and its decision shall be final.
The right to appeal to the City Council from any
action or decision of the Police Chief under this Chapter shall terminate
upon the expiration of fifteen (15) days following the giving of notice
to the applicant advising him of the action of the Police Chief.
Section 36. Reporting Bites, Scratches or Injuries by
Non -domesticated Animals, Birds or Reptiles. Any person having charge,
control, custody or possession of any non -domesticated animal, bird or
reptile which bites, scratches or injures any person or domestic animal
shall, immediately after becoming aware of such fact, notify the Costa Mesa
Police Department. Notification shall include the date, time and place
of the incident, a description of the animal, bird or reptile and any
domesticated animal involved, and the name and address of any person
or persons who are victims of the incident.
Section 37. Leash Required. No person having the care,
charge or control of any dog shall permit or allow the dog to be present
upon any street, alley, park or public place in the City unless such dog is
securely restrained by a leash or chain not exceeding six (6) feet in
length and to be held by that person. Any police or other City enforcement
officer may order that the owner or person having the care, charge or
control of any dog determined to be in violation of this section shall
immediately remove said dog from such street, alley, park or public
place.
Section 38. Animals at Large. No person having control,
charge or custody of any animal, bird or reptile shall permit the same
to stray, or run, or be at large in or upon any public street or other
public place within the City, or upon any private road or upon the premises
of another without the permission of the owner of such premises, and any
such animal, bird or reptile found at large in any such place may be
impounded as herein provided. Any animal running at large creating an
annoyance or endangering public health or safety which cannot be seized
for impoundment by ordinary means may be summarily destroyed by the Animal Control
Officer or Police Officer.
Section 39. City Pound. The City shall arrange for an
animal shelter or pound facilities either through private sources, County
of Orange, in joint powers with other cities or as its own facility, and
said institution shall be deemed the City Pound for purposes of this
Ordinance.
Section 40. Impoundment. All licensed or unlicensed
animals, birds or reptiles found running at large as described in
Section 38 may be impounded.
Section 41. Disposition of Licensed Dogs. Any impounded
dog which is licensed may be redeemed by the owner upon payment of im-
pound feesand care and feeding charges. The owner shall immediately be
notified by person or by mail that his dog has been impounded. If the
dog is not redeemed within seven (7) days, it shall be deemed abandoned
and shall become the property of the City. The City may sell, release or
destroy any abandoned animal, bird or reptile.
Section 42. Disposition of Unlicensed Animals, Birds or
Reptiles. Any impounded animal, bird or reptile may be redeemed upon
payment of the license fee, impound fees, care and feeding charges and
upon proof of rabies vaccination. If the owner is known, he shall be
immediately notified that his animal, bird or reptile has been impounded.
If such animal, bird or reptile is not redeemed within five (5) days, it
shall be deemed abandoned and shall become the property of the City.
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Section 43. Permission to Remove from Pound, No person
shall remove, cause to be removed or attempt to remove any animal, bird
or reptile which is impounded in the City pound without first obtaining
the consent of the Animal Control Officer to do so.
Section 44. Taking Possession of Animals - Notification.
No person shall take the possession of any animal, bird or reptile found
running at large in the City, without notifying the Police Department
within four (4) hours after receiving possession, giving full
description of the animal and the address of the place where the animal
may be found. Such person shall, upon request of the Police Department,
surrender such animal, bird or reptile to same.
Section 45. Noisy Animals. No person shall keep,
maintain, or permit on any lot or parcel of land under his control, any
animal, bird or reptile which by any sound or cry disturbs the peace
and comfort of the inhabitants of any neighborhood, or interferes with
any person in the reasonable and comfortable enjoyment of life or
property.
Section 46. Vicious Animals. A vicious animal shall
mean any animal which has bitten a person or animal without provocation,
or which menaces, attempts to bite or attack any person or animal
without provocation, or which habitually does any other act which
reasonably endangers the health or safety of any person or which habitually
injures or destroys property.
Section 47. Restraint of Vicious Animals. Whenever an
animal suspected of being vicious is reported, the circumstances shall
be investigated and if it is found that such animal has done any of the
acts or shown a disposition or propensity to do any of the acts declared
in this section to constitute a vicious animal, the owner or harborer shall
be notified in writing stating all of the facts and circumstances. The
owner or harborer shall be ordered to keep such animal within a substantial
enclosure or securely attached to a chain or any other type of control
which the Police Chief may deem adequate under the circumstances. if
such restraint is impossible or impracticable, the animal shall be
impounded until the owner or harborer is able to comply with the Police
Chief's order. If the owner or harborer fails to provide adequate
restraint or control of said animal as ordered by the Police Chief
within a reasonable time, such owner or harborer shall be liable to
prosecution for violation of this section and the animal, bird or reptile
shall be subject to summary destruction.
Section 48. Beware of Dog Notice. Whenever the Police
Chief receives a report of a vicious dog, he may order the owner to post
and keep posted upon the premises where such dog is kept under restraint
as herein provided, a notice containing the words "BEWARE OF DOG."
Each letter of said notice shall be not less than two (2) inches in
height and the notice will be displayed in plain and conspicuous view.
Failure to obey such order in any respect shall render such owner
liable to prosecution for violation of this section and shall render
such vicious dog subject to summary destruction.
Section 49. Duty to Report Bites and Scratches by
Species Subject to Rabies. Any person having knowledge of anyone having
been bitten or scratched by an animal of a species subject to rabies
(all warm blooded animals) shall immediately notify the Costa Mesa
Police Department.
Section 50. Rabies Impoundment and Quarantine. The
Animal Control Officer is hereby empowered to enter upon any private
property where any animal is kept, which animal is alleged to have
bitten any person or animal,to inspect or seize and impound such animal
for a period prescribed by State law or by the Health Officer, and
may, in lieu of impounding said animal require the owner thereof, by
a notice in writing personally served upon such owner, to quarantine
said animal for such period. The Animal Control Officer shall
immediately quarantine any animal infected with or believed to be
infected with rabies.
Section 51. Notification of Health Officer. The
Animal Control Officer shall promptly notify the City Health Officer
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of the location and description of the animal having or suspected of
having rabies, and shall supply the City Health Officer with the names
and addresses of the persons who have been bitten, scratched or had
other contact with said animal.
Section 52. Place of Quarantine. The Animal Control
Officer shall determine the place of quarantine. The place may be on
the premises of the owner of such animal, at a commercial kennel,
veterinary kennel or hospital or City pound. The owner of any animal
placed in quarantine by the Animal Control Officer shall be liable
for all costs incurred in the quarantine of such animal. No owner
of any dog or animal in quarantine shall permit quarantined animals to be
at large. No owner or person, either by himself or through his agent,
shall remove any animal from quarantine from any place in which said
animal has been quarantined without the consent of the Animal Control
Officer and the Health Officer.
Section 53. Destruction of Rabid Animals. If, upon
examination, the City Health Officer shall determine that any animal
is afflicted with rabies, he may cause such animal to be immediately
destroyed; provided, however, when any animal shall be known to have
bitten, scratched or otherwise is believed to have exposed any person
or animal to rabies, such animal shall be quarantined for such period of
time as may be prescribed by State law or by the Health Officer.
Section 54. Nuisances Committed by Animals, Birds
or Reptiles. It shall be unlawful for the owner or person having
charge, custody or control of any animal, bird or reptile to permit,
either willfully or through failure to exercise due care or control,
any such animal, bird or reptile to commit any nuisance by leaving its
droppings and to allow said droppings to thereafter remain on any
public sidewalk, public park or any other public property or on any
improved private property other than that of the owner or person who has
custody or control of such animal, bird or reptile provided, however,
that the foregoing shall not apply to street gutters.
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• Section 55. Liability of Officers. Neither the City nor
any of its officers, employees, or agents shall be liable for any
injury suffered or disease contracted by any animal while being
captured, seized, transported or impounded pursuant to these sections.
Section 56. Interfering with Officer. No person shall
interfere with, oppose or resist the Animal Control Officer in the
performance of his duties.
Section 57. Penalty for Violation. Any firm, person,
corporation violating any part of the provisions of these sections
shall be deemed guilty. of a misdemeanor pursuant to Section 1115 Costa
Mesa Municipal Code.
Section 58. Severability. If any section, subsection,
sentence, clause, phrase, or portion of this Ordinance is for any
reason held to be invalid or unconstitutional by the decision of any
court of competent jurisdictions, such decision shall not affect the
validity of the remaining portions of this Ordinance. The City Council
of the City of Costa Mesa hereby declares that it would have adopted
this Ordinance and each section, subsection, sentence, clause, phrase
or portion thereof, irrespective of the fact that any one or more
sections, subsections, clauses, phrases or portions be declared invalid
or unconstitutional.
Section 59. Urgency Ordinance. This measure is passed
and adopted as an urgency Ordinance, and the reasons for the urgency
are as follows: The County of Orange presently provides animal control
services for the City of Costa Mesa on a contractual arrangement and
this contract expires December 26, 1972; through normal ordinance
adoption procedures, the earliest date which this animal regulation
ordinance becomes effective would be February 1, 1973, and the City would
be without jurisdiction over rabid and vicious animals during the four
week period from December 27, 1972, to February 1, 1973; as a result, this
ordinance regulating animals must be in effect December 27, 1972 immediately
upon the expiration of the County contract to provide a continuity of animal.
regulation for the protection of Costa Mesa's health, safety and welfare
against rabid and vicious animals.
PASSED AND ADOPTED this 18th day of December, 1972.
Mayo o t e ty of Costa Mesa
ATTEST:
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C ty C erc of tie LAty of Cos lesa
STATE OF CALIFORNIA )
COUNTY OF ORANGE ) SS
CITY OF COSTA MESA )
I, EILEEN P. PHINNEY, City Clerk and ex -officio Clerk of the
City Council of the City of Costa Mesa, hereby certify that the above
and foregoing Ordinance No. 72-48 was introduced and considered
section by section at a regular meeting of said City Council held on the
18th day of December, 1972, and thereafter passed and adopted as a
whole at a regular meeting of said City Council held on the 18th day
of December, 1972, by the following roll call vote:
AYES COUNCILMEN: Hammett, Jordan, Pinkley, Wilson, Raciti
NOES COUNCILMEN: None
ABSENT COUNCILMEN: None
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereby set my hand and affixed the
Seal of the City of Costa Mesa this 19th day of December, 1972.
1*i y LjerK an ex-o� to er it
City Council of the City o�Mesa
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L—
STATE OF CALIFORNIA)
COUNTY OF ORANGE ) SS.
CITY OF COSTA MESA)
1 am a citizen of the United States and a resident of the
County aforesaid; I am over the age of eighteen years, and
not a party to or interested in the below entitled matter. I
am a principal clerk of the ORANGE COAST DAILY PILOT,
a newspaper of general circulation, printed and published
in the City of Costa Mesa, County of Orange, State of Cal.
ifornia, and 1 certify that City Ordinance Number (SEE R—VERSE SIDE)
72-118
of which the copy attached hereto is a true and complete
copy, was printed and published in the regular issue(s) of
said newspaper o. December 26,1972 .
I declare, under penalty of perjury, that the foregoing
is true and corred.
Executed on December 26 197A
at Costa Mesa, California.
Is e�etaal
STATE OF CALIFORNIA )
COUNTY OF ORANGE ) SS.
CITY OF COSTA MESA )
I, EILEEN P. PHINNEY, City Clerk of the City of Costa Mesa and ex-offido Clerk of the City Council
of the City of Costa Mesa, hereby certify that Ordinance No 72-48 was Introduced and cm-
sidered, sedion by section, at a regular meeting of the City Council of the City of Costa Mesa, held on the
18th day of December 197? and thereafter passed and adopted as a whole
at a regular meeting of said City Council held on the 18th day aF December 1972
by the following roll -call vote:
AYES: COUNCILMEN .Hammett, Jordan, Pinkley, Wilson, Raciti
NOES: COUNCILMEN -None
ABSENT. COUNCILMEN -None
I FURTHER CERTIFY that said Ordinance No. 72-48was published in the ORANGE COAST
DAILY PILOT, a newspaper of general circulation, printed and published in the City of Costa Mesa, on the
26th aay of December 197 2,
City Clerk and ox -officio Clark of the CoiPCouncil
of the City of Costa Mesa
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