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(i) PEKSON: Any person, individual, firm, partnership, corporation, company, society, or association, and every officer, agent, or employee thereof. (j) PREMISES: A parcel of land. (k) QUARANTINE: The isolation of any animal within a substantial enclosure to avoid its contact with other animals or un- authorized persons. (1) RUNNING AT LARGE: Free of restraint beyond the boundaries of the premises of the owner or custodian. (m) UNLICENSED DOG: Any dog for which the license tags have not been purchased for the current fiscal year, or any dog on which a current license tag is not attached as provided for in this Chapter. (n) VACCINATION: A protective innoculation against rabies with an anti-rabic vaccine recognized and approved by the Orange County Health Department. (o) VICIOUS ANIMAL: Any animal which has bitten or broken the skin of, or in any manner attached or attempted to attack any person other than its owner within the City of Santa Ana; provided, however, that no animal which bites or breaks the skin of, or attacks, or attempts to attack any person unlawfully upon its owner's or keeper's premises, or which is provoked to attack, shall be deemed a vicious animal. (p) VETERINARIAN: A practitioner of veterinary medicine who holds a valid license to practice his profession. (q) VETERINARY CLINIC: Any establishment operated by a licensed veterinarian to provide dental, medical, or surgical treat- ment, and care for animals or birds on an out-patient basis. (r) VETERINARY HOSPITAL: An establishment, operated by a licensed veterinarian, which provides clinical facilities for housing animals or birds for dental, medical, or surgical treatment. A veterinary hospital may be adjacent to or in conjunction with, or as an integral part of pens, stalls, cages or kennels for quarantine or observation. (s) WILD ANIMAL: Any animal, reptile or fowl which is not naturally tame or gentle, but is of a wild nature or disposition or which is known to be vicious and which must be kept in confinement to be brought within the immedi- ate power of the owner. Sec. 5-2. Administration of Ordinance. The Animal Control Man of the City of Santa Ana shall be responsible for the administration of this Chapter. Sec. 5-3. Authority. (a) The Animal Control Man is hereby authorized and directed to enter upon any premises for the purpose of inspecting the same to ascertain if any provision of this Chapter, or any law of the State of California relating to the care, treatment, control, and prevention of cruelty to animals, is being violated. (b) The Animal Control Man is hereby authorized, and it is declared to be his duty, to go upon unenclosed lots or lands for the purpose of taking up and into his custody for impounding any animal found estray or running at large thereon or chained, staked, herded, or grazed thereon contrary to the provisions of this Chapter. -2-