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(c) The Animal Control Man and his deputies are designated as the employees of the City of Santa Ana charged with the duty to enforce the provisions of this Chapter, and are authorized to issue citations for violations of said provisions in accordance with Section 836.5 of the Penal Code of the State of California. Sec. 5-4. Bird Sanctuary. The City of Santa Ana is designated a bird sanctuary and signs bearing the legend "SANTA ANA IS A BIRD SANCTUARY" shall be placed at appropriate locations at or near the city limits at principal entrances to the City. No person shall shoot any species of wild birds within the City and no person shall molest or damage the nest or the eggs of any wild birds within the City. It shall be unlawful for any person to willfully kill any song bird, or to molest or damage the nest of such bird. However,if the City Council, the Chief of Police, or the Animal Control Man shall determine that starlings or other birds have become so numerous in any particular location or area as to be a public nuisance or for any other reason have become a public nuisance or a menace to health or property, said fact may be declared and the birds involved may be destroyed or otherwise controlled. Sec. 5-5. Bees Prohibited. No person shall keep any hive or swarm of honey bees or any other kind of wasp or bee within the City, except by special permit in an A-1 (General Agricultural) District. Sec. 5-6. Permit Required for Large Number of Fowl, etc. (a) NO person shall keep more than twenty-five (25) in number of any fowl, bird, rabbit, rodent, or combination thereof within the City of Santa Ana unless a special permit shall be issued therefor by the City Council, subject to the rules or regulations provided in this Section. (b) Any person maintaining more than twenty-five (25) in number of fowl, rabbits, birds, or combination thereof shall be subject to the following rules and regulations: (1) All buildings, pens, runs, or other places where such animals are kept shall be located at least fifty feet (50') from any residence, the owner's excepted. (2) The floors of every such building shall be smooth and tight and maintained so as to prevent accumulation of filth or waker. (3) The floor area of every such building where fowl are given free run shall be of sufficient area so as to allow for two and one-half (2 1/2) square feet per fowl. (4) All dead animals, manure, refuse, feathers, and other waste matter shall be removed within a reasonable time, not to exceed forty-eight (48) hoursl or kept in fly-tight containers until such removal. ~'~(5) If runs are provided and the formation of ground therefor is such that it cannot be kept in a clean and sanitary condition at all times as required by the State or local health department, the floor of said runs or pens shall be constructed of cement, said cement to be laid so as to prevent rodents from entering thereunder. -3-