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ORDINANCE NO. NS-l?65 PAGE TWO (c) NO person owning, keeping or harboring any un- spayed female dog shall permit such dog to be at large, be led on a leash, or tied or maintained at any place that is not securely fenced in a manner to keep out all other dogs while such female dog is in heat or breeding condition. Every female dog kept in violation hereof is declared to be a public nuisance and may be taken up, impounded, and delivered to the county pound and there released or disposed of as provided for in this article. The provision for impounding shall be in addition to any punish- ment for the violation of this subsection. (d) Any person violating the provisions of subsection (c) of this section shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and, upon conviction thereof shall be punishable as follows: By a minimum fine of fifty dollars ($50.00), except that upon a second conviction within one year of a prior conviction for violation of said subsection, punishment shall be a minimum fine of not less than one hundred dollars ($100.00). SECTION 3: 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 or competent jurisdiction, such decision shall not affect the validity of the remaining portions of this Ordinance. The City Council of the City of Santa Ana 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 for more sections, subsections, sentences, clauses, phrases, or portions be declared invalid or uncon- stitutional. SECTION 4: Neither the adoption of this Ordinance nor the repeal hereby of any ordinance shall in any manner affect the prosecution for violation of ordinances, which violations were committed prior to the effective date hereof, nor be construed as affecting any of the provisions of such ordinance relating