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(b) Water Requirements. tt shall be unlawful for any person to keep, house, or maintain any dog on any premises within the City of Santa Ana unless the dog has access at all times to clean and fresh drinking water. (1) If the water is in a container, this container shall be designed, secured, placed and maintained in a manner that prevents tipping and spilling of the water. (2) Water containers shall be kept clean and sanitary, out of the sun, and shall be emptied and refilled regularly with fresh water. (c) Feeding Requirements. It shall be unlawful for any person to keep, house, or maintain any dog on any premises within the City of Santa Ana without providing food daily to maintain proper body weight and good general health. The food shall be: (1) Free from contamination. (2) Wholesome, palatable, and of sufficient quality, quantity, and nutritive value to meet the normal daily requirements for the age, size, and breed of the dog. (3) Easily accessible to the dog; (4) Maintained in a sanitary condition; (d) Tethering Requirements. It shall be unlawful for any person to tether, fasten, chain, tie, restrain or cause a dog to be fastened, chained, tied or restrained to a house, tree, garage, stake, fence, or other object except in circumstances where all of the following requirements are met: (1) The tethering, fastening, chaining, tying, and restraining is not accomplished by means of using a choke type of collar; (2) The tethering, fastening, chaining, tying or restraining does not last longer than is reasonably necessary for the person to complete a temporary task; (3) The length of the tether or implement used to restrain the dog is not less than three (3) times the length of the dog's body measured from the tip of the dog's nose to the end of the dog's tail; (4) The tether or implement used to restrain the dog is free from entanglement; (5) The dog has access to water, food, and shelter as described in this section; (6) The dog is monitored periodically. (e) Exceptions. These provisions of this section shall not apply to the following: (1) Government agencies; (2) Non-profit animal rescue organizations exempt from taxation under Internal Revenue Code Section 501(c)(3); (3) Humane societies or societies for the prevention of cruelty to animals if incorporated under the provisions of the California Corporations Code Section 10400 and the Nonprofit Public Benefit Corporation Law in Part 2 of the California Corporations Code, beginning at Section 5110; or (4) Permitted dog or cat shows. Ordinance No. NS-2754 Page 5 of 7