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(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 shall not exceed three (3) hours in any twenty-four (24) hour period; (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) Leaving in unattended vehicle. It shall be unlawful for any person to leave any animal in any standing or parked vehicle in such a way to endanger the animal's health, safety or welfare. An animal control officer or police officer is authorized to use reasonable force to remove the animal from the vehicle whenever it appears that the animal's health, safety or welfare is or will be endangered if the owner of the vehicle cannot be located after reasonable attempts. The animal shall be taken to the shelter or to a veterinarian if the animal is in distress. A written notice bearing the name of the officer removing the animal, a telephone number where the officer can be contracted, and the location where the animal may be claimed by the owner shall be attached to the vehicle. Any person violating this section shall bear the full cost and expense incurred by the city in Ordinance No. NS-2818 Page 9 of 11