HomeMy WebLinkAboutNS-517ORDINANCE NO. NS-517 AMENDING SECTION 4115 OF THE
SANTA ANA MUNICIPAL CODE TO PROHIBIT DOGS RUNNING
AT LARGE WITHIN THE CITY OF SANTA ANA
THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SANTA ANA DOES ORDAIN AS
FOLLOWS:
SECTION 1. That Section 4115. of the Santa Ana Municipal Code
is hereby amended to read as follows:
"Section 4115. Doqs Runninq at Larqe Prohibited - Penalty.
(a) No person owning, keeping or harboring any dog shall
permit such dog to be on any public street or other public
place in the City except when such dog is wearing a collar
and current license tag and is secured to and controlled by
the person in charge of such dog by a leash of sufficient
strength to support at least 40 pounds dead weight and having
a length of not more than 8 feet, or permit such dog to tres-
pass or be upon the private property of any other person
without the consent of such other person.
(b) Any person violating any of the provisions of Section
4115. (a) shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon
conviction thereof, shall be punishable as follows: By a
fine of $5.00, except that upon a second conviction within
one year of a prior conviction for violation of said sub-
section (a) punishment shall be a fine of not less than $15.00
nor more than $50.00= however, the maximum fines herein pro-
vided shall not apply to any person allowing a vicious dog
to run at large after such person has been notified by the
Animal Control Man, by written notice following the biting of
a human being, to keep said dog at all times restrained as
provided for in Section 4117.1.
(c) No person owning, keeping or harboring any unspayed
female dog shall permit such dog to run 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, and every
female dog kept in violation hereof is declared to be a public
nuisance and may be taken up, impounded and delivered to the
Orange County Pound and there be released or disposed of as
provided for in this Part. The provision for impounding shall
be in addition to any punishment for the violation of this
subsection (c).
SECTION 2. This Ordinance shall take effect thirty days from
and after the date of its adoption.
PASSED AND ADOPTED by the City Council of the City of Santa
Ana at its regular meeting held on the l~%h day of Ma~ , 1961.
ATTEST:
OF ~HE 'r~0UNC IL
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STATE OF CALIFORNIA)
COUNTY OF OP~%NGE ) SS
CITY 0F SANTA ANA )
I, MARION SUTTNER, do hereby certify that I am the Clerk of
the Council of the City of Santa Ana, California; that the foregoing
Ordinance was regularly introduced at its regular meeting held on
the ls% day of May , 1961, and was again considered by said
Council at its regular meeting held on the 15%h day of May ,
1961, and was at said meeting regularly passed and adopted by said
Council by the following vote, to-wit:
AYES, COUNCILMEN: Henry H. Schlue%er~ Bob Brewer~ A. A. Hall
NOES,
ABSENT,
COUNCILMEN: Royal E. Hubbard~ Dale H. Heinly
COUNCILMEN: None
CLERK OF T~E COUNCIL
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