HomeMy WebLinkAbout2012/09/25 Item 02 Additional Information - Municipal Code Title 6 Animals
MUNICIPAL CODE
TITLE 6, ANIMALS
CITY OF CHULA VISTA
ANIMAL CARE FACILITY STATISTICS
Annual Average Over Past Four Years
IntakeEuthanasia
Dogs2,500700
Cats2,6001,630
Recommended changes to:
Update the code
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Reduce animal intakes at the
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Chula Vista Animal Care Facility
Stakeholder participation
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UPDATES:
1. Expand definition section
2. Kenneling requirements
3. Barking dog and dangerous dog
regulations and procedures
Intake Reduction
Recommendations:
1. Education on responsible pet ownership
High school students
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Pet owners
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2. Microchipping
Mandatory on first impound
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Sponsor low/no cost microchip programs for
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low-income residents
3. Spay/Neutering
Increase impound fees for intact cats and dogs
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Increase licensing fees for intact dogs
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Establish Spay Neuter Incentive Program
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(SNIP)
$75, Spay/Neuter
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Vaccinations, Microchip
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One year license
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Mandatory spay neuter on second impound
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Animal care facility manager can waive for
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extraordinary circumstances
4. Pet Sellers
Anyone selling more than 2 pets in 12 months
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Must comply with kenneling requirements
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Prohibit pet selling in public right-of-way
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5. Regulations
Provide flexibility in pet limits
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Establish fine for leash regulation violation
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6. Fees and Fines
Recommend changes to be incorporated in
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next master fee schedule update
7. Monitor Results Quarterly
In addition, the owner of any boa or python
6.04.070 Wild animals prohibited -Hawks and
species (Family Boidae) attaining an adult
falcons excepted when -Other exceptions.
weight of over fifteen (15) pounds or an overall
length of over three and one half (3 ½ feet),
No person shall possess or maintain within the
and the owner of any monitor lizard species
jurisdiction of the ordinance codified in this
(Family Varanidae) that attain an adult weight
Section any animal which is not normally
of over ten (10) pounds or an adult overall
domesticated in the United States, including,
length over three (3) feet, shall keep these
but not limited to, any lion, tiger, bear,
animals in cages or enclosures of such size
nonhuman primate (monkey, chimpanzee, and construction as to preclude the possibility
of escape and at the same time permit the
etc.), wolf, cougar, ocelot, wildcat, skunk,
animals reasonable freedom of movement. If
venomous reptile, birds attaining an adult
these animals are maintained in such a
weight of over fifteen (15) pounds, rodents
manner, and the owner complies with all
attaining an adult weight of over ten (10)
federal, state and local laws or regulations
pounds, any crocodilian (Order Crocodilia), all
affecting such animals, it will not be
boa and python species (Family Boidae)
considered a “wild animal” subject to this
attaining an adult weight of over fifteen (15)
Section. However, any failure to maintain a
pounds or an adult overall length of over three
boa or python or monitor lizard species in the
and one-half (3-1/2) feet, and all monitor lizard above manner could subject the owner to a
dangerous animal abatement proceeding as
species (Family Varanidae) that attain an adult
authorized by this Chapter.
weight of over ten (10) pounds or an adult
overall length over three (3) feet, irrespective
The sale, possession for sale, importation or
of its actual or asserted state of docility,
breeding of a wild animal is absolutely
tameness or domesticity. Such an animal shall
prohibited. This Section does not apply to
be referred to as a "wild animal."
birds, small rodents or small nonpoisonous
non-venomous reptiles commonly used for
educational or experimental purposes or for
pets.
6.24.130 Entering food establishments
prohibited
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It is unlawful for any person owning, having an
interest in, harboring or having the care, charge,
control, custody or possession of any dog to suffer,
allow or permit such dog to enter any restaurant,
grocery store, milk depot, fruit or vegetable market,
meat market, or any other place of business in the
City where food or foodstuffs of any character used
for human consumption is manufactured, sold,
served or handled; provided, however, that this shall
not apply to seeing eye dogs. service animals.
(Ord. 1706 §1, 1976.)
Service animal
means any dog that is
individually trained to do work or perform tasks
for the benefit of an individual with a disability,
including a physical, sensory, psychiatric,
intellectual, or other mental disability. Other
species of animals, whether wild or domestic,
trained or untrained, are not service animals
for the purposes of this definition.
6.30.040 Pet housing requirements for pet sellers.
Pet sellers who house dogs and cats for sale in the
City of Chula Vista must comply with the following
sections:
6.08.100 A-D, G-J and L-M, 6.08.101, 6.08.102, 6.08.103,
6.08.107, 6.08.111, 6.08.120 and 6.08.130