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' ORDINANCE N0. 1792
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF CHULA VISTA AMENDING
CHAPTER 6. 04 OF THE CHULA VISTA PIUNICIPAL CODE
BY ANIENDING SECTION 6. 04 . 070 RELATING TO WILD ANIMALS
The City Council of the City of Chula Vista does ordain
as follows: '
SECTION I: That Chapter 6 . 04 of the Chula Vista Municipal
Code be, and the same is hereby amended by amending Section 6 . 04. 070
thereof to read as follows :
Sec. 6 . 04 . 070 Wild Animals Prohibited - Hawks
and Falcons Excepted when - Other
Exceptions,
No person shall possess or maintain within the juris-
diction of this ordinance any animal which is not
normally domesticated in the United States including,
but not limited to any lion, tiger, bear, non-human
primate (monkey, chimpanzee, etc. ) , wolf, cougar,
ocelot, wildcat, skunk, or venemous snake irrespective
of its actual or asserted state of docility, tameness ,
or domesticity. Such an animal shall be referred to
as a "wild animal" . The sale, possession for sale,
importation or breeding of a wild animal is absolutely
prohibited. This section does not apply to birds, small
rodents , or small non-poisonous reptiles commonly used
for educational or experimental purposes or for pets.
This section shall not apply to legally operated
zoos or circuses or to recognized institutions of
, learning or scientific research unless the Chief of
Police shall give forty-eight (48) hours advance notice
that by reason of inadequate caging or other means of
, protection of the public from such animals, or by the
ineffectiveness of sanitation measures or by a par-
ticular hazard connected with the animal or animals
involved, the public health and welfare will be en-
dangered. It is further provided that certain
raptorial birds or birds of prey such as hawks and
falcons may be maintained in the city by licensed
falconers who may acquire a gualified ownership of such
birds of prey for the practice of falconry by complying
with Fish and Game Commission rules and regulations.
SECTION II: This ordinance shall take effect and be in
full force and effect on the thirty-first day after its adoption,
Presented and,Approu, ed as to £orm by
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George D. Lin erg, City Attorney
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ADOPTED AND APPROVED 8Y THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
CHULA VISTA, CALIFORNIA, this ZBth dQy pf blarch
197 8 , by the following vote, to—wit: �
AYES� Councilmen Scott, Egdahl, Hobel, Cox, Hyde
NAYES� Cauncilmen �one
ABSTAIN: Councilmen �One
ABSENT: Councilmen �one
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Mayor of ihe City of Chula Vista
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ATTEST
City C erk
STATE OF CALIFORNIA )
COUNTY OF SAN DIEGO ) ss.
CITY OF CHULA VISTA )
I, JENNIE M. FULASZ, CMC, CITY CLERK of the City of Chula Vista, California,
DO HEREBY CERTIFY that ihe above and foregoing is a full, irue and correct copy of
,and that the same has not been amendedor repealed.
DATED �
(seal) City Clerk
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CC-660