HomeMy WebLinkAboutORD NO 3496ORDINANCE NO. 349~
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING SECTION
6.04.010 ANDADDING SECTION 6.04.035
TO THE BAKERSFIELD MUNICIPAL CODE
RELATING TOANIMALCONTROL OFFICEi~S.
BE IT ORDAINED by the Council of the City of Bakersfield
as follows:
SECTION 1.
Section 6.04.010 of the Bakersfield Municipal Code is
hereby amended to read as follows:
6.04.010 Definitions.
When used in this chapter, the following terms shall have
the meaning specified in this section unless a different meaning
clearly appears from the context:
A. "Animal control officer" means any officer employed
to enforce the provisions of this title by the organization which,
by contract with the city, is responsible for the operation of a
public pound, the licensing of animals and the impounding of such
animals within the city. "Animal control officer" includes license
collectors.
B. "Dog"
irrespective of age.
includes both male and female dogs,
C. "Dog kennel" means any lot, building, structure,
enclosure or premises where more than three dogs at least twelve
weeks of age are kept, boarded or trained, or where any dogs are
kept for the purpose of breeding or sale, excepting therefrom
licensed veterinary hospitals.
D. "Health officer" means the executive director of the
organization which, by contract with the city, has the
responsibility of an animal control officer in charge of a public
pound, the licensing of animals and the impounding of such animals
within the city.
E. "License collector" means the person authorized by
the city to collect a license fee for owning and maintaining a dog
or dogs.
F. "Vicious dog" means only a dog which has been
previously determined to be vicious by the health officer pursuant
to the authority vested in him by the provisions of Section
6.04.110.
SECTION 2.
Section 6.04.035 is hereby added to the Bakersfield
Municipal Code to read as follows:
6.04.035 Duties of animal control officers.
It shall be the duty of the animal control officers of
the city to enforce the provisions of this title under the
direction of the health officer. Pursuant to the provisions of
California Penal Code section 836.5, any animal control officer of
the city may enforce the provisions of this title and may arrest a
person without a warrant whenever that officer or employee has
reasonable cause to believe that the person to be arrested has
committed an infraction or misdemeanor in his presence which is a
violation of any of the provisions of this title. An animal
control officer making an arrest under the authority of this
section shall follow the citation-release procedures prescribed in
Chapter 5C, Title 3, Part 2 of the California Penal Code (Sections
853.5, et seq.) or such procedure hereafter enacted by the State of
California.
SECTION 3.
This Ordinance shall be posted in accordance with the
Bakersfield Municipal Code and shall become effective thirty (30)
days from and after the date of its passage.
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ORIGINAL
I ~EREBY CERTIFY that the foregoing Ordinance was passed
and adopted by the Council of the City of Bakersfield at a regular
meeting thereof held on ~OV ~ R ~q~ , by the following vote:
AYES; COUNCILMEMBERS: ~ DeMaND SMITH BRUNNI, PETERSON, McDERMOi'r, SALVAOGIO
NOES; COUNCtLMEMBERS /~' .~' '~
ABSENT COUNCILMEMBERS
A~STAIN COUNCILMEMBERS
Council of the City of Bakersfield
the
APPROVED _~0¥ ~ 8 1992
CLARENCE E.
MAYOR of the City of Bakersfield
APPROVED as to form:
CITY ATTORNEY of the City of Bakersfield
LCM/meg
SPCA.O-1
11/9/92
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ORIGINAL
AFFIDAVIT OF POSTING DOCUMENTS
STATE OF CALIFORNIA)
County of Kern)
CAROL WILLIAMS,
That she is the
of Bakersfield;
Being duly sworn, deposes and says:
duly appointed, acting and qualified City Clerk
and that on the 24th day of ~ovember
posted on the Bulletin Board at City Hall, a fu]l, true
Ordinance No.
a meeting held on the
the following:
City Council at
and entitled:
of the City
, 19 9~ she
and correct copy of
3496 , passed by the Bakersfield
18th day of November , 19 92,
NSAOPD
/s/ CAROL WILLIAMS
CITY CLERK of the City of Bakersfield
DEPUTY C~ty