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1'i~ ORDINANCE N0,
2~ii ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF SAN BERNARDINO AMENAING ORDINANCE ~
NO. 821; AND PROVIDING FOR THE. ADMINISTRATION AND ENFORCEMENT OF j
31 SAID ORDINANCE RELATING TO ANIMALS AND FOWLS BY THE. DEPARTMENT
OF ANIMAL AND PARKING CONTROL.
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I THE MAYOR AND COMMON COUNCIL OF THE CITY. OF SAN BERNARDINO
5~ DO ORDAIN AS FOLLOWS:
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61; SECTION 1. Ordinance No. 821 Section 520 is hereby amended
7! to read as follows:
8;1 "Section 520. That no license to own or harbor a dog, as
9y` herein provided, shall be issued except upon an application in
10~ writing to authorized employees. of said City setting forth the
11 name and address of the owner or possessor of the dog and a
12 brief description of the dog."
13 SECTION 2. Ordinance No. 821 Section 521 is hereby amended
14 to read as follows:
15 "Section 521. Authorized employees of said City, upon the
16 receipt of such .application and the license fee aforesaid, shall
17 issue and deliver to such owner or possessor a license certifying
1g the payment of the license .fee, and setting forth the name and
1g address of the applicant and a brief description of the dog, j
20 and the number allotted to such dog, and upon receipt of the. I
21 requisite fees, shall deliver to the applicant a tag which shall
22 set forth the. date of the license, and the number allotted to
23 such dog, which tag shall at all times be affixed to the collar,
24 harness or other article worn by such dog; provided, however,
25 that no license for a doq shall be issued. unless the owner shall
26 have paid the license fee required therefor and shall have
27 exhibited to authorized employees of said City a certificate. of
28 the vaccination of the dog signed by a duly licensed veterinarian."
29 SECTION 3. Ordinance No. 82I Section 522 is hereby amended
30 to read as follows:
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"Section 522. Every dog found running at large for which a
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ll!i license shall not have been issued, or which shall not bear a
2~~1 tag as herein provided, shall be impounded by authorized employee
3; of said City for a period of seventy-two (72) hours, and in the
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4'~~ event the. owner or possessor of such dog shall. not, on or before
5I the. expiration of said period, call for and claim said dog, and
6 pay the license fee therefor, obtain a tag therefor, and pay
7 the sum required by the schedule set forth in Section 530 of
8 this ordinance, said dog shall be disposed of by authorized
9 employees of said City."
10 SECTION 4. Ordinance No. 821 Section 524 is hereby amended
11 to read as follows:
12 "Section 524. Authorized employees of said City, the County
13 Health Officer and all peace officers shall have the right to
14 enter upon any private property for the purpose of ascertaining
15 whether any dog or dogs are kept or harbored in violation of
16 the provisions hereof, or whether any dog is afflicted with rabie
17 or hydrophobia."
lg SECTION 5. Ordinance No. 821 Section 525 is hereby amended
19 to read as follows:
20 "Section 525. The Mayor and Common Council may by order
21 require the muzzling and vaccination, or either, of any dogs
22 owned or harbored within the City, and may specify the period
23 of time during which such dog shall be so muzzled, and any dogs
24 running at large which shall not be vaccinated, or which shall
25 not be muzzled, pursuant to such order, shall be forthwith put
26 to death by authorized employees of said City."
27 SECTION 6. Ordinance No. 821 Section 527 is hereby amended
2g to read as follows:
2g "Section 527. No person owning or having charge, custody,
30 control, or possession of any vicious or dangerous dog or animal
31 shall permit it to run at large, or to run loose or unrestrained
32 in the City of San Bernardino. The fact that said dog or animal
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l,! has bitten any person shall be prima facie evidence that it is a
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2~I vicious or dangerous animal.
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31 Each person who owns or has charge, custody, control, or
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4'~ possession of a vicious or dangerous dog or animal shall. cause it
5'~` at all times to be .leashed, tied securely to a stationary object,
6 or confined with a fenced or enclosed area, provided that notice
7 in writing to this effect has first been mailed to said person
8 by the. authorized employees. of said City. After such notice, any
9 person who violates and is convicted under. the provisions of this
10 Section shall be punished by a fine of not less than Fifty ($50.00)
11 dollars not more than Five Hundred ($.500.00) dollars or by im-
12 prisonment of not .less than one day nor more than six months or by
13 both such fine .and imprisonment."
14 SECTION 7. Ordinance No. 821 Section 528 is hereby amended
15 to read as follows.:
16 "Section 528. Each vicious or dangerous dog or animal found
17 running at large shall be impounded by authorized employees of
lg said City for a period of seventy-two hours, and in the event the
19 owner or possessor of such dog or animal shall not,. on or before
2p the expiration of said period, call for and claim said dog or
21 animal, paying the sum of Five '($5.00) dollars for each. day that
22 the dog or animal shall be impounded, said dog or animal shall be
23 put to death by authorized employees of said City."
24 I HEREBY CERTIFY that the. foregoing ordinance was duly
25 adopted by the Mayor and Common Council of the City of San Ber-
26 nardino at a ~-c /~c ~d meeting thereof held on the
27 day of mot,„ L~°L , 1A72, by the .following
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The foregoing. o8dinance is hereby approved this day
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of c1,21 1972.
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Approved as to form:
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