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AN ORDIkIANCE OF THE CITv 07 "TEST COVINA
P'.;OVIDING FOR THE RESTRAINT AND SAFE
KEELING OF ANITHIALS.
The City Council of the City of ,:rest Covina
does ordain as follows:
Section 1. Every person, firm, or corporation,
who is the owner or having the care, custody, or
control of any co,nl, dog,; goat, horse, ox,. poultry,
rabbits or any other rodent, sheep, swine, or any
wild animal, shall keep the same upon premises under
the control of such person, firm or corporation,.
restrained by a fence , cage, coop, chain, leash or
other adequate means so that the said animal shall
riot leave the premises upon which he shall be kept.
,Section 2.. Any coin), dog, goat, horse, ox, or
sheep may be off the premises of their ckwner or
custodian or premises under their control, if the
animal be under the control and supervision of a
competent person, and, furthermore, if it be restrained
by a chain, rein, or leash of sufficient strength
to prevent the escape of the animal. Such chain,
rein, or leash, skull not exceed six feet in length.
Section 3. No v,rild animal shall be exhibited
in public or kept as herein provided until the o�-lner
or person having; the care, custody or control thereof
shall have obtained from the Chief of Police a permit
so to do. The Chief of Police shall not issue a
permit for the. keeping or exhibiting of a wild animal
until he shall have caused an investigation to be made
to ascertain what precaution shall be reasonably,
necessary to protect the public health, safety and
general welfare.
The Chief of Police shall require that reasonable
precaution be taken to protect the general health,
• safety and krielfare and in addition thereto, he shall
require an identification mark to b e tatooed on the
lip of such wild animal before he shall issue a permit.
The Chief of Police shall beep a record of all the
permits, the marks of identification, and location
of the wild animal, and the name of the owner thereof.
Section 4. Any animal running at large or which
shall not be restrained as 1^erein provided, or any
wild anir�ial not kept as pursuant to permit, shall be
impounded by the Chief of 'Police or someone designated
by him and kept at a suitable pound by hire, for a
period of 72 hours, !within which time if the ov:,nership
of the animal is proven and the oviner calls for it
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of the sum of $10.00 as the cost of the impounding acid in
addition thereto the cost of maintenance at the rate
of '1..00 per day.
If the ownership of the animal is not proven
within 72 hours, teen such animal, whether domestic or
wild, shall be destroyed in a humane mar_ner under the
direction of the Chief of Police, but the Chief of
Police may give or sell to any person any unredeemed
animal that he would by this ordinance be authorized
to destroy. Dogs are specifically excepted from the
provision of this :section 4 and the provisions of
Section 6 Ordinance 171 of the City of West Covina
shall be applicable as to the impounding of dogs.
Section 5. Nothing herein set forth shall require
that the (Ihi of of Police impound any dan erous beast
or wild animal or prevent the destruction thereof in
order to protect the public health, safety or ,:�,e:neral
welfare.
Section 6. It shall be unlawful for an,,,! person
to interfere with or oppose or resist the Chief of
Police or any of his officers, or his deputy, while
engaged in the ;performance of the duties pertaining
to the enforcement of this ordinance.
. Section 7. Any person, firm or corporation violatinE;
any of the provisions of this ordinance shall be
deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction
thereof shall be punishable by a fine of not less than
two dollars nor more than one hundred dollars, or by
imprisonment in the city jail for a period of not
less than one (1) day nor more than fifty (50) days,
or by both such fine and imprisonment. Each such
person, firm or corporation shall be deemed LJ;uilty
of a separate offense for every day during any portion
of which any violation of any provisions of this
ordinance is committed, continued or permitted by such
person?, firm or corporation, and shall be punishable
therefor as provided by this ordinance.
Section 8. The City Clerk shall certify to the
passage of this ordinance and the same shall take
j effect 30 days from the date of its adoption, and
f prior to 15 days after its passage it shall be posted
with names of the members voting for and a ainst the
same, in three places within the City, in the manner
required by the laws and ordinances of the City of
"pest Covina.
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Attest:
City Clerk
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STATE OF CALIFORNIA )
COUNTY OF LOS ;ANGELES ) SS4
CITY OF ff-HEST COVINA )
I, C.C. TOL,AND, City Clerk of the City of 'JVest
Covina, do hereby certify that the foregoing Ordinance.
l � 3 was adopted' by the City Council of the
City of 'Nest�vina at the regular meeting of the Board
on the / Af _day of June, 1950, and signed by the
Mayor of said City, and that said Ordinance was adopted
by the following votes:
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NOES
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STATE OF CALIFORNIA
COUN77 OF LOS A.T GELES
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C.C. TOLAND, City I erk..
C.C. TOLAND, being; by me first duly sworn, deposes
and says:
That he is the City Clerk for the City of !�Iest
Covina, California, and a citizen of the United States„
and ovpT the age of 21 ,rears; that on the _/0--Z;�-day
of , 1950, he posted three copies of
Ordinance i�___ /F -1 of the City of 1,1est Covina, entitle(I",IN"N ORDIT�A TCE O^1 Hi CITj-' OIF ry + ST COVINA PROVIDING FOR
THE RESTRAINT AND SAFE :KEEPING OF ANIMALS" in three
public places in said City to tvit: One at the Police
Office, 361 1,ffest Garvey Blvd.,• one in front of the ;nest
Covina. School Fzouse and one at the Northwest corner of
Puente Street and Lark Ellen Flvd.
CITY CLER
Subscribed and sworn to before me
this day of 11950.
Notary Public in and for the County
of Los Angeles, State of California
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