Ordinance - 982ORDINANCE NO. 982
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
WEST COVINA AMENDING CERTAIN SECTIONS OF THE
ZONING CHAPTER OF THE WEST COVINA MUNICIPAL CODE
RELATING TO PIGEONS. (AMENDMENT NO. 76)
The City Council of the City of West Covina does ordain as
• follows:
SECTION 1. The City Council does hereby find, determine and
declare that the following amendments were duly initiated, that notice
of hearings thereon was duly given and published, that public hearings
thereon were duly held by the Planning Commission and City Council, and
that the public convenience and necessity and the general welfare require
that the following amendments be made.
SECTION 2. Section 9203 (d) 2 of the West Covina Municipal
Code is hereby amended to read as follows:
"2. Poultry and pigeons, provided not more than 24 birds
are maintained on any lot or parcel, except that a maximum of 60
domestic homing pigeons as defined by the American Pigeon Racing
Union may be kept on any lot or parcel."
SECTION 3. Section 9203 (d) 5 of the West Covina Municipal
Code is hereby amended to read as follows:
"5. Poultry and animals, except household pets and domestic
homing pigeons as above defined, shall not be kept or maintained
within fifty feet of any dwelling or building used for human
habitation, nor shall any pen, coop, stable, barn or corral be
• maintained within forty feet of any portion of adjoining property,
except that pens, coops or lofts for domestic homing pigeons as
above defined may be kept or maintained not closer than 35 feet
from any dwelling or building used for human habitation and not
closer than 5 feet from any rear property line or 2 feet from any
side property line."
SECTION 4. Section 9204 (d) 2 of the West Covina Municipal
'Code is hereby amended to read as follows:
"2. Poultry, hens only, pigeons, rabbits, chinchillas,
hamsters, and other small animals, all raised for domestic non-
commercial use provided not more than twenty-four of such animals
or birds may be maintained on a site, except that a maximum of
60 domestic homing pigeons as defined by the American Pigeon
Racing Union may be kept on any one site."
SECTION 5. Section 9204 (d) 4 of the West Covina Municipal
Code is hereby amended to read as follows:
"4. Poultry and animals, except household pets and domestic
homing pigeons as above defined, shall not be kept or maintained
within fifty feet of any dwelling or building used for human habi-
tation, nor shall any pen, coop, stable, barn or corral be main-
tained within forty feet of any portion of adjoining property,
except that pens, coops or lofts for domestic homing pigeons as
• above defined may be kept or maintained not closer than 35 feet
from any dwelling or building used for human habitation and not
closer than 5 feet from any rear property line or 2 feet from any
side property line."
SECTION 6. The City Clerk shall certify to the passage of
this ordinance and cause the same to be published as required by law.
Passed and approved this 14t'i day of N,oveml4g , 1966.
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STATE OF CALIFORNIA )
COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES ) SS
CITY OF WEST COVINA )
I, ROBERT FLOTTEN, City Clerk of the City of West Covina,
do hereby certify that the foregoing Ordinance No. 982 was regularly
introduced and placed upon its first reading at a regular meeting of
the City Council on the 24th day of October, 1966. That, thereafter,
said ordinance was duly adopted and passed at a regular meeting of the
City Council on the 14th day of November, 1966, by the following vote,
to wit:
AYES: Councilmen Gillum, Nichols, Gleckman, Mayor Krieger
NOES: None
ABSENT: Councilman Snyder
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City Clerk