Ordinance - 1170ORDINANCE NO. 1170
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
WEST COVINA AMENDING SECTION 4300 OF, AND ADDING
SECTION 4300.2 TO THE WEST COVINA MUNICIPAL CODE
• RELATING TO ANIMALS.
The City Council of the City of West Covina does ordain
as follows:
SECTION 1. Section 4300 of the West Covina Municipal
Code is amended to read:
read:
"4300. KEEPING OF CERTAIN ANIMALS PROHIBITED.
No person shall keep, possess, maintain, raise, harbor
or liberate within the City any of the following:
a Any wild and dangerous animal;
b Any venomous or poisonous snake or reptile;
c Any hogs, pigs, or swine.
This section shall not apply to the transportation of any
such animal, snake or reptile through the City, provided
adequate and secure safeguards are taken to prevent the
escape thereof and to protect the public nor shall this
section apply to any circus, show or temporary event
involving the exhibition of such animals, snakes or
reptiles while the same is legally located and permitted
within the city.
Other types of animals, birds and pets shall be subject
to the regulations of this Chapter and the Zoning Chapter
of this Code.
SECTION 2. Section 4300.2 is added to said Code to
It 4300.2 KEEPING OF WILD BUT NOT DANGEROUS ANIMALS.
(a) A person may keep, possess or maintain not to exceed
two wild but not dangerous animals within the City if a
permit is obtained from the Chief of Police.
(b) A written application for permit to keep a wild but
not dangerous animal within the City shall be filed with
the Chief of Police and shall be accompanied by a permit
fee of $25.00. The application shall set forth and include
the following:
(1) A complete description and any identifying
marks of the wild animal;
N3) A recent color photograph of the wild animal;
A complete description of and a plot plan
showing the location and the facilities to be used to
insure the keeping of the wild animal in a safe, secure
and humane manner.
(4) Written consent to the keeping of the wild
animal from all owners or residents of property within
a 150 foot radius of the property upon which the wild
animal will be kept.
(c) The Chief of Police may issue the permit applied
for if he finds the following:
(1) The wild animal will be kept in a safe, secure
and humane manner, without endangering the safety of any
person or property.
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(2) The location of the facilities for the keeping
of the wild animal is such that any odors eminating
therefrom will not be offensive or annoying to the
occupants of neighboring property.
(3) A determination has been made by the Humane
• Society that the wild animal is not dangerous.
(d) As a condition of the granting of the permit the
Chief of Police may require that the wild animal be
properly caged or tethered and may attach such other
conditions to the permit as he deems necessary to protect
the safety of the persons and property within the City.
(e) The Chief of Police may revoke the permit for the
following:
(1) The violation of any provision of this
Chapter.
(2) The violation of any of the conditions or
regulations made a part of the permit.
(3) A determination by the Humane Society that
the wild animal is or may become dangerous or has
dangerous propensities.
(f) The permit shall be valid for one year from its
date. It may be renewed only upon the filing of a
new application accompanied by the permit fee.
If the application pis denied, 50% of the permit fee
shall be refunded.
SECTION 3. The City Clerk shall certify to the adoption
of this Ordinance and shall cause a copy of same to be published
in accordance with law.
ATTEST:
ADOPTED this 28thday of June , 1971.
Mayor
C erk
I HEREBY CERTIFY that the foregoing Ordinance No. 1170
was duly and regularly introduced and placed upon its first reading
at a regular meeting of the City Council of the City of West Covina
on the 14thday of June , 1971, and that thereafter, said
Ordinance was duly and regularly adopted at a regular meeting of the
City Council on the 2 8thday of June , 1971, by the following vote:
AYES: Councilmen Shearer, Nichols, Young, Lloyd, Chappell
NOES: Councilmen None
ABSENT: Councilmen None
I FURTHER CERTIFY that said Ordinance was thereupon signed by
the Mayor of the City of West Covina.
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APPROVED AS TO FORM:
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