Ordinance - 1479ORDINANCE NO. 1479
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE
CITY OF WEST COVINA, CALIFORNIA, AMENDING
THE WEST COVINA MUNICIPAL CODE BY THE
ADDITION OF SUBSECTION (c) TO SUBSECTION
. 6-3 PERTAINING TO ATTACK DOGS
The City Council of the City of West Covina, California
does ordain as follows:
SECTION I. Section 6-3 of the West Covina Municipal
Code is hereby amended by the addition of subsection (c) to
read as follows:
(c) Not withstanding any other provisions of the Code,
no person owning or having charge, care, custody,
or control of any dog which has been trained to
attack persons, or animals, shall cause, permit or
allow the same to be, or run at large, whether on a
leash or not, upon any private property or premises,
including those of the person owning or having charge,
care, or custody of such dogs except within such
portion of such property or premises which are enclosed
by a structure, fence or oidll not less than six feet
in height. All gates or door openings through such
enclosures shall be equipped with a self -closing and
self -latching device designed to keep, and capable
of keeping, such door or gate securely closed at
all times, when not in actual use. Such latching
device must be located not less than four feet ten
inches above the ground, provided, however that
the door of any dwelling occupied by human beings
and forming any part of the enclosure hereinabove
required, need not be so equipped.
SECTION 2. The City Clerk shall certify to the
passage of this ordinance and shall cause the same to be
published as required by law.
PASSED AND APPROVED THIS 23rd day of JUNE, 1980.
ATTEST:
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4P City Clerk
STATE OF CALIFORNIA )
COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES ) ss
CITY OF WEST COVINA )
I,' HELENE -M. MOONEY, City Clerk of the City of West
Covina., California., do hereby certify that the foregoing Ordinance
• No. 1479 was regularlyintroduced and placed -upon its._f.irst rea.ding
at a. -regular meeting .of the- City Council on the 9th day of
,June, 1980.. That, thereafter, sa.id ordinance wa.s duly adopted
and passed .at .a. regular meeting of the City Council on the 23rd
day. 'of June, 1980, by the following vote, , to wit
AYES: Councilmen: Tennant, Tice, Chappell, Shearer, Browne
NOES: Councilmen: NONE
ABSENT: Councilmen: NONE
CITY CLERK'
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APPROVED AS TO FORM:
CITY ATTORNEY.
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C ii; R ,r I F ICAT ION
State of California. )
County of Los Angeles ) ss .
City of west Covina. )
I, JANET BERRY, Deputy City Clerk of the City of
West Covina., State of California, do hereby certify
that a true and accurate copy of Ordinance No. IX $ Z
was published, pursuant to law,. in the west Covina.
Tribune, a. newspaper of general circulation published
and circulated in the City of west Covina..
Ja.96t Berry, Deputy/City Clerk
Ci y of west Covi , California
Dated