Glenn County Municipal Code Art. II Prohibited Actions And Practices

• 8.04.075 Prohibited Actions

• 8.04.080 Taking Up Stray Animals--Regulation

It is unlawful within the unincorporated areas of the county for any person owning, harboring or controlling any animal to:

1. Abandon the animal in any unincorporated area of this county.

2. Permit the animal to run at large.

3. Permit the animal to trespass on public or private property.

4. Permit the animal to damage or destroy anything of value thereon, or to commit a nuisance thereon.

5. Keep the animal when they know, or should know, that the animal is vicious.

6. Permit the animal to threaten the safety of any person or animal.

7. Permit a female dog which is in heat or estrus to be accessible to other dogs who are at large.

8. Permit any animal to trespass on any lands whereon livestock or domestic fowl are kept.

9. Permit any animal to worry or harass livestock or domestic fowl.

10. Permit an animal to be staked or tied on any street, public or private, or other public place, or upon any private property where the animal could reach or threaten other animals, children or adults.

11. Permit an animal to be staked or tied on any street, public or private, or other public place, or upon any private property with the consent of the owner or occupant thereof; provided, that this provision shall only be enforced upon complaint of an interested party.

12. Refuse to display the animal to the animal control officer upon his or her reasonable request, together with a current license tag for such animal if such is required by this chapter.

13. Refuse to obey the conditions of a lawfully imposed quarantine.

14. In the case of a dog required to be licensed pursuant to this chapter, permit to remain attached to the dog a license issued by the county or any other county or city in the state for the current or immediately preceding year when the license was not issued for that particular dog.

15. Permit any animal to be at large or be pastured or kept on any street or other public place or on private property against the wishes of the owner or occupant.

16. Permit any animal to do any other act or thing which would in any manner or place result in injury to any person or the owner or occupant of any real or personal property.

17. Keep or harbor any dog or other animal whether licensed or not, which by habitual howling, yelping, barking or other noise disturbs or annoys any number of persons or any neighborhood. (Ord. 1269 § 10, 2018; Ord 1141, 2001 Ord. 646 § A (part), 1976.)

Any person who finds any animal which has strayed or is running at large upon his or her own property or any other place contrary to the provisions of this chapter may take possession of and hold the same, provided, however, that he or she shall be obligated to notify the animal control officer or any deputy animal control officer, or any deputy sheriff of the fact that he or she has such animal in his or her possession within six hours after securing possession thereof, and give such officer full information in regard to the same, and surrender the same to the animal control officer upon demand. The taker-up shall provide adequate and proper care in conformance with the provisions of Section 597f of the Penal Code. (Ord. 1269 § 10, 2018; Ord. 1194 § 3 (part), 2007; Ord. 646 § A (part), 1976.)