Glenn County Municipal Code Art. VIII Miscellaneous

8.04.530 Wild, Exotic Or Non-Domestic Animals In Captivity

8.04.540 Trapping Wild Animals 8.04.550 Disposal Of Dead Animals 8.04.560 Dead Animals On Public Property

8.04.570 Teasing Animals Prohibited--Exception

8.04.580 Obstructing An Officer Unlawful

8.04.590 Violation--Penalty 8.04.600 Contracts With Cities

8.04.610 Revenue--Animal Control Fund

8.04.620 Animal Adoption Spay/Neuter Deposit Fund

1. No person shall have, keep, maintain, sell, trade or let for hire any wild, exotic, dangerous or non domestic animal without first applying to and receiving special authorization from the animal control officer. The animal control officer shall not grant such authorization until the applicant demonstrates compliance with Chapter 2 (commencing with Section 2116) of Division 3 of the California Fish and Game Code. The keeping or maintaining of such animals shall also conform to the appropriate zoning code.

2. The animal control officer may authorize the keeping or maintaining of any nondomestic, wild, exotic or dangerous animal when any such animal may be kept or maintained without endangering the safety of any person or property; provided, however, that the animal control officer may require any such animal to be properly caged, tethered or restrained, and he or she may make such additional requirements that may be necessary and proper under the circumstances. He or she may revoke such authorization when, in his or her opinion, the safety of any person or property is endangered by the keeping of any such animal.

3. The provisions of this section shall not be applicable to licensed circuses, carnivals, zoos, or other collection of wild animals under jurisdiction of a city, county, state or federal government. (Ord. 1269 § 10, 2018; Ord. 829 § 1, 1985; Ord. 646 § A (part), 1976.)

1. No person shall trap or capture wild animals of a species subject to rabies within the unincorporated areas of this county for the purpose of selling the animal alive for profit unless the person files first with the animal control officer and the health officer a complete statement of such contemplated activities and thereafter complies with such rules and regulations relating to rabies control as may be prescribed by the animal control officer. Such person shall also comply with any and all state laws applicable to the trapping and possession of wild animals.

2. Wild animals shall be either returned to their natural habitat or destroyed in the discretion of the animal control officer, but no disposition thereof shall be in violation of any law of this state providing for the protection or regulation of wild animals. (Ord. 646 § A (part), 1976.)

1. When any dog or other animal or fowl owned by or in the custody or control of any person dies in the county, such person shall within a reasonable time period provide for the burial, incineration or other disposition of the body of such dead animal or fowl in a safe and sanitary manner.

2. Upon learning that the body of a dead animal located within the county has not been disposed of in a safe and sanitary manner or upon the request of the person in charge of such body, the animal control officer may upon payment of the prescribed fee dispose of the body immediately.

3. The animal control officer shall collect a fee as provided in the fee schedule adopted by resolution of the board of supervisors to defray the costs incidental to removal and disposal of bodies of animals. The owner or person in charge of any dead animal shall pay the fee. (Ord. 1099 § V (part), 1998; Ord. 646 § A (part), 1976.)

1. The animal control officer shall not be required to move and dispose of the bodies of dead animals, wild or domestic, on state or interstate highways or on state or federal property within the county.

2. The animal control officer may remove and dispose of the remains of dead animals on city-owned property pursuant to agreement between the county and the city concerned.

3. The animal control officer shall remove and dispose of the remains of dead animals on county-owned property.

4. The actual costs incurred by the animal control officer in removing and disposing of remains of dead animals pursuant to this section shall be recovered pursuant to contract between the county and any public agency on whose behalf the county provides such services, or, in the case of other dead animals, such costs shall be charged against the owner or keeper of the animal, if known. (Ord. 1045 § 9 (Part), 1994; Ord. 646 § A (part), 1976.)

No person, except a peace officer or animal control officer in the performance of his or her duty, shall tease any animal. No parent shall allow or knowingly permit a minor child to incite any animal to vicious acts or to tease any animal. (Ord. 1269 § 10, 2018; Ord. 646 § A (part), 1976.)

It is unlawful for any person to resist, hinder or obstruct the animal control officer or the health officer or any of their deputies in the exercise of their duties as imposed by this chapter. (Ord. 646 § A (part), 1976.)

1. A violation of any regulatory or prohibitory provision of this chapter is an infraction, unless any provision of law establishes the violation as a misdemeanor, or the district attorney files a complaint charging the violation as a misdemeanor.

2. Every person who violates or causes a violation of a particular regulatory or prohibitory provision of this chapter three or more times is guilty of a misdemeanor for the third or subsequent violation of that provision during any twelve month period.

3. A separate offense is committed for each and every transaction, event or occurrence in violation of any regulatory or prohibitory provision of this chapter. A separate offense is committed for each and every day or part of a day during which any such violation is caused, committed, continued or permitted. Each offense is punishable separately from every other offense. (Ord. 1045 § 10 (part), 1994; Ord. 646 § A (part), 1976.)

1. The board of supervisors may enter into a joint exercise of powers agreement with any incorporated city in this county whereby such services as are provided by this chapter to the unincorporated areas of the county may be rendered and extended to the incorporated city.

2. The board of supervisors may contract with a city within the county for performance of the city's animal control or rabies control function, or both, pursuant to Chapter 1 (commencing with Section 51300) of Part 2 of Division 1 of Title 5 of the Government Code.

3. Any agreement entered into pursuant to subsection A or B shall include, at a minimum, a description of the services to be provided by county officers and employees acting on behalf of the contracting city (including the licensing of dogs pursuant to this chapter), a provision for the amount, manner and timing of payment of compensation to the county, and provisions for adequate notice to be given by the county or contracting city for any termination of the agreement.

4. If a city that contracts with the county for services under this section adopts by ordinance all or part of this chapter by reference, the animal control officer shall enforce those provisions within the city to same extent as those provision are enforced in the unincorporated area of the county, unless the contract provides for a different level of service. (Ord. 1045 § 11 (part), 1994; Ord. 646 § A (part), 1976.)

1. All fees for the issuance of dog license tags and all times collected pursuant to this chapter shall be paid into the county treasury and shall constitute a fund to be known as the "animal control fund" which shall be used to:

   1. Pay costs for the issuance of dog license tags;

   2. Pay fees, salary costs, expenses or any or all of them for the enforcement of this chapter;

   3. Pay damages to owners of livestock which are killed by dogs pursuant to the provisions of Sections 30653 through 30655 of the Agricultural Code;

   4. Pay costs of any hospitalization or emergency care of animals pursuant of Section 597 (f) of the Penal Code.

2. At the end of each fiscal year, the surplus, if any, in the animal control fund not needed for the regulatory program shall be transferred to the general fund of the county; provided, however, that such surplus accumulates incidentally to the regulatory program, that the fees imposed are not disproportionate to the requirements of the program, and that a sufficient sum remains in the fund to carry out adequately the regulatory needs, including indemnifying owners of livestock killed by dogs. (Ord. 646 § A (part), 1976.)

All fees for the placement of animals in bona fide homes made from an animal shelter within the county shall be paid into the county treasury and shall constitute a fund to be known as the "Animal Adoption Spay/Neuter Deposit Fund," which shall be used as follows:

1. Upon proof of the spaying or neutering of the adopted animal within a period of 60 days from the date of adoption of the animal is over six months of age, or within six months from the date of adoption, if the animal is under six months of age, the adoption fee shall be refunded to the person who originally paid the fee pursuant to Food & Agricultural Code §§ 30503 and 31751.

2. Upon expiration of the 60 days or six month period specified in subdivision (A) without a claim for a refund, the adoption deposit fees shall remain in said fund so as to accumulate an adequate reserve for specific uses as required under Food & Agricultural Code §§ 30503 and 31751.

3. Animals already spayed or neutered at the time of adoption shall be without charge, but receipt of the transaction will be recorded. (Ord. 1021 § 3 (Part) 1992; Ord. 968 § 1 (part), 1990; Ord. 646 § A (part), 1976.)

HISTORY

Amended by Ord. 1321 on 12/13/2022