HomeMy WebLinkAboutNS-922ORDINANCE NS-922 AM_ENDING THE SANTA ANA MUNICIPAL
CODE BY AMENDING SECTION 4124.1 OF PART 2, CHAPTER 1,
ARTICLE IV THEREOF TO REGULATE THE KEEPING OF WILD
ANIMALS WITHIN THE CITY OF SANTA ANA
THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SANTA ANA DOES ORDAIN AS
FOLLOWS:
SECTION 1: That Section 4124.1 of Part 2, Chapter 1,
Article IV of the Santa Ana Municipal Code is hereby amended to
read in words and figures as follows:
SECTION 4124.1. Wild Animals Not Permitted in City: Exceptions.
It shall be unlawful for any person to keep or maintain, or
cause to be kept or maintained, within the City of Santa Ana
any wild animal as described in Section 4124, except that the
following wild animals may be kept or maintained: canaries,
chinchillas, chipmunks, cockateels, finches, gopher snakes,
guinea pigs, hamsters, king snakes, marmoset monkeys, parrots
and like birds, squirrel monkeys, turtles, tropical fish (except
caribee), white mice, and white rats. Said excepted animals'are
found not to pre~ent threats to human life 6r health.
The provisions of this Section shall not prohibit the keeping
or maintaining of the following wild animals within the City of
Santa Ana:
(1) Wild animals in zoos or museums--any wild animals which
are kept confined in zoos, museums, or any other place
where they are kept as live specimens for the public to
view.
(2) Wild animals in circuses, carnivals, exhibits or shows--
any wild animals which are kept and confined and placed
on exhibit in a circus, carnival, or any other type of
exhibit or show.
(3) Wild animals in bona fide, licensed veterinary hospitals
for treatment.
Dangerous or poisonous reptiles may be maintained by bona fide
educational institutions for the purpose of instruction provided
such reptiles are securely confined and are properly cared for in
a manner satisfactory to the Chief of Police.
SECTION 2: That this Ordinance shall take effect thirty days
from and after the date of its adoption.
ATTEST:
CLERK OF THE COUNCIL
PASSED AND ADOPTED by the City Council of the City of Santa
Ana at its regular meeting held on the 1st day of July, 1968.
STATE OF CALIFORNIA)
COUNTY OF ORANGE )
CITY OF SANTA ANA )
SS
I, DORIS M. BROWN, do hereby certify that I am the Clerk of
the Council of the City of Santa Ana, California; that the foregoing
Ordinance was introduced at a regular meeting of the City Council
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