HomeMy WebLinkAboutNS-815ORDINANCE NS-815 AMENDING SECTIONS 4118. AND
4118.1 OF THE SANTA ANA MUNICIPAL CODE
REGULATING KENNELS
THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SANTA ANA DOES ORDAIN AS
FOLLOWS:
SECTION 1: That Part 1, Chapter 1 of Article IV of the Santa
Aha Municipal Code is hereby amended by amending Section 4118. and
Section 4118.1 to read in words and figures as follows:
SECTION 4118. Kennels, Fees.
A license fee is hereby levied on all kennels in the City
which contain more than three (3) dogs. A kennel containing
only three (3) dogs shall obtain a license and pay the tax
therefor on each of said dogs individually. The kennel license
fees are fixed as follows:
(a) For kennels containing more than three (3) but less
than eleven (11) dogs, the sum of $10.00 per year or
fraction thereof.
(b) For kennels containing eleven (11) and less than
twenty (20) dogs, the sum of $20.00 per year or
fraction thereof.
(c) For kennels containing more than twenty (20) dogs, the
sum of $1.00 per dog per year or fraction thereof.
SECTION 4118.1. Kennels, Requirements.
Ail pens must be securely enclosed with a wire fence not less
than six feet in height. All houses for sleeping must have a
floor elevated at least six inches above ground level, must have
a cement floor, must be tight against the elements, except for
the entrance, and must comply with the requirements of the
Building Code. At least 100 square feet of securely fenced run
area must be provided for each dog.
No person shall allow the runs to become a nuisance in any
manner and all dog fertilizer and food scraps must be cleaned up
and removed at least once each day. All barking or howling dogs
shall be kept in an enclosed room with insulated walls to prevent
the travel of sound at an objectionable level from the kennel
building.
No kennel which contains or is designed to contain more than
twenty (20) dogs shall be established or licensed when any part
of the kennel buildings or runs are closer than 500 feet to any
building used for human habitation, and no such kennel shall be
maintained or continued in existence or operation when any
building used for human habitation exists within 300 feet of any
part of the kennel buildings or runs, unless the number of dogs
contained therein is reduced to cc~ply with the paragraphs
hereinbelow in this Seqtion set out.
No kennel which contains or is designed to contain at least
four (4) but not more than nineteen (19) dogs shall be established
or licensed if any part of the kennel buildings or runs are
closer than 300 feet to any building used for human habitation,
and no such kennel shall be maintained or continued in existence
or operation when any building used for human habitation exists
within 200 feet of any part of the kennel buildings or runs.
No kennel shall be established, licensed, or maintained in
existence which contains only three (3) dogs when any part of the
kennel buildings or runs is closer than 200 feet to any building
used for human habitation.
The residence of the kennel operator or owner shall not be
deemed a building used for human habitation within the language
of this Section.
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SECTION 2: That this Ordinance shall take effect thirty days
from and after the date of its adoption.
PASSED AND ADOPTED by the City Council of the City of Santa
Ana at its regular meeting held on the 16%h day of Au6us% , 1965.
ATTEST:
CLERK OF THE COUNCIL
VICE MAYOR
STATE OF CALIFORNIA)
COUNTY OF ORANGE ) SS
CITY OF SANTA ANA )
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 of
said City held on the 2nd day of August , 1965, and was again
considered by said Council at its regular meeting held on the 16%h
day of Au~us% , 1965, and was at said meeting regularly passed
and adopted by the following vote, to wit:
AYES,
NOES,
ABSENT,
COUNCILMEN:
COUNCILMEN:
COUNCILMEN:
Brooks, Burk, Herrin, Markel, McMichael,
Gilmore
None
Harvey
CLERK OF THE COUNCIL
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