A. 
It shall be the duty of any person having knowledge of the whereabouts of an animal showing symptoms of rabies or acting in a manner which would lead to a reasonable suspicion that it may have rabies, to report that fact immediately to the Health Officer, the Environmental Health Division of Sutter County, or Animal Control Services with full information about the animal.
B. 
It shall be the duty of any person having knowledge of any person or animal that has been bitten by a rabid or suspected rabid animal, to report the incident immediately to the Health Officer, the Environmental Health Division, or Animal Control Services with full information about the incident.
C. 
When either the Environmental Health Division, or Animal Control Services is notified pursuant to subsection A or B of this section, the information shall be reported immediately to the Health Officer and thereafter any directions from the Health Officer regarding the control of disease or other quarantine of any animals, or any other directions shall be carried out by Animal Control Services.
(Ord. 474 § 1, 2003)
A. 
When rabies are suspected the Health Officer shall make or cause an inspection or examination of such animal to be made by a licensed veterinarian until the existence or nonexistence of rabies in such animal is established by such veterinarian. Such animal shall be kept isolated in a shelter, veterinary hospital, or other adequate facility in a manner approved by the Health Officer, and shall not be killed or released for at least 10 days after the onset of symptoms suggestive of rabies, after which time such animal may be released by the Health Officer.
B. 
Upon presentation. of proper credentials, duly authorized representatives of the Health Officer or Community Services Director, or any peace officer, may enter at reasonable times upon any premises where any dog or other animal is kept, or believed by him or her to be kept, for the purposes of taking up, seizing, or impounding any dog or other animal, for the purposes of ascertaining whether such dog or other animal is afflicted or infected with rabies or other contagious disease.
(Ord. 474 § 1, 2003)
If rabies is known to exist within an area, the Health Officer may establish a rabies quarantine and shall define the boundaries of the quarantine area and specify the animals subject to quarantine, and all such animals within the quarantined area shall be kept in strict confinement upon the private premises of the owner, keeper, or harborer at all times until the quarantine is terminated by the Health Officer.
(Ord. 474 § 1, 2003)
No person shall violate, after notice, any order of the Health Officer concerning the isolation or quarantine of an animal, or species subject to rabies, that has bitten or otherwise exposed a person to rabies; nor, after such order, fail to produce such animal upon demand of the Health Officer of his or her duly authorized representative.
(Ord. 474 § 1, 2003)
Any rabid animal, clinically suspected rabid animal, or biting animal shall be isolated in strict confinement as follows:
A. 
In the Sutter County Animal Shelter, a veterinary hospital, or other adequate facility, under proper care and under the observation of a licensed veterinarian, in a manner approved by the Health Officer, and shall not be killed or released for at least 10 days after the onset of symptoms suggestive of rabies.
B. 
At the discretion of the Health Officer, in a place and manner approved by the Health Officer and observed for at least 14 days (or 10 days for dogs and cats) after the day of infliction of the bite. As an alternative to the 10-day isolation of dogs and cats, dogs or cats which have been isolated in strict confinement in a veterinary hospital or other adequate facility, in a manner approved by the Health Officer, under proper care and under observation of a licensed veterinarian may be released from isolation by the Health Officer after five days of veterinary observation if upon conducting a thorough physical examination on the fifth day or more after the infliction of the bite, the observing veterinarian certifies that there are no clinical signs or symptoms of any disease. Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions, the Health Officer may authorize, with the permission of the owner and other legal requirements permitting, the euthanasia of a biting animal for the purpose of laboratory examination for rabies using the florescent rabies antibody (FRA) test in an approved public health laboratory.
(Ord. 474 § 1, 2003)
Any animal of a species subject to rabies which has been bitten by a known rabid or suspected rabid animal, or has been in intimate contact with a rabid or suspected rabid animal shall be quarantined in a place or manner approved by the Health Officer, for a period of six months, or destroyed after 10 days from the onset of symptoms, with the exception that the following alternatives are permitted in the case of dogs and cats:
A. 
If a dog over one year of age has been vaccinated against rabies within 36 months, but not less than 30 days, with a rabies vaccine of a type approved by the State Department of Health Services for a maximum immunity duration of at least 36 months, the dog may be revaccinated immediately (within 48 hours) in a manner prescribed by the State Department of Health Services and quarantined in a place and manner approved by the Health Officer for a period of 30 days following revaccination.
B. 
If a dog under one year of age has been vaccinated against rabies within 12 months but not less than 30 days with a rabies vaccine of a type approved by the State Department of Health Services, the dog may be revaccinated immediately (within 48 hours) in a manner prescribed by the State Department of Health Services and quarantined in a place and a manner approved by the Health Officer for a period of 30 days.
(Ord. 474 § 1, 2003)
It is unlawful for any person owning, harboring, or having the care, custody, or possession of any dog to keep or maintain such dog in any place in the City of Live Oak, unless such dog has been vaccinated as provided herein.
A. 
The vaccination of dogs four months of age or older is required and shall beheld a requisite to licensing. Completion of the licensing procedure consists of issuance of a license tag bearing the license data and shall be carried out only after presentation of a current valid official vaccination certificate. Vaccination certificates shall show all of the following:
1. 
The name, address and telephone number of the dog's owner or custodian;
2. 
The description of the dog, including breed, color, age and sex;
3. 
The date of immunization;
4. 
The expiration date of the vaccination;
5. 
The type of rabies vaccine administered;
6. 
The name of the manufacturer; and the number of the vaccine used.
B. 
Vaccination certificates shall bear the signature of the veterinarian administering the vaccine or a signature authorized by him or her, and in addition such certificate shall be legibly stamped, printed, or typed with his or her name, address and telephone number, with the exception that at dog vaccination clinics conducted pursuant to State of California Health and Safety Code Section 1920(f), vaccination certificates approved by the Health Officer may be used provided that the specific clinic is identified upon the vaccination certificate and records are maintained containing the information specified under subsection (A)(5) and (6).
C. 
Every duly licensed veterinarian, after vaccinating any dog, shall immediately present the original certificate to the owner or harborer of the dog, and shall deliver the duplicate copy of the certificate to Animal Control Services, and shall retain the triplicate copy thereof.
D. 
No person who owns or harbors any dog shall fail or refuse to exhibit the certificate required by this section upon demand of any person charged with its enforcement.
(Ord. 474 § 1, 2003)
Dogs shall be considered to be properly vaccinated when injected at four months of age or older with an approved canine rabies vaccine and revaccinated in accordance with the following conditions:
A. 
Primary Vaccination. Primary vaccination shall be defined as the initial inoculation of an approved canine rabies vaccine administered to young dogs between the ages of four to 12 months.
B. 
Revaccination. Dogs shall be revaccinated one year (12 months) after the primary vaccination with an approved type of rabies vaccine. Dogs receiving vaccination after primary vaccination or any dog receiving its initial rabies vaccination over 12 months of age shall be revaccinated thereafter at least once every three years (36 months) with an approved type of rabies vaccine.
(Ord. 474 § 1, 2003)
If any rabid animal, clinically suspected rabid animal or biting animal dies or has been killed, adequate brain specimens shall be obtained and examined in a public health laboratory approved by the State Department of Health. No person shall destroy or allow to be destroyed the brain of an animal of a species subject to rabies that has bitten or otherwise exposed a person before the destruction of such brain has been authorized by the Health Officer.
(Ord. 474 § 1, 2003)
A. 
Except as provided in Section 6.04.370, any person who owns, harbors, keeps, or controls any dog over the age of four months shall obtain a dog license from the City of Live Oak. The license shall be obtained not later than either 30 days after the dog attains the age of four months or 30 days after the dog is first brought into the City of Live Oak. Dog licenses may be issued for a term of one, two, or three years at the option of the owner, subject to compliance with Sections 6.04.260 and 6.04.270.
B. 
Animal Control Services shall not license any dog until it has been vaccinated with a State-approved vaccine, by injection or other method approved by the Health Officer, and the owner or person in possession of said dog submits a certificate of vaccination for such dog. In no instance shall a dog license be issued for a period beyond the date upon which revaccination expires.
(Ord. 474 § 1, 2003)
License fees shall be established by the City Council by resolution. Except as provided in Section 6.04.360, each dog license shall be issued upon payment of all required fees and penalties, and upon compliance with all conditions required for the issuance of a dog license. Each dog license shall expire on the expiration date of the antirabies vaccination required pursuant to Sections 6.04.260 and 6.04.270 (or similar enactment of another jurisdiction). The resolution adopted by the City Council shall specify that:
A. 
If the license applicant presents a certificate from a licensed veterinarian demonstrating that the dog has been neutered or spayed, the fee for the license shall be reduced by one-half or more.
B. 
Upon presentation of adequate documentation showing that the owner or custodian is 60 years of age or older, the fee for the license shall be reduced by one-half or more.
C. 
These reductions are cumulative. The fee for a neutered or spayed dog owned or in the custody of a person over the age of 60 shall be one-fourth the normal fee or less.
(Ord. 474 § 1, 2003)
In the event the owner or person having custody of a dog fails to obtain a license, or fails to renew a license within 30 days after its expiration date, he or she shall pay a penalty, established by the City Council by resolution, which shall be applicable to all owners or persons having custody regardless of age and whether the dog is spayed or neutered.
(Ord. 474 § 1, 2003)
A. 
Animal Control Services shall be the issuing authority for dog licenses. Upon payment of the license fee pursuant to Section 6.04.300, and upon presentation of a valid vaccination certificate pursuant to Sections 6.04.260 and 6.04.270, there shall be issued a license certificate showing the following:
1. 
The name, address and telephone number of the dog's owner or custodian;
2. 
The description of the dog, including breed, color, age, and sex;
3. 
The expiration date of the vaccination;
4. 
The name of the veterinarian administering the vaccine; and the number of the vaccine used.
Such certificate shall be delivered to the person paying such license fee and one copy shall be retained by Animal Control Services. Animal Control Services shall at the same time issue and deliver to the person receiving such a certificate a tag of such form and design as the Sutter County Director of Community Services shall designate, with the words "Sutter County Dog License," and a serial number and the expiration date plainly inscribed thereon. The license tag shall be securely affixed to a collar, harness or other device, which shall be at all times worn by the licensed dog.
B. 
The Director of Community Services may, by contract, authorize any duly qualified and licensed veterinarian or employee of the City of Live Oak to license any dog, collect the license fee thereon, and issue to the person paying said fee, the dog tag provided for in subsection A at the same time said dog is vaccinated and the certificate of vaccination is issued. Any person so authorized by the Director of Community Services to perform the aforementioned acts shall account to the Director of Community Services not less than once each month for all dogs so licensed and all license fees collected. The City may charge an administrative fee when collecting license fees. Said fees will be adopted by resolution of the City Council.
(Ord. 474 § 1, 2003)
Upon presentation of a valid vaccination certificate as required in Section 6.04.320, and after payment of the fee established by a resolution of the City Council, a current dog license may be transferred from one owner to another by making application to Animal Control Services in a form required by the Community Services Director. At a minimum, the previous owner shall provide Animal Control Services with the name, address, and telephone number of the owner to whom the dog is transferred.
(Ord. 474 § 1, 2003)
It is unlawful for any person to do any of the following:
A. 
Remove any tag from any dog not owned by him or her, or not lawfully in his or her possession or under his or her control.
B. 
Attach a license tag to the collar of any dog except the dog which is described in the license certificate for such license tag.
C. 
Place on any dog, or to make, or to have in his or her possession, any counterfeit or imitation of any license tag provided for in this chapter.
(Ord. 474 § 1, 2003)
If any license tag is lost or stolen, the person owning, possessing or having control of the dog for which the license was issued shall be entitled to receive a duplicate of such tag by presenting to Animal Control Services the original certificate showing ownership of said tag and subscribing to an affidavit sufficiently showing that such tag was stolen or lost. Animal Control Services, upon receipt of the fee determined by resolution of the City Council, shall issue a properly numbered duplicate tag and shall keep on file the original affidavit upon which said duplicate tag was issued.
(Ord. 474 § 1, 2003)
The provisions of this chapter requiring the licensing of dogs shall not apply to the following:
A. 
Dogs under the age of four months if kept within a sufficient enclosure.
B. 
Dogs owned by or in custody or under the control of persons who are nonresidents of the City of Live Oak traveling through said City or temporarily sojourning therein for a period, not exceeding 30 days.
C. 
Dogs brought to the City of Live Oak exclusively for the purpose of entering the same in any dog show or exhibition, and which are actually entered in and kept at such show or exhibition.
D. 
Dogs under the treatment, in the custody or control of animal hospitals.
E. 
Dogs on sale in duly licensed pet shops, provided that such dogs are kept enclosed within such pet shops.
(Ord. 474 § 1, 2003)
The provisions of Section 6.04.300 requiring payment of dog license fees shall not apply in the following cases. Nonetheless, all such dogs shall be licensed as required by Section 6.04.290, and shall comply with all other provisions of this chapter, including the penalties for failure to have a license pursuant to Section 6.04.310. The exemptions provided for in this section are a privilege that may be revoked for persons or organizations not complying with the provisions of this chapter.
A. 
Assistance Dogs.
1. 
Whenever a person applies for a dog license for an assistance dog, the person shall sign an affidavit stating as follows:
By affixing my signature to this affidavit, I hereby declare I fully understand that Section 365.7 of the Penal Code prohibits any person to knowingly and fraudulently represent him or herself, through verbal or written notice, to be the owner or trainer of any canine licensed as, to be qualified as, or identified as, a guide dog, signal dog, or service dog, as defined in subdivisions (d), (e), and (f) respectively, of Section 365.5 of the Penal Code and paragraph (6) of subdivision (b) of Section 54.1 of the Civil Code, and that a violation of Section 365.7 of the Penal Code is a misdemeanor, punishable by imprisonment in a City Jail not exceeding six months, by a fine not exceeding $1,000.00, or by both that imprisonment and fine.
2. 
Upon the death or retirement of an assistance dog, the owner or person in possession of the assistance dog identification tag shall immediately return the tag to Animal Control Services.
B. 
Foster Care Dogs.
1. 
Bona fide humane societies approved by the Community Services Director may register with Animal Control Services their representatives providing foster care homes to dogs. Representatives so registered may apply for a one-year nonrenewable license under the provisions of this section for each foster care dog housed at their residence.
2. 
Upon the adoption of each foster care dog licensed under the provisions of this section, the tag shall be returned immediately to Animal Control Services along with the name and address of the person by whom the dog was adopted. The address shall be the address where the dog will be located.
(Ord. 474 § 1, 2003)
If an Animal Control Officer or a law enforcement officer has investigated and determined that there exists probable cause to believe that a dog is potentially dangerous or vicious, the Director of Community Services, or designee, or the Police Chief or designee, or the Sheriff, or designee, shall petition the court for a hearing to determine whether or not the dog in question should be declared potentially dangerous or vicious. The hearings shall be pursuant to Sections 31621 through 31626 of the Food and Agricultural Code of the State of California.
A potentially dangerous dog, while on the owner's property, shall, at all times, be kept indoors, or in a securely fenced yard from which the dog cannot escape, and into which children cannot trespass. A potentially dangerous animal may be off the owner's premises only if it is restrained by a substantial leash, of appropriate length, muzzled, and under control.
(Ord. 474 § 1, 2003)
Upon written notice by a duly authorized representative of the Health Officer or Community Services Director, the owner or person having the control of any dog which has, within the preceding 10 days, bitten any person or animal shall, upon demand, and in the discretion of the Health Officer as directed by the Health Officer, follow one of the following procedures:
A. 
Confine such dog to his or her own premises; or
B. 
Surrender such dog to Animal Control Services who shall impound and keep such dog at the public animal shelter in a separate kennel for a period of not less than 10 days; or
C. 
Surrender such dog to a licensed veterinarian, as designated by the Health Officer; or
D. 
Surrender the dog to Animal Control Services for quarantine at any other location or facility designated and approved by the Health Officer. If the dog is quarantined on the premises of the owner, Animal Control Services shall post a quarantine sign on such premises, and it is unlawful for any person to remove the sign during the term of such quarantine without the consent of the Health Officer. Any quarantine provided in this section shall be for a term of not less than 10 days unless otherwise specified by the Health Officer. During the quarantine period it shall be the duty of the Health Officer, upon being notified by Animal Control Services that such dog has been impounded, to determine whether or not such dog is suffering from any disease.
1. 
If a duly licensed veterinarian designated by the Health Officer shall determine that such dog is diseased and by reason of such disease is dangerous to persons or to other animals, the Health Officer shall notify Animal Control Services in writing, to destroy such dog. A copy of said notice shall also be served upon the owner or person having control of such dog.
2. 
If said veterinarian shall determine that such dog is not so diseased, and if the license required for such dog shall have been duly paid for in the then current year, Animal Control Services shall notify by mail the person to whom the license for such dog was issued and at the address from which the dog was surrendered to Animal Control Services and shall, upon demand, release such dog to the owner or person lawfully entitled thereto, upon payment of any charges provided therefor, including expenses of quarantine and veterinary care; provided, however, that if no person lawfully entitled to such dog shall within 72 hours after the date of giving said last mentioned notice, appear at the public shelter and request the release of such dog, and pay said charges, such dog may be sold or destroyed by Animal Control Services in the same manner as set forth elsewhere in this chapter.
(Ord. 474 § 1, 2003)
No person shall be compelled to muzzle any dog except pursuant to Section 6.04.400, and in cases of emergencies. Such emergencies shall be deemed to exist only when the Health Officer shall determine and report to the City Council that there is in the City, an epidemic of rabies. When and if the Health Officer so reports then any person who owns or has the charge, care, control, or custody of any dog shall cause such dog to be muzzled and to remain muzzled, except when such dog is eating, until the Health Officer shall, declare publicly and officially that such epidemic is at an end.
(Ord. 474 § 1, 2003)