Whenever any of the following names or terms are used in this title, each such name or term shall be deemed or construed to have the meaning ascribed to it in this section as follows:
"Dog"
means any dog more than four months of age, including female as well as male.
"Impounded"
means having been received into the custody of any pound maintained by the Humane Society of Pomona Valley, Inc.
"Kennel"
means any lot, building, structure, enclosure or premises whereupon or wherein four or more dogs are kept or maintained for any commercial purpose, including places where dogs are boarded, kept for sale or kept for hire.
"License Collectors."
The Humane Society of Pomona Valley, Inc., and the city clerk are designated the city license collectors.
"Person"
includes a firm, partnership, corporation, trust and any association of persons.
"Poundmaster."
The Humane Society of Pomona Valley, Inc., is designated the city poundmaster.
"Shall" and "May."
"Shall" is mandatory and "may" is permissive.
"Unlicensed dog"
means any dog for which the license for the current year has not been paid, or to which the tag for the current year provided for in this title is not attached.
(Prior code § 20-1; Ord. 232 § 2, 1968)
No person shall keep or maintain more than three dogs or three cats, male or female, or erect, construct, establish or maintain any dog hospital, a hospital for sick animals, or any dog kennel for the keeping or boarding of dogs or for the raising of dogs for sale or show or otherwise, upon any premises within the city, or make any alterations therein or additions thereto, except as set forth in the zoning ordinance of the city.
(Prior code § 20-2; Ord. 232 § 2, 1968)
It is unlawful for any person to wilfully or maliciously torture, tease, torment, beat, kick, strike, mutilate, injure, disable or kill any dog used by the police department of the city in the performance of the functions or duties of such department or to unwarrantably interfere with or meddle with any such dog while being used by such department or any officer or member thereof in the performance of any of the functions or duties of such department or of such officer or member.
(Prior code § 20-4; Ord. 232 § 2, 1968)
It is a misdemeanor for any person owning a dog or having the custody of a dog to fail to observe the following rules concerning the management and care of such animal:
A. 
All dogs shall be supplied with sufficient good and wholesome food and water as the feeding habits of such dogs require;
B. 
Proper shelter and protection from the weather shall be provided for dogs at all times, and they shall not be exposed to excessive heat or cold. The quarters in which dogs are kept must be clean and adequately ventilated, but draft-free with the proper temperature maintained for dogs;
C. 
Between the hours of ten p.m. and seven a.m. all reasonable means shall be exercised to restrain dogs from barking;
D. 
Dogs shall not be without attention for a period of time in excess of eighteen consecutive hours;
E. 
Every reasonable precaution shall be used to insure that dogs are not teased, abused, mistreated, annoyed, tormented or made to suffer.
(Prior code § 20-16; Ord. 232 § 2, 1968; Ord. 436 § 3, 1973)
It is a misdemeanor for any person operating a kennel, as defined in Section 6.04.010, to fail to observe the following rules concerning the operation of kennels:
A. 
All the general rules for the management and care of dogs as required by Section 6.04.040 shall be observed;
B. 
Kennels shall be operated as to eliminate excessive or untimely noise from dogs and offensive odors from kennels;
C. 
Boundary fencing shall be provided for kennels, which shall be in addition to fencing for exercise runs; and where kennels are located adjacent to a street or public way, the fence shall be constructed in such a manner as to prevent the dogs from being seen from the street or public way. All such fencing shall conform with the other ordinances of the city which have to do with the construction and location of fences;
D. 
No dog in a kennel shall be exposed to public view for more than twelve hours out of twenty-four;
E. 
Conditions which are injurious to dogs shall not be permitted to be maintained upon premises used for kennels;
F. 
Kennels must be constructed to prevent escape of dogs;
G. 
Reasonable precautions shall be taken to protect the public from the dogs in a kennel, and the dogs from the public;
H. 
Isolation wards for sick dogs shall be maintained by all kennels. Such wards shall be sufficiently removed from where other dogs are kept so not to endanger the health of the dogs which are not sick. Sick or diseased dogs shall be isolated from healthy dogs in such wards;
I. 
All dogs in kennels shall have sufficient area in which to run for proper exercise and shall not be overcrowded in their places of shelter or quarters;
J. 
Boarding dogs belonging to different owners in kennels shall not be kept together without written consent of the owners of the dogs;
K. 
Kennels shall have upon their premises, valid rabies shot certificates for each dog kept therein showing that each dog is currently immunized from rabies;
L. 
Owners of dogs in kennels shall be notified when dogs owned by them refuse to eat or drink and in consequence thereof have lost weight. Owners shall also be notified when their dogs are injured or become ill;
M. 
A register shall be maintained in kennels showing the names and addresses of persons from whom dogs are received and to whom dogs are returned, sold, traded or given;
N. 
Any changes in address, ownership or management of kennels shall be reported to the city clerk five days prior to such change.
(Prior code § 20-17; Ord. 232 § 2, 1968)
It is unlawful for any person, not the owner thereof and without the consent of the owner thereof, to hold or retain possession of any dog for a period of more than twenty-four hours, unless such person shall report it with a true description thereof to the person in charge of the city animal shelter.
(Prior code § 20-18; Ord. 232 § 2, 1968)
A. 
No person owning, keeping, or having in his or her care or custody any dog shall knowingly fail, refuse or neglect to clean up any feces of such dog immediately and dispose of it in a sanitary manner whenever such dog has defecated upon public or private property without the consent of the public or private owner or person in lawful possession or charge of the property.
B. 
The provisions of subsection A of this section shall not apply to a visually impaired person accompanied by a guide dog, nor shall they be construed to require or countenance any act of trespass upon private property. Whenever the feces to be cleaned up cannot be reached without a significant trespass upon the private property on which the feces is located, the person having the duty pursuant to subsection A of this section to clean it up shall first obtain consent to do so from the owner or person in lawful possession or charge of the property.
(Ord. 1060 § 1, 1996)