The department of animal care and control, under the administrative
management of the director, and the office of the director, are hereby
established.
(Prior code § 4108)
The director of animal care and control shall be vested with
the necessary police powers and duties of a police officer for the
exclusive purpose of enforcing the provisions of this title, and it
shall be his or her duty to make arrests and issue citations for violations
of any of the provisions of this title. The director of animal care
and control shall enforce all of the laws of the city, county and
state relating to the care, treatment and impounding of dumb animals,
and to the prevention of cruelty to dumb animals.
(Prior code § 4109)
It is made the duty of the director of animal care and control
to enforce any other sections of this title, whether enumerated as
a duty or not.
(Prior code § 4110)
It shall be the duty of the director of animal care and control
to enforce those sections of the Penal Code of the state pertaining
to the inhumane treatment of dumb animals, and to take possession
of animals so abandoned or neglected, and care for or dispose of same
as provided for in the Penal Code or this title.
(Prior code § 4113)
The director of animal care and control, or his or her deputy
animal care and control officers, or any police officer, are authorized
to enter upon any premises upon which any animal is kept, for the
purpose of taking up, seizing or impounding any animal found running
at large, or staked, herded or grazing thereon, contrary to the provisions
of this title, for the purpose of ascertaining whether such animal
is licensed, as provided in this title, or determining whether any
regulation or law of the state relating to the care, treatment or
impounding of dumb animals, or to the prevention of cruelty to dumb
animals, is being violated, provided there is probable cause to believe
there is such violation, and provided that, except in cases of emergency
or where necessary to complete a pursuit initiated outside the premises,
such entry shall be performed pursuant to a valid inspection warrant
issued pursuant to the California Code of Civil Procedure, Sections
1822.50 et seq.
(Prior code § 4112)
No person shall rescue or attempt to rescue any animal mentioned
in this title from the possession of the director, nor interfere with
the director or any of his or her deputies, in the performance of
their official duties.
(Prior code § 4111; Ord. 809 § 1, 1992)
