No owner or keeper of a dog shall allow or permit such dog, whether licensed or unlicensed, to be or run at large in or upon any public place or premises, or in or upon any private place or premises other than those of said owner or keeper except with the consent of the person in charge of said private place or premises, unless such dog is securely restrained by a substantial leash not to exceed six feet in length and is in charge and control of a person competent to keep such dog under effective charge and control; provided, however, nothing in this section shall prevent a dog from being used without leash to hunt wild birds or game or to herd, guard, gather, or otherwise work domestic animals or fowls in or upon a public place or premises so long as such dog is under the charge and control of a person competent to keep such dog under effective charge and control and so long as such dog does not wrongfully harm or damage or threaten to harm or damage any person or public or private property. For purposes of this section, any dog in or upon any vehicle shall be deemed to be on the premises of the operator thereof.
Whenever it is shown that any dog or other animal has bitten any person or animals, or exhibits evidence of rabies, no owner or person having custody or possession thereof, upon order of the Health Officer, shall fail, refuse, or neglect to quarantine such animal and keep it tied up or confined for a period of 10 days, or shall fail, refuse, or neglect to allow the Health Officer or his or her deputies to make an inspection or examination thereof at any time during said period. No such dog or animals shall be removed or released during the quarantine period without written permission of the Health Officer of his or her deputies. Unless otherwise specified by the Health Officer, such animals shall be confined in a shelter or veterinary hospital at the owner's expense.
The head of an animal dying while under isolation shall be submitted to the laboratory of the Alameda County Health Department for examination for rabies.
Whenever any person having charge, care, control, custody, or possession of any animal has knowledge that such animal has bitten any person or animal, or has been bitten by another animal, the person having charge, care, control, custody or possession or such animal shall report said fact forthwith to the San Leandro Police Department. The report shall state the name and address of the person bitten, and description of the animal bitten, if any, and the time and place where such person or animal was bitten, and any other information as requested by the San Leandro Police Department. A copy of the report shall be forwarded by the San Leandro Police Department to the Health Officer within 48 hours.
No person shall wilfully or maliciously torture, torment, beat, kick, strike, mutilate, injure, disable or kill any dog used by the County Sheriff or Police Department in the performance of the functions or duties of such department, or interfere with or meddle with any such dog while being used by said department or any member thereof in the performance of any of the functions or duties or said department of such officer or member.
(a)
Any person having the custody or control of any dog shall have the duty to remove immediately any feces left by such animal on any public place and to dispose of such feces in a sanitary manner.
(b)
Any person having the custody or control of any dog in or on a public place shall have in such person's immediate possession a device or equipment for the picking up and removal of animal feces. For purposes of this section, such device or equipment shall be deemed to be in a person's immediate possession if such device or equipment is in a person's hand or is on the person, such as within a pocket.
(c)
No person shall fail or refuse to show to any Police or Animal Control Officer or other designated representative of the City Manager, such device or equipment if the device or equipment is not visible.