The Director of Animal Care and Control shall be vested with the necessary public powers and duties of a Peace Officer for the exclusive purpose of enforcing the provisions of this chapter, and it shall be his duty to make arrests and issue citations for violations of any of the provisions of this chapter. 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 animals and to the prevention of cruelty to animals.
(Added by Ord. 806, adopted 11-26-85)
It is hereby the duty of the Director of Animal Care and Control to enforce any other section of this chapter whether enumerated as a duty or not.
(Added by Ord. 806, adopted 11-26-85)
No person shall rescue or attempt to rescue any animal mentioned herein from the possession of the Director of Animal Care and Control or his deputies, in the performance of their official duties.
(Added by Ord. 806, adopted 11-26-85)
The Director of Animal Care and Control or his Deputy Animal Control Officers or any Peace Officer is 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 chapter for the purpose of ascertaining whether such animal is licensed as provided in this chapter; or determining whether any regulations or law of the State relating to the care, treatment or impounding of animals or to the prevention of cruelty to animals is being violated, provided there is probable cause to believe there is such violation.
(Added by Ord. 806, adopted 11-26-85)
It shall be the duty of the Director of Animal Care and Control to enforce those sections of the Penal Code of the State of California pertaining to the inhumane treatment of 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 of the State of California or this chapter.
(Added by Ord. 806, adopted 11-26-85)
The Director of Animal Care and Control may establish a clinic, at which members of the public may have dogs and cats spayed or neutered in a humane manner upon payment of the fees established by the Director. A person submitting a dog or cat for the above service shall sign a consent form certifying thereon under penalty or perjury that he or she is the owner of said animals or setting forth facts showing that he or she is otherwise authorized to present the animals or animal for the above operation and such person may be required to furnish proof of such ownership or authority. Such consent shall contain a waiver of any and all liability of the City, the Department of Animal Care and Control and any employees thereof for any injury or any services provided incidental thereto. The Department of Animal Care and Control shall establish a return date by which a person submitting an animal for the above operation shall pick up said animal or be subject to a reasonable board and care fee to commence the day after such return date. Failure to pick up an animal with 15 days of said return date shall be deemed abandonment of such animal and the Director may dispose of it by sale or destruction.
(Added by Ord. 806, adopted 11-26-85)