HomeMy WebLinkAbout95-45 - Amending Section 7.20.020, of Chapter 7.20 of the Newport Beach Municipal Code Pertaining to Animal NuisancesORDINANCE NO. 95 -45
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY
OF NEWPORT BEACH AMENDING SECTION 7.20.020, OF
CHAPTER 7.20 OF THE NEWPORT BEACH MUNICIPAL
PERTAINING TO ANIMAL NUISANCES
The City Council of the City of Newport Beach does hereby
• ordain that certain Newport Beach Municipal Code sections are
amended to read, in full, as follows:
SECTION 1: Section 7.20.020 of Chapter 7.20 of the Newport
Beach Municipal Code shall be amended to read in its entirety as
follows:
7.20.020 Nuisances Committed by Animals
A. It shall be unlawful for the owner or person having
charge, custody or control of any animal to permit such animal to
defecate and to allow the feces to thereafter remain on any public
sidewalk, public beach or park or on any other public property or
on any private property other than that of the owner or person who
has custody or control of the animal.
• B. No person having the care, custody, charge or control of
any animal shall permit or allow that animal on any public
sidewalk, public beach or park or on any other public property, or
on any private property other than that of the owner or person who
has custody or control of the animal, unless that person has, in
his or her possession, an implement or device capable of removing
any feces deposited by the animal.
C. The provisions of this section shall not be applicable
to:
1. Any animal enrolled and participating in obedience
classes offered by the Community Services Department of the City or
in any show for which the City has issued a special event permit;
2. Any guide dog while being used by a blind person or any
dog being trained to be a guide dog for the blind pursuant to a
recognized program of training provided the dog is on a leash and
the person in charge has an official identification card issued for
such purposes;
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3. Any blind person.
SECTION 2: If any section, subsection, sentence, clause or
phrase of this ordinance is, for any reason, held to be invalid or
unconstitutional, such decision shall not affect the validity or
constitutionality of the remaining portions of this ordinance. The
City Council hereby declares that it would have passed this
ordinance, and each section, subsection, clause or phrase hereof,
irrespective of the fact that any one or more sections,
subsections, sentences, clauses and phrases be declared
unconstitutional.
SECTION 3: The Mayor shall sign and the City Clerk shall
attest to the passage of this ordinance. The City Clerk shall
cause the same to be published once in the official newspaper of
the City, and it shall be effective thirty (30) days after its
adoption.
SECTION 4: This ordinance was introduced at a regular
meeting of the City Council of the City of Newport Beach, held on
the 11th day of September , 1995, and adopted on the 25th day of
September 1995, by the following vote, to wit:
ATTEST:
AYES, COUNCILMEMBERS EDWARDS, DEBAY,
HEDGES, COX, GLOVER, O'NEIL
NOES, COUNCILMEMBERS NONE
ABSENT COUNCILMEMBERS WATT
MAYOR Jam,,
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