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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; 13 C7 11 1 u 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,, OA