HomeMy WebLinkAbout1685 - Biting Dog - Report - Custody & ControlORDINANCE NO. 1685
• AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF NEWPORT BEACH
AMENDING SECTION 7.04.100 OF THE NEWPORT
BEACH MUNICIPAL CODE ENTITLED "BITING DOG -
REPORT - CUSTODY AND CONTROL"
The City Council of the City of Newport Beach DOES
ORDAIN as follows:
SECTION 1. Section 7.04.100 of the Newport Beach
Municipal Code is amended to read:
"7.04.100 Biting Dog - Report - Custody and
Control. A. NOTICE. It shall be the duty of the Chief
of Police, all police officers and animal control
officers, upon receiving an affidavit
who has been bitten by a dog, or from
• has witnessed such occurrence, or has
who has bitten another dog, to notify
or custodian of such dog, in writing,
from any person
any person who
witnessed a dog
the owner, possessor
to keep such dog
at all times on the property or premises where such
owner, possessor, or custodian resides, or on the property
or premises of any person to whom the custody of such
dog may be given, and to post a notice conspicuously on
such premises bearing the words "BEWARE OF DOG" in letters
at least one and one -half inches high, and to securely
hold the dog or cause the dog to be securely held by a
leash or other device or means, so as to prevent the dog
from wandering, straying or getting beyond the control of
its custodian.
After receipt of such notice, said owner, possessor
or custodian of such dog shall promptly and continuously
thereafter comply with all requirements set forth in
said written notice.
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B. VICIOUS DOG. Any dog which has bitten or
otherwise injured any person or other dog shall
be deemed vicious. The owner or person having control
of a vicious dog which is allowed to run at large
or out of the control of the person having charge of
the animal, in such a manner that the animal bites
or injures a person or another dog, shall be guilty
of a misdemeanor. In addition to any other penalty as
provided for in Section 1.04.010 of the Newport Beach
Municipal Code, the court may order that such dog shall
be muzzled, that such dog shall be kept within a
secure pen or enclosure as approved by the Chief of
Police, or that such dog shall be delivered to the
Animal Shelter and humanely destroyed.
C. EXCEPTION. The provisions of this Section
shall not apply to a dog that bites his owner or person
having control of such dog or to a trespasser, visitor
or invitee, upon the premises whereat such dog is kept."
SECTION 2. This ordinance shall be published once
in the official newspaper of the City, and the same shall be
effective thirty (30) days after the date of its adoption.
This ordinance was introduced at a regular meeting
of the City Council of the City of Newport Beach held on the
14th day of June , 1976, and was adopted on the
12th day of July , 1976, by the following vote,
to wit:
AYES, COUNCILMEN: Rogers, Kuehn,
Ryckoff, Williams
NOES, COUNCILMEN: None
ABSENT COUNCILMEN: Barrett, Dostal, McInnis
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ATTEST: MTHE OSIG:NAL AND
CERTIF3ED AS TO PUBLICATION
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CITY CLERK OF THE CITY OF Ne RT BEACH 5/27/76