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Chapter 6.04 ANIMAL CONTROL > ~-9 httP://www.ordlink.com/coe~Jsanmateo/_DATArMLÉO6/Chapter_,. . (a) Requirements. An annual registration fee shall be paid for ever¡ wolf hybrid over the age of four (4) months owned or harbored in unincorporated San Mateo County. Said registration fee shall be first due when the animal reaches four (4) months of age or within sixty (60) days after the animal is acquired, and due on the anniversary date of the original purchase date each year thereafter. All residents shall have sixty (60) days in which to register their wolf hybrid. Persons renewing their registration shall have thirty (30) days following their due date before being delinquent and having to pay a late penalty. The registration fee shall be as set forth in section 6.04.290. The registration fee for spayed or neutered wolf hybrids shall be less than said registration fee for unaltered wolf hybrids. At the time of registration, the wolf hybrid owner must show proof that the animal has been given anti-rabies vaccination by a licensed veterinarian to be administered in the manner prescribed or approved by the State of California Department of Public Health. (Ord. 3653, 5/23/95) 6.04.060 Public protection from dogs. (a) Every owner or possessor of a dog shall at all times prevent such dog from biting or physically harassing any person engaged in a lawful act and from interfering with the lawful use of public or private property. (b) Every owner or possessor of a dog shall at all times prevent such dog from causing substantial injury to another domestic animal while such domestic animal is lawfully upon public or private property. Substantial injury means any injury which results in veterinarian treatment or death. (c) Every owner or possessor of a dog shall desist from commanding or provoking such dog to attack. sic or threaten a person when such person is ... peaceably and lawfully upon public or private property. (d) Any person who violates any provision of subsections a, b, or c of this section is guilty of a misdemeanor. A trained dog assisting a peace officer engaged in law enforcement duties is excluded from this section. (e) Nothing in subsection (a) of this section shall authorize the bringing of a criminal action arising out of bite(s) upon or physical harassment of members of the dog owners or possessors household. (Prior code § 3330.4; Ord. 966,10/23/51; Ord. 2261, 08/13/74; Ord. 2551,12/12/78; Ord. 2758,12/01/81; Ord. 2850, 07/19/83; Ord. 3123,09/15/87) 6.04.070 Prohibited conduct. No owner or possessor of any animal shall cause or permit it to do any of the following: (a) To be upon any public street, sidewalk, park, school ground, any public property, or upon any unenclosed premises in this jurisdiction unless the animal is properly licensed, if such licensing is necessary hereunder, and under the control of the owner by being saddled, harnessed, haltered, or leashed by a substantial chain, lead rope, or leash, which chain, lead rope, or leash shall be continuously held by some competent person capable of controlling such animal. (b) To trespass upon any private property without the consent of the owner thereof, and to knowingly permit the animal to remain upon the property or to habitually continue to trespass thereon. (c) To suffer or permit such animal to habitually bark or meow or act in such a manner as to continuously disturb the peace of any citizen or to be a public nuisance. (d) To be without proper and adequate food, water, shelter, care, and attention as described to in section 597(f) of the Penal Code. (e) Subsection (a) of this section shall not be applicable to cats. (Prior code § 3330.5; Ord. 966, 10/23/51; Ord. 2551,12/12/78; Ord. 2758,12/01/81; Ord. 2850, 07/19/83; Ord. 3123, 09/15/87) 6.04.080 Protection of animals in motor vehicles. (a) No person, other than an individual actually working a dog or other animal for ranching purposes, shall transport or carr¡ on any public highway or public roadway, any dog or other animal in a motor vehicle unless the dog or other animal is safely enclosed within the vehicle or protected by a cap or container, cage, cross-tether, or other device to prevent the animal from falling from, being thrown from, or jumping from said 5 of 15 EX\i\B1T A