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<br />Ghapter 6.04 ANIMAL CONTROL
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<br />(a) Requirements. An annual registration fee shall be paid for every wolf hybrid over the .age of four (4)
<br />months owned or harbored in unincorporated San Mateo County. Said registration fee shall be first due
<br />when the animal reaches four (4) months of age or within sixty (60) days after the animal Is acquired, and
<br />due on the anniversary date of the original purchase date each year thereafter. All residents shall have sixty
<br />(50) days in which to register their wolf hybrid. Persons renewing their registration shall have thirty (30) days
<br />following their due date before being delinquent and having to pay a late penalty. The registration fee shall
<br />be as set forth In section 6.04.290. The registration fee for spayed or neutered wolf hybrids shall be less than
<br />said registration fee for unaltered wolf hybrids. At the time of registration, the wolf hybrid owner must show
<br />proof that the animal has been given anti-rabies vaccination by a licensed veterinarian to be administered in
<br />the manner prescribed or approved by the State of California Department of Public Health. (Ord. 3653,
<br />5/23/95)
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<br />6.04.060 Public protection from dogs.
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<br />(a) Every owner or possessor of a dog shall at all times prevent such dog from biting or physically harassing
<br />any person engaged in a lawful act and from interfering with the lawful use of public or private property.
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<br />(b) Every owner or possessor of a dog shall at all times prevent such dog from causing substantial injury to
<br />another domestic animal while such domestic animal is lawfully upon public or private property. Substantial
<br />injury means any injury which results in veterinarian treatment or death.
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<br />(c) Every owner or possessor of a dog shall desist from commanding or provoking such dog to attack, sic or
<br />threaten a person when such person is
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<br />peaceably and lawfully upon public or private property,
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<br />(d) Any person who violates any provision of subsections a, b, or c of this section is guilty of a misdemeanor.
<br />A trained dog assisting a peace officer engaged in law enforcement duties is excluded from this section.
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<br />(e) Nothing in subsection (a) of this section shall authorize the bringing of a criminal action arising out of
<br />bite{s) upon or physical harassment of members of the dog owners or possessors household. (Prior code §
<br />3330,4; Ord. 966,10/23/51; Ord. 2261, 08/13/74; Ord, 2551,12/12/78; Ord, 2758,12/01/81; Ord, 2850,
<br />07/19/83; Ord, 3123, 09/15/87)
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<br />6.04.070 Prohibited conduct.
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<br />No owner or possessor of any animal shall cause or permit it to do any of the following:
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<br />(a) To be upon any public street, sidewalk, park, school ground, any public property, or upon any unenclosed
<br />premises in this jurisdiction unless the animal is properly licensed, if such licensing is necessary hereunder,
<br />and under the control of the owner by being saddled, harnessed. haltered, or leashed by a substantial chain,
<br />lead rope, or leash, which chain, lead rope, or leash shall be coatinuously held by some competent person
<br />capable of controlling such animal.
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<br />(b) To trespass upon any private property without the consent of the owner thereof, and to knowingly permit
<br />the animal to remain upon the property or to habitually continue to trespass thereon,
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<br />(c) To suffer or permit such animal to habitually bark or meow or act in such a manner as to continuously
<br />disturb the peace of any citizen or to be a public nuisance.
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<br />(d) To be without proper and adequate food, water, shelter, care, and attention as described to in section
<br />597(f) of the Penal Code.
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<br />(e) Subsection (a) of this section shall not be applicable to cats. (Prior code § 3330.5; Ord. 966. 10/23/51;
<br />Ord, 2551, 12/12n8; Ord. 2758,12/01/81; Ord, 2850, 07/19/83; Ord. 3123, 09/15/87)
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<br />6.04.080 Protection of animals in motor vehicles.
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<br />(a) No person, other than an individual actually working a dog or other animal for ranching purposes, shall
<br />transport or carry on any public highway or public roadway, any dog or other animal in a motor vehicle unless
<br />the dog or other animal is safely enclosed within the vehicle or protected by a cap or container, cage,
<br />cross-tether, or other device to prevent the animal from falling from, being thrown from, or jumping from said
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