HomeMy WebLinkAbout38.21 · ORDINANCE NO. 38.21
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF SARATOGA ADDING
DIVISION 2.5 TO ARTICLE I~OF'CH~PTER 8 OF THE
SARATOGA CITY CODE RELATING TO ANIMAL MAINTENANCE
The City COuncil~of the..City of Saratoga does hereby
ordain as follows:
Section 1: Division' 2.57 is'hereby added to'Article I
of Chapter 8 of the Saratoga City Code,
which chapter is entitled "Health and Sanitation", which
Division 2.5, with all its.sections and subsections, reads as
follows:
Division 2.5 - Animal Maintenance.
Section 8-15.1.
The provisions of this division shall be in addition
to, and not in lieu of, any other regulations containad in any
other provision of this Code, in the Zoning Ordinance, or in any
other ordinance of this City. The owner of every animal shall
have the duty to keep and maintain such animal in a healthy and
sanitary condition, and shall have the duty to supply such animal
with food, water, and suitable shelter. All animal enclosures
and shelters shall be kept in alclean and sanitary condition, and
free from all noxious odors or substances. The keeping of any
'an~ma~ ~ su~h~.aima~ner as to create unhealthful or unsanitary
conditions is hereby prohibited'and 'declared=-to be a public ~I
nuisance.
Section 8-15.2.
The following conditions shall constitute evidence
of lack of sanitary conditions for the keeping and maintenance
Of animals:
(a) The presence of an unusual number of flies
in the vicinity of any enclosure or premises
where animals are kept.
(b) Anyunnedessary accumulation of debris,
refuse, manure, droppings or other removal
~material upon any surface in the vicinity
of any enclosure or premises where animals
are kept.
(c) The presence of any obnoxious odors arising
from any condition existing within the
enclosure or premises where animals are kept.
(d) The unnecessary existence of'dust within
the enclosure where animals are kept.
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Section 8-15.3 Upon receipt of a written declaration
by three or more persons having
separate residences or regularly employed in the neighborhood,
containing facts evidencing the existence of a violation of this
division, or a violation of sub-section (g), Section 3.2, or
sub-section (g), Section 5.2, of Ordinance NS-3, the appropriate
enforcement official of the City shall investigate such complaint.
In addition to the foregoing, such enforcement official may
initiate an investigation without the receipt of any such written
complaint if he has reasonable cause to believe any such violation
may constitute a public nuisance.
Section 2: If any section, subsection, sentence, clause
or phrase of this ordinance is for any
reason held by a court of competent jurisdiction to be invalid,
such decisions shall not affect the validity of the remaining
provisions of this ordinance. The City Council of the City of
Saratoga hereby declares that it would have passed this ordinance
and each section, subsection, sentence, clause and pharese thereof,
irrespective of the fac~ that any one or more sections, subsec-
tions, sentences, clauses or phrases be held invalid or unconsti-
tutional.
Section 3: This ordinance shall take effect and be in
full force and effect thirty (30) days after
the date of its passage and adoption.
The above and foregoing ordinance after public hearing
held thereon by the Planning Commission of the City of Saratoga
was thereafter introduced, and public hearings held thereon by
the City Council of the City of Saratoga and was thereafter
passed and adopted on the ~lstday of ~, 1968, by the
following vote:
AYES: Councilmen Tyler, Smit~, Dwyer, Senders
NOES: None
ABSENT: Councilman Robbins
ATTEST:~' "~
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