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City Council Meeting 8-2-94 Santa Monica, California
ORDINANCE NUMBER 1759
(City Council Series)
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE
CITY OF SANTA MONICA AMENDING SANTA MONICA MUNICIPAL CODE
SECTIONS 4.04.150, 4.04.160, 4.04.370 AND 4.04.385,
RELATING TO FINES FOR FAILURE TO COMPLY
WITH VARIOUS DOG REGULATIONS
The City Council of the City of Santa Monica does ordain as
follows:
SECTION 1.
Santa Monica Municipal Code section 4.04.150 is
amended to read as follows:
4.04.150 Animals at large.
No person having control, charge or custody
of any fowl, dog or other animal, shall permit
the same to stray, or run, or be at large, in or
upon any public street, or other public place
within the City and such fowl, dog or other
animals found at large in any such place shall
be impounded as herein provided. Dogs which are
properly licensed and tagged for the current
calendar year, may be permitted on any public
street, public park or other public place within
the City not specifically prohibited in section
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SECTION 2. Santa Monica Municipal Code Section 4.04.160 is
amended to read as follows:
4.04.160 Dogs-Restricted Areas.
Except as permitted by this Chapter, no
person having control, charge or custody of any
dog shall permit the same to go upon any school
ground, recreational area or playground, or
public park, including, but not limited to park
buildings, tot lots, playing fields, tennis
courts, basketball courts and other game courts,
or upon the beach sands lying westerly of that
street, commonly known as The Promenade or upon
the beach sands lying northerly of the westerly
prolongation of the center line of California
Avenue. Any person violating this section shall
be guilty of an infraction, which shall be
punishable by a fine of not less than Fifty
Dollars ($50) per violation. Each such person
shall be guilty of a separate offense for each
and every day during any portion of which any
violation of this Section is committed,
continued, or permitted by such person and shall
be punished accordingly. In addition, any such
dog found in any such prohibited place may be
impounded as herein provided.
In addition to the penalties hereinabove
provided, any condition caused or permitted to
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owner of said dog or person who has consented
thereto. Any person violating this Section
shall be guilty of an infraction, which shall be
punishable by a fine of not less than One
Hundred Dollars ($100.00) per violation.
SECTION 4. Santa Monica Municipal Code section 4.04.385 is
amended to read as follows:
4.04.385 Material to remove dog feces.
No person shall walk, or otherwise have
in his or her custody or control, any dog upon
any public property, including streets,
sidewalks, public parks, parkways and alleys,
unless the person has in his or her
possession, and in plain view, readily usable
materials or implements sufficient to remove
and to dispose of lawfully any fecal matter
that may be deposited on the ground by the
dog. Any person violating this section shall
be guilty of an infraction, which shall be
punishable by a of not less than Fifty Dollars
($50.00) per violation.
SECTION 5. Any provision of the Santa Monica Municipal Code
or appendices thereto inconsistent with the provisions of this
ordinance, to the extent of such inconsistencies and no further, are
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Adopted and approved this 2nd day of August, 1994.
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I hereby certify that the foregoing Ordinance No. 1759 (CCS) was duly and regularly
adopted at a meeting of The City Council on the 2nd day of August, 1994; by the following
Council vote:
Ayes:
Councilmembers:
Abdo, Genser, Holbrook, Olsen, Rosenstein, Vazquez
Noes:
Councilmembers:
None
Abstain: Councilmembers: None
Absent: Councilmembers:
Greenberg
ATTEST:
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