The URL can be used to link to this page

Home My WebLink AboutOrd 343-1953 with Respect To Birds, Fowl & Animals] ..~ [Regulations ORDINANCE NO. 3~3 ~ O~NOE O~ ~ OI~ O~ SOUTH S~ ~O~SO0 ~U~T~ O~ $A~ CI~. ~e City Co~cil of the City of South San Francisco does ordain as follows: SECTION 1. It shall be ~lawful for any person, firm, or corporation to s~fer or permit any live chickens, geese, ducks, turkeys, pigeons (except homing pigeons), doves, sguabs, or similar fowl, or any hares, rabbits, mo~eys, cows, horses, or goats, or to allow such birds, fowl, or ~i~ls to be kept or ~intained in or upon any of the areas of land situate in the City of South ~an Francisco, except as herein othe~ise provided. SECTION 2. All such birds, fowl, or ani~ls herein- above mentioned shall ~der no circ~stances be permitted r~ at large, but shall at all times be confined within a suitable enclosure or a house or coop with enclosed runway. SECTION 3. Such enclos~es, houses, or coops and r~ways shall at all times be ~intained in a clean and sani- tary condition, shall be cleaned once a week, or oftener if necessary, and shall at all times be kept free from offensive odors ~ SECTION ~. Such enclos~es,houses, or coops ~d r~ways shall at all times be ~intained in such condition as to comply with all sanitary rules and regUlations of the City of South San Francisco and the Health Department of said City. SECTION 5. No part of any such enclosures, houses, co~ps, or r~ays shall be less ~than forty (40) feet from any street, nor less than ten (lO) feet from the side lines of any adjacent lot, and no such enclosures, houses, coops, or runways shall be less than forty (~0) feet ffrcm any d~ellin~ or p~e off b~iness u~ss s~h d~i~ or p~e off b~i~ss is ~e~i~ b~ ~ ~, c~- ~nT, or co~ttou ~t~ or ~ntt~ S~ON 6. ~ ~rs~, ~re~s, fi~, ~ c~ti~ ~i~ or c~~i~ ~y bi~, f~, or an~e such ~ ~i~Bo~ ~nti~, ~in ~ c~s of t~ City of South t~ City Clerk of ~i~ city a ~it to ~p said ci~. ~ a~licati~ f~ such ~ts gi~ t~ fo~~ info~ti~: (a) ~ ~ of (b) ~as of a~Xi~nt; (e) T~ u~r of ~ ~~ to ~ ~t by ~lieant. ~~ ~ ~ee~t of ~y a~h a~lieati~, t~ Ci~ Clerk ~ noti~ ~ ~lth ~nt of ~i~ city, ~eh ~nt ~ in- ~t ~ p~ises a~ aunt its fi~i~ to D~nt fi~ ~t t~ ~aee ~ ~t in a cl~ ~ a~i~ e~- ti~, t~ Ci~ Clerk ~ ~ ~~ to ~t a ~t f~ ~ ~i~ of such f~l ~ a,~ ~- ~ auch ~lic~t, pro~ n~ of t~ of ~s o~i~ce s~ ~ ~o~ By S~ON 7. ~ ~rs~ ~o, · i~ce, ~ a ~t ~r a~ ~r o~i~nce of sai~ City of ~ciseo to ~n~in ~ ~ ~y such birds, fowl, or a~ ~e a~~ ~n the co~a of ~ ~i~ city, ~d ~oae p~ses ~ ~n a~r~ by ~i~ H~ D~nt ~ bei~ in ~ ~s~c~ ~t ~d ~n~i~ in a el~ an~ 8ani~ eo~iti~, s~l, ~thin ninety (~) from the effective date of this ordinance file with the ~d, ~i~~ef this City of South San Francisco an application in accordance with Section 6 of this ordinance. A permit may be issued to such applicant pursuant to the provisions of said Section 6. Such permit shall expire one (1) year'after its date, but may be renewed annually if application for renewal is made before expiration and if upon inspection by the Health Department said premises are found to be kept and maintained in a clean and sanitary condition. SECTION 8. None of the foregoing poultry, fowl, or animals shall be hatched, raised, bred, or used for commer- cial purposes, provided, however, that the City Council of the City of South San Francisco may, by a special permit, allow the ralsir~ of chickens for commercial purposes upon any prem- ises in the City of South San Francisco where the same are now being used for raisin~ chickens for commercial purposes. Any person making application for a pe~mlt under this section shall speci£y~ (a) The location of his premises; (b) How long said premises have been occupied by the applicant; (c) Whether he owns said premises or not; (d) How long he has been engaged in said business upon said premises; (e)The kind of business he is engaged in; and (f) The number of chickens or other fowl he now has. SECTION 9. No rooster .over fou~ (4) months old shall be permitted within the City of South San Francisco, provided, however, that if the City Council shall grant any -3- permit to raise chickens upon property now being used for commercial purposes, it may grant the right to keep roosters thereon. No permit to maintain roosters over four (4) months old shall be given if said chickens are being raised and used commercially for egg purposes only. SECTION 10. No more than twenty (20) chickens shall be permitted upon any property when said chickens are to be used for eating or for providing eggs exclusively for the family occupying the premises. SECTION 11. It is hereby declared unlawful to keep within the limits of the City o~ South San Francisco any stallion, swine, bull, ram, or billy goat. SECTION 12. It is hereby declared unlawful and to be a nuisance for any person to keep more than two (2) female goats, the milk to be used em~lusively by the family keeping said goats. SECTION 13. It shall be unlawful for any person other than a duly licensed veterinarian to keep or maintain more than two (2) dogs over the age of six (6) months at any one place within the corporate limits of the City of South San Francisco. All persons owning, keeping, or harboring any dogs within the confines of the City of South San Francisco shall, within twenty (20) days from the effective date of this t.~?i~ i.~ ~ ordinance, register the same with the license collector of said City and procure from him upon payment of the prescribed fees, the licenses required by the terms~f Section i of Ordinance No, 2S7 of said City, which ordinance was adopted on the 22nd day of October, 1946, and is entitled: "AN ORDINANCE IMPOSING A LICENSE TAX ON DOGS OWNED OR HARBORED WITHIN THE CITY OF SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO, PROHIBITING THE RUNNING AT LARGE OF ANIMALS WITHIN -4- THE LIMITS OF SAID CITY AND PROVIDING FOR THE IMPOUNDING AND SALE OF ANIMALS FOUND RUNNING AT LARGE IN SAID CITY.~' The owners or keepers of all puppies shall register them with said license collector within three (3) weeks of their birth or of the date of their acquisition, as the case may be. As of the introductory date of this ordinance, persons owning more than two (2) dogs, including "show" dogs, may keep and maintain the excess number of "show" dogs for a period of two (2) years from said date. The owners and keepers of more than two (2) "non-show" dogs may keep and maintain the excess number thereof for a period of six (6) months from said introductory date. It shall be unlawful to conduct a dog fancier's business within the corporate limits of said city without first procuring a permit therefor from the City Council OW. Z DOLLARS ($.~-~ ~ ),payable in advance on the 2nd day of January ~of each year, except that on and after the 1st day of July of each year, the license fee shall be one-half .(1/2) of the license fee herein specified. SECTION 14. Any horse, cow, or goat within the City of South San Francisco, when not in use, must be kept inside an enclosure at night. No person shall stake or tie or leave staked or tied within one hundred (100) feet of any inhabited residence, any horse, cow, or goat in a vacant lot without the written consent of the occupant of said residence. All enclosures, barns and sheds in which there is kept any horse, cow, or goat, shall be kept in a sanitary condition and shall comply in all respects with the sanitary rules and regulations of the Health Department of said city. All manure shall be removed daily. SECTION 15. Any violation of the foregoing ordinance. is hereby declared to be a nulsance and may be abated as such by the municipal authorities and, in addition, any person violating any of the provisi~ of this ordinance shall be dee~ed guilty of a misdeameanor and upon conviction thereof:~',:"'"'~!~ shall be punished by a fine of not less than Twenty-five Dollars ($25.00) nor more than Five Hundred Dollars ($500.00), or by imprisonment exceeding six (6) months, or by both uch fine and imprisonment.! Each day's continuance of ,~violation o£ this ordinance shall be deemed a separate offense ' and shall be punishable accordingly. SECTION 16. All other ordinances or parts of ordi- nances in conflict herewith are hereby repealed. ?: SECTION 17. If any section, sub-section, sentence, .. clause, or phrase of this ordinance is for any reason held ~ to be inapplicable, unconstitutional, or otherwise invalid, such decision shall not affect the validity of the remaining portions thereof. The City Council of the City of South San Francisco hereby declares that it would have passed this ordinance, and each section, sub-section, sentence, clause, and phrase thereof, irrespective of the fact that any one or more other sections, sub-sections, sentences, c~uses, or phrases be declared inapplicable, unconstitutional or otherwise invalid. SECTION 18. This ordinance shall be published by one insertion in the SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO ENTERPRISE-JOURNAL, a newspaper of general circulation of said City of South San Francisco, and shall take effect and be in force upon the expiration of thirty (30) days after its adoption. -6- Introduced this ~.Oth day of July, 1953 Passed and adopted as an ordinance of the City of South San Francisco at a regular meeting of the City,Council of the City of South San Francisco this 8~h day of Se~tember 1953, by the following vote: AYES, Councilmen Adolph 3ani, E~llio Cortesi, Joseph Braeco, Telfor~ Smith ~ohn Noonan NOES, " ..... ABSENT, " None Approved: May~~'-~~ ty ~~ San Frandsco City -7-