Ord 1261 - ADOPTING BY REFERENCE, WITH CHANGES, DIVISION B4 (ANIMALS AND FOWL) OF THE COUNTY OF SANTA CLARA ORDINANCE CODEORDINANCE NO. 7 - -
ORDINANCE OF THE TOWN OF LOS GATOS,
ADOPTING BY REFERENCE, WITH CHANGES,
DIVISION B4 (ANIMALS AND FOWL) OF
THE COUNTY OF SANTA CLARA ORDINANCE CODE
THE TOWN COUNCIL OF THE TOWN OF LOS GATOS DOES ORDAIN
AS FOLLOWS:
SECTION 1.
Sections 5 -1, 5 -2, 5 -2.5, 5 -3 and 5 -7 of the Code of
the Town of Los Gatos are repealed.
SECTION 2.
Section 5 -1 is added to the Code of the Town of Los Gatos
to read:
SEC. 5 -1 ADOPTION OF DIVISION B4 OF COUNTY ORDINANC
Division B4 of the County of Santa Clara Ordinance
Code, Animals and Fowl as derived from County
Ordinances NS- 600.8, NS -600.9 and NS- 600.91, and as
modified by this ordinance, is adopted by reference.
SECTION 3.
Section 5 -2 is added to the Code of the Town of Los Gatos
to read:
SEC. 5 -2 MODIFICATIONS
For the purpose of adoption by reference as a
Town ordinance, Division B4 of the County of Santa
Clara. Ordinance Code is modified in the following
respects:
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Sec. B4 -1 subdivision (g) is amended to reads
(g) Kennel Any building, structure, enclosure
or premises where more than two dogs or more
than three cats, except dogs or cats less
than four months of age, are kept.
Sec. B4m2 is amended to read:
SEC. B4 -2 CHAPTER [chapters I-IV3 /4] NOT TO
REGULATE USE OF LAND
This chapter [chapters I ®IV3 /4] is not
intended to regulate the use of land. The Zoning
Ordinance of the Town of Los Gatos regulates the
number and types of animals which may be maintained
in various zoning districts. Nothing in this
chapter [chapters I-IV3 /4] is intended to supersede
the provisions of the Zoning Ordinance of the
Town of Los Gatos.
Section B4 ®9 is amended to read:
SEC. B4 -9 . ANIMAL IN TOWN BUILDINGS
No person having the control or care of any
animal or animals, with the exception of persons
having defective eyesight who use a, dog for
guidance, shall suffer or permit such animal to
enter or remain in Town -owned or managed buildings
other than a building used for the purpose of
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care, detention, or treatment of animals or a.
building used for training classes, shows or
exhibitions.
Section 84 -38 is amended to read:
SEC. 84 -38 MAXIMUM NUMBER OF DOGS OR CATS
No person shall keep or harbor more than two
dogs four months of age or older or more than
three cats four months of age or older upon any
premises without first obtaining a kennel permit
from the County Health Officer.
Section 84 -105 through section B4 -114 are deleted.
SECTION III.
Penalty.
Any person who violates any provision of Division B4 of
the County of Santa Clara Ordinance Code, adopted by reference
and modified by this ordinance, is guilty of a misdemeanor
punishable by a fine not to exceed $500 or by imprisonment not
to exceed six months or both.
SECTION IV.
This ordinance shall take effect and shall be in force
thirty (30) days after the date of its adoption. The Town Clerk
of the Town of Los Gatos shall cause this ordinance to be
published once within fifteen (15) days after its adoption, in
the Los Gatos Times - Saratoga Observer, a newspaper of general
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circulation, published and circulated in the Town of Los Gatos.
The above and foregoing ordinance was duly and regularly
introduced at a regular meeting of the Town Council of
the Town of Los Gatos held on the 18th day of August
1975.
PASSED AND ADOPTED as an ordinance of the Town of Los Gatos,
California, at a regular meeting of the Town Council, held on
the 2nd day of September , 1975, by the following vote:
AYES: COUNCILMEN Ruth Cannon
Mark B. DiDuca
John B. Lochner
Albert B. Smith
Egon Jensen
NOES: COUNCILMEN None
ABSENT: COUNCILMEN None
SIGNED: MAYOR q)F TM 'TOWN OF LOS GATOS
ATTEST:
Q�n 4 ze;
CLERK OYI TH OWN j F L S GATOS