HomeMy WebLinkAbout1675 - ORDINANCES - 10/19/2005 ORDINANCE NO. 1675
eAN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF PALM SPRINGS,
CALIFORNIA, ADDING SECTIONS 10.04.090, 10.04.100,
10.04.110, AND 10.24.011 TO THE PALM SPRINGS
MUNICIPAL CODE, RELATING TO THE REGULATION OF
DOMESTIC ANIMALS IN THE CITY.
City Attorney Summary
The current provisions of the Palm Springs Municipal Code
does not distinguish between domestic household pets and
livestock as animals that are permitted in the City. This
ordinance prohibits the keeping of any animal in the City other
than household pets as defined and animals expressly
permitted under the City's Zoning Ordinance.
The City Council of the City of Palm Springs ordains:
Section 1. Section 10.04.090 is added to the Palm Springs Municipal Code to read:
10.04.090 Livestock
"Livestock" means any domestic animal customarily kept, used, maintained, or raised on a
farm or ranch, including but not limited to, horses, ponies, burros, mules, donkeys, sheep,
cows, goats, chickens, roosters, ducks, geese, and swine.
Section 2. Section 10.04.100 is added to the Palm Springs Municipal Code to read:
10.04.100 Household Pets
"Household Pets" means small animals ordinarily and customarily domesticated and
permitted in a dwelling and kept for company or pleasure and not for profit. The term
"household pets" includes dogs, cats, small caged birds such as canaries or parakeets,
fish, and any other kindred animal or bird. The term "household pets" does not include
Livestock or any animal or bird that is a dangerous or prohibited species or is commonly
kept for commercial or agricultural purposes.
Section 3. Section 10.24.011 is added to the Palm Springs Municipal Code to read:
10.24.011 Prohibited Animals.
(a) It shall be unlawful for any person to own, possess, harbor, keep, maintain upon his
or her property, for any reason, any animal other than a household pet or any animal
expressly permitted within a particular zone or district as provided in the Zoning Code of
the City.
Ordinance No. 1675
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(b) This prohibition shall not apply to animals that are permitted under Section '
10.24.015 of this Code ("Wild Animals — Authorization required") or otherwise expressly
authorized by the City Council.
Section 4. The Mayor shall sign and the City Clerk shall certify to the passage and
adoption of this Ordinance and shall cause the same, or the summary thereof, to be
published and posted pursuant to the provisions of law and this Ordinance shall take effect
thirty (30) days after passage.
ADOPTED this 191h day of October 2005.
kio-n Oden, Mayor
ATTEST:
)times Thompson, City'Clerk
CERTIFICATION
STATE OF CALIFORNIA ) '
COUNTY OF RIVERSIDE ) ss..
CITY OF PALM SPRINGS )
I, JAMES THOMPSON, City Clerk of the City of Palm Springs, hereby certify that
Ordinance No. 1675 is a full, true and correct copy, and was introduced at a regular
meeting of the Palm Springs City Council on October 5, 2005, and adopted at a regular
meeting of the City Council of the City of Palm Springs on October 19, 2005, by the
following vote:
AYES: Councilmembers Foat, Mills, Pougnet, Mayor Pro Tern McCulloch and Mayor
Oden
NOES: None
ABSENT: None
ABSTAIN: None
/James Thompson, City Clerk
City of Palm Springs, California