HomeMy WebLinkAboutOrdinance #2067 EMERGENCY ORDINANCE NO. 2067
AN EMERGENCY ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF HUNTINGTON
BEACH AMENDING THE HUNTINGTON BEACH MUNICIPAL
CODE BY ADDING CHAPTER 7. 12 THERETO PERTAINING
TO ANIMAL CONTROL
The City Council of the City of Huntington Beach does
ordain as follows :
SECTION 1. The Huntington Beach Municipal Code is hereby
amended by adding thereto Chapter 7.12, entitled "Miscellaneous
Animal Care and Control," to read as follows :
Chapter 7 . 12
MISCELLANEOUS ANIMAL CARE AND CONTROL
7 .12. 010 Bees . (a ) No person shall keep or maintain,
or suffer or permit to be kept or maintained, upon premises
owned or controlled by him in the city, any hive bees within
two hundred (200) feet of any dwelling house of the owner or
person in control of such bees . This section shall not apply
to the keeping of bees within an educational institution for
study or observation, or within a physician' s office or labora-
tory for medical research, treatment, or other scientific
purposes , provided they are not permitted to fly at large .
(b) A violation of this section is an infraction, and upon
a conviction thereof shall be punishable by a fine not to exceed
One Hundred Dollars ($100) .
SECTION 2. This is an emergency ordinance necessary for
the immediate preservation of public peace, health or safety
inasmuch as the City of Huntington Beach has repealed its animal
control ordinances except for Chapter 7 . 08 pertaining to dog and
cat licensing and Chapter 7. 04 adopting Title 4, Division l of
the Codified Ordinances of the County of Orange excepting
Articles 4 and 5. By this action the City 'has minimum animal
control ordinances but at the present time has no means of
controlling animals other than dogs and cats . Pursuant to
Section 511 of the Huntington Beach City Charter, this ordinance
shall become effective upon adoption.
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SECTION 3. The City Clerk shall certify to the passage
of this ordinance and shall cause same to be published within
fifteen days of its passage in the Huntington Beach News, a
newspaper of general circulation, printed and published in
Huntington Beach, California.
PASSED AND ADOPTED by the City Council of the City of
Huntington Beach at a regular meeting thereof held on the 17th
day of May, 1976.
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ATTEST: Mayor
City Clerl'
APPROVED AS TO CONTENT AND AS APPROVED AS TO FORM:
INITIATING DEPARTMENT:
ity Administrator City Attorney
2.
Emergency Ord. No. 2067
STATE OF CALIFORNIA )
COUNTY OF ORANGE ) ss.
CITY OF HUNTINGTON BEACH )
I, ALICIA M. WENTWORTH, the duly elected,. qualified and acting
City Clerk of the City of Huntington Beach and ex-officio Clerk of the
City Council of the said City, do hereby certify that the foregoing
ordinance was read to the City Council of the City of Huntington Beach
at a regular meeting thereof held on the 17th day of May
1976 , and was passed and adopted by at least four-fifths (4/5)
affirmative votes of said City Council.
AYES: Councilmen:
Bartlett, Pattinson, Coen, Gibbs, Siebert, Shenkman, Weider
NOES: Councilmen:
None
ABSENT: Councilmen:
None
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City Clerk and ex-officio Clerk
of the City Council, of the City
of Huntington Beach, California
1, Alicia M. Wentworth CITY CLERK of the City of
Huntinton Beach and ex•officlo Clerk of the City
Co rne;l, d� hcr�i�y c� ';�1 `.h,�t +h?s rrd;nance has
becn ww.. News on
Insa;d City.
AUCIA M. ENTWORi-A
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