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ORDINANCE NO. 2517
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF HUNTINGTON BEACH
AMENDING THE HUNTINGTON BEACH MUNICIPAL CODE
BY AMENDING SECTIONS 7. 12.040 AND 7 .12 .120;
AND ADDING THERETO SECTION 7.12.290 RELATING
TO KEEPING CERTAIN ANIMALS AND FOWL
The City Council of the City of Huntington Beach does
ordain as follows :
SECTION 1. The Huntington Beach Municipal Code is hereby
amended by amending sections 7. 12.040 and 7 . 12.120 to read as
follows :
7.12.040 Keeping animals near inhabited structures . (a) No
person shall keep any animal , fowl or bird, wild or domestic, other
than dogs, cats, canaries , or birds of the psittacinae family,
within fifty (50 ) feet of any inhabited structure, church, school ,
or hospital provided, however, that when any person keeps more than
four (4) birds of the psittacinae family, he shall keep such birds
at least thirty-five (35 ) feet from any of said structures.
( b) Notwithstanding subsection ( a) , no person shall keep
more than two (2) chickens , geese, ducks , turkeys , pheasants, doves ,
pigeons, squabs, guinea pigs , hamsters , rabbits, or any combination
thereof. Such animals and fowl shall be securely caged at all
times on the rear two-thirds of the property at least fifteen (15)
feet from any dwelling other than that of the owner of said animals
and fowl , and at least twenty ( 20) feet from any opening of any
dwelling other than that of the owner of said animals and fowl.
7 . 12.120 Fowl and rabbits--Keeping restrictions . It is a
nuisance and no person shall keep chickens , geese, ducks , turkeys ,
pheasants , doves , pigeons, squabs or similar fowl or rabbits ,
owned or controlled by him or it, within fifty (50) feet of any
street line or within twenty (20) feet of any property line,
except as provided in section 7 .12.040 , or within one hundred
( 100) feet of any place where food products are kept, stored,
manufactured or served to the public unless such house or struc-
ture be occupied by him or it, or to keep any rooster over four
( 4) months old within the city limits .
SECTION 2. The Huntington Beach Municipal Code is hereby
amended by adding thereto section 7. 12.290 to read as follows :
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1 *12,210 Enforcement . The Director of Development Services
and his designees are hereby authorized and directed to enforce
the provisions of this chapter.
SECTION 3. This ordinance shall take effect thirty days after
its adoption.
PASSED AND ADOPTED by the City Council of the City of
Huntington Beach at a regular meeting thereof held on the
day of 1981.
Mayor
ATTEST : APPROVED AS TO FORM:
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City Clerk City Attorney
REVIEWED AND APPROVED: INITIATED AND APPROVED:
City Admin' trator irector of Development
Services
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