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ORDINANCE NO. 2006-01
ADOPTING BY REFERENCE CONTRA COSTA COUNTY'S DANGEROUS
ANIMAL ORDINANCE (ARTICLE 416-12.4 OF THE CONTRA COSTA COUNTY
CODE) AND INCORPORATING THE ORDINANCE INTO SECTION 6-1 OF THE
DANVILLE MUNICIPAL CODE
The Danville Town Council does ordain as follows:
SECTION 1. FINDINGS.
The Danville Town Council makes the following findings:
1. On November 15, 2005, the Contra Costa County Board of Supervisors approved
County Ordinance No. 2005-24, amending Article 416-12.4 of the Contra Costa
County Code relating to dangerous animals.
2. On February 28, 2006, the Contra Costa County Board of Supervisors approved
County Ordinance No. 2006-05, amending Article 416-12.4 of the Contra Costa
County Code relating to dangerous animals.
3. Government Code Section 50022.9 authorizes the Town to adopt the County's
ordinances by reference.
4. The Town of Danville has previously adopted the entire County Animal Control
Code by reference as Sections 6-1 and 6-2 of the Danville Municipal Code.
SECTION 2. ADOPTING BY REFERENCE CONTRA COSTA COUNTY'S
DANGEROUS ANIMAL ORDINANCE
Article 416-12.4 of the Contra Costa County Code, as adopted by Contra Costa County
Ordinance No. 2005-24 and No. 2006-05, is hereby adopted by reference and
incorporated into Section 6-1 of the Danville Municipal Code.
SECTION 3. AMENDING SECTION 6-2 OF THE DANVILLE MUNICIPAL CODE
TO ESTABLISH PENALTIES
A new Section 6-2(c) is hereby added to the Danville Municipal Code to establish
penalties for violation of the Contra Costa County's Dangerous Animal Ordinance,
Article 416-12.4 of the Contra Costa County Code, to read as follows:
Section 6-2 Penalties
(c) It shall be a misdemeanor for any owner or keeper of an animal previously
designated as dangerous to violate any of the conditions of the dangerous animal
permit under Section 416-12.422 of the Contra Costa County Code, punishable as
provided by law. If an owner or keeper: is convicted of violating this section, the court
may, upon good cause, order the dangerous animal seized, declared a nuisance and
destroyed. Any person convicted in violation of this section shall be prohibited from
owning, harboring or keeping any animal within Contra Costa County for a minimum
of five years.
SECTION 4. CODIFICATION.
Sections 2 and 3 of this ordinance shall be codified in the Danville Municipal Code.
SECTION 5. SEVERABILITY. If any section, subsection, sentence, clause or phrase of
this ordinance is for any reason held to be invalid, such decision shall not affect the
validity of the remaining portions of the ordinance. The Danville Town Council hereby
declares that they would have adopted the ordinance, and each section, subsection,
sentence, clause, or phrase thereof, irrespective of the fact that one or more sections,
subsections, sentences, clauses or phrases was declared invalid.
SECTION 6. PUBLICATION AND EFFECTIVE DATE. The City Clerk shall have a
summary of this ordinance published twice in a newspaper of general circulation, once
within five (5) days before its adoption and once within 15 (fifteen) days after adoption.
This ordinance shall become effective 30 days after adoption.
The foregoing Ordinance was introduced on March 7, 2006 and approved and adopted
by the Danville Town Council at a regular meeting held on March 21, 2006, by the
following vote:
AYES: Stepper, Shimansky, Andersen! Arnerich, Doyle
NOES: None
ABSTAIN: None
ABSENT: None
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APPROVED AS TO FORM:
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CLERK'S CERTIFICATE
I, Marie Sunseri, City Clerk of the Town of Danville, hereby certify that the foregoing is
a true and accurate copy of Ordinance No. 2006-01 of said Town and that said
ordinance was published according to law.
Dated:
City Clerk of the
T own of Danville
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