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Protection and Disposition of Dogs |
Santa Cruz County.
The purpose of this amended ordinance is to preserve and secure the
health, safety and general welfare of the public and for the protection
and disposition of dogs subject to unhealthful or dangerous conditions
or circumstances.
Definitions.
At large: means being neither confined by an enclosure nor
physically restrained by a leash.
Owner: means any person owning, keeping, possessing, harboring,
or maintaining a dog within Santa Cruz County.
Dogs At Large Prohibited, Exceptions.
The owner or person having control of a dog shall at all times keep
such dog from being at large upon the public streets, sidewalks, alleys
or other public property, unless such dog is restrained by leash,
chain rope or cord of not more than six feet in length and of sufficient
strength to control the action of said dog.
It shall be unlawful for any dog owned, possessed, harbored, kept
or maintained to be at large upon the private property of any person
including that of the owner. Confinement shall be accomplished by
means of a fence or similar enclosure of sufficient strength and height
to prevent the dog from escaping therefrom, or inside a house or other
building, or by being secured to a leash, rope, or chain of not less
than ten (10) feet in length which is fastened or picketed in such
a manner so as not to injure the dog and so as to keep the dog exclusively
on the premise.
Dogs may be at large:
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1. While participating in field trials, recognized kennel club
events, obedience classes
2. While assisting their owner or trainer in legal hunting
or controlling livestock
3. While assisting a peace officer engaged in law enforcement
duties
4. Guide or service dogs while assisting the legally blind,
visually impaired, the deaf and auditorily impaired or the physically
handicapped
5. Upon the premises of the owner of the dog if said property
consists of 36 or more contiguous acres or if les than 36 contiguous
acres if the dog is accompanied by and under the control of
the owner
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Provided however that neither a female dog during her mating or
breeding season nor a vicious dog (as defined by A.R.S. §11-1001(16)),
shall be permitted at large. No dog shall be permitted at large in
a rabies quarantine area.
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Lieutenant:
Jose L. Peņa Jr.
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