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1 <br />2 <br />3 <br />4 <br />5 <br />6 <br />7 <br />8 <br />9 <br />10 <br />11 <br />12 <br />13 <br />14 <br />15 <br />16 <br />17 <br />18 <br />19 <br />20 <br />21 <br />22 <br />23 <br />24 <br />25 <br />26 <br />27 <br />28 <br />public safety concerns. Animal hoarding is further defined by an inability to provide even <br />minimal standards of nutrition, sanitation, shelter and veterinary care often resulting in animal <br />starvation, illness and/or death. <br />"Barking dog" means a dog that barks, bays, cries, howls, or makes any noise audible beyond the <br />boundaries of the property on which the dog is situated for an extended period of time to the <br />disturbance of any person at any time of day or night, regardless of whether the dog is physically <br />situated in or upon private property. Such extended period of time shall consist of incessant <br />barking, baying, crying, howling, or making of any noise for 30 minutes or more in any 24-hour <br />period, or intermittent barking, baying, crying, howling, or making any noise for 60 minutes or <br />more during a 24-hour period. A dog shall not be deemed a "barking dog" for purposes of this <br />title, if at anytime the dog is barking, a person is trespassing or threatening to trespass upon <br />private property in or upon which the dog is situated, or when the dog is being teased or <br />provoked. <br />"Bite" means a puncture or tear of the skin inflicted by teeth of an animal. <br />"Breeder" means any person who, for pay or other compensation, causes the breeding of a male <br />or female dog or cat or makes a dog or cat available for breeding purposes, or any person who <br />sells or offers for sale any dog or cat. All breeders must obtain a City business license. For <br />purposes of this definition a hobby breeder who causes the breeding of male or females cats <br />and/or dogs without pay or other compensation shall not be considered a breeder and does not <br />require a license. <br />"Cat" means any male or female cat (felis catus). An adult cat is any cat older than four months of <br />age. <br />"City" means the City of Colton. <br />"City animal shelter" or "City contracted animal shelter" means the County of Riverside animal <br />shelter and/or the contracted animal shelter providing services to the City of Colton. The term <br />"City pound" as may be used in this title or this code shall mean the "City contracted animal <br />shelter." <br />"Community cat" means a feral or free -roaming cat that is without visibly -discernible <br />identification of any kind and has been sterilized, vaccinated, and ear -tipped. Community cats are <br />exempt from licensing, feeding bans, and registration requirements. A community cat is not to be <br />classified as a public nuisance animal merely for being repeatedly found at large. <br />"Community cat caregiver" means a person who in accordance with trap -neuter -return program <br />(TNR), provides care, including food, shelter or medical care to a community cat. A community <br />cat caregiver shall not be considered the owner, harborer, controller or keeper of a community <br />cat. <br />"Confined" means a condition whereby an animal is restricted to the property of the owner by an <br />enclosure or enclosed lot, secure enough so that the animal cannot bite, harm, or injure anyone by <br />the animal overreaching the top of the fence or other enclosure. <br />23152.06020\27262568.1 - 3 - <br />