ORD-20-90 AMENDING TITLE 17 TO ALLOW THE UNLIMITED KEEPING OF BIRDS AS PETS IN SINGLE FAMILY AND MULTI-FAMILY DISTRICTSORDINANCE NO. 20-
90 AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF
THE CITY OF ORANGE AMENDING TITLE 17 OF
THE ORANGE MUNICIPAL CODE TO ALLOW
THE UNLIMITED KEEPING OF BIRDS AS PETS
IN SINGLE FAMILY AND MULTI-
FAMILY DISTRICTS.WHEREAS, after a duly advertised public hearing on
March 5,1990, the Planning commission adopted Resolution
No. PC-22-90 which recommended to the city Council
that the unlimited keeping of birds as pets in the R-
1-6, R-1-7, R-1-8, R-
1-10, R-1-12,R-1-15, R-1-20,
R-1-40, R-2, R-3 and R-
4 Districts: and WHEREAS, the City Council held a public hearing on
May 15,1990, to consider the recommendation of
the Planning commission to allow the unlimited keeping of
birds as pets in the single family and mUlti-
family
districts in the City: and WHEREAS, the City Council upheld the
recommendation of the Planning
commission and
determined that this Ordinance should be adopted.NOW, THEREFORE, the
City Council of the city of Orange does hereby ordain
as follows:section I:Amend section 17.04.
030 of the Orange Municipal Code entitled "B" words,
Terms, and Phrases" to read as
follows:17.04.030 "B" Words.Terms.
and Phrases.Birds. Birds shall include, but
are not limited to,budgies, buntings, canaries, cardinals, cockatiels,
cockatoos,conures, doves, finches, lories, lorikeets, lovebirds, macaws,mynahs,
parakeets, parrots,
pigeons, sparrows, toucans, and weavers. Additional bird species can be
considered as pets subject to approval from the Director of
Community Development.section II:Amend section 17.04.
170 of the Orange Municipal Code entitled "P" Words,
Terms, and Phrases" to read as follows:17.04.170 "
P" Words. Terms. and
Phrases.
section III:
Amend section 17.10.030 entitled "Uses Permitted" to read as
follows:
Delete the word "birds" from subsection 1-
3.section
IV:Amend section 17.10.030 by adding subsection 1-4 to
read
as follows:I.4. The keeping of more than five birds (
not including poultry) as pets or as a hobby subject to
the
following standards:a. The occasional sale of birds would be permitted
if such sale is incidental to the keeping of the bird as
a pet or for
a hobby.b. All birds permitted under this section
shall be confined indoors or in a coop
or aviary.c. Coops or aviaries shall at all times be maintained
in a clean and sanitary condition and shall at all
times be free of
offensive odors.d. The city's Code Enforcement Supervisor
or designee shall be responsible for determining if the
keeping of birds permitted under this section
constitutes a nuisance, health or safety hazard, and are
in violation of subsections a, b, and
c above.
section V:A summary of this Ordinance shall be published
and a certified copy of the full text of this Ordinance shall
be posted in the Office of the City Clerk at least five days prior
to the City Council meeting at which this Ordinance is to be
adopted. A summary of this Ordinance shall also be published
once within fifteen (15) days after this Ordinance's passage in
the Orange City News, a newspaper of general circulation,
published, and circulated in the City of Orange. The city Clerk shall
post in the Office of the City Clerk a certified copy of the full
text of such adopted Ordinance along with the names of those
city Council members voting for and against the Ordinance in
accordance with Government Code section 36933. This Ordinance shall
take effect thirty (30) days from and after the date of its
final passage.ADOPTED this 18th day of
September
1990.2~~M yor of the Cl~y
of
OranATTEST:0J1"'411~~ er~Clty Cle o~ Clty
STATE OF CALIFORNIA)
COUNTY OF ORANGE)
CITY OF ORANGE)
I, MARILYN J. JENSEN, City Clerk of the city of Orange,
California, do hereby certify that the foregoing Ordinance was
introduced at the regular meeting of the city Council held on
the 11th day of September , 1990, and thereafter at a
regular meeting of said City Council duly held on the 18th day
of September , 1990, was duly passed and adopted by the
following vote, to wit:
AYES:COUNCIL MEMBERS: STEINER, BARRERA, MAYOR SMITH, BEYER, COONTZ.
NOES:COUNCIL MEMBERS: NONE
ABSENT: COUNCIL MEMBERS: NONE
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