§ 416-6.400. License revocation.

(a)

A license may be revoked by the animal services director on one or more of the following grounds:

(1)

Falsification of facts in the license application;

(2)

Violation of any provisions of this division or any California state law, statute, rule, order or regulation governing the activity for which the license was issued;

(3)

Conviction of cruelty to animals in this or any other state;

(4)

Failure to meet and maintain the conditions of the license;

(5)

Inhumane and/or cruel treatment of animals;

(6)

Violations of health and sanitation codes.

(b)

Prior to revocation of a license, the animal services director shall hold a public hearing to determine whether the grounds described in subsection (a) of this section exist.

(c)

At least ten days prior to hearing the animal services director shall mail or otherwise deliver to the possessor of the animals a notice containing a statement of the charges supporting license revocation and/or impoundment and notice of the time and place of hearing before the animal services director as to the truth of the charges.

(d)

If the animal services director determines, after hearing, that charges supporting such action are true, he/she may revoke the license and may impound any animals covered under such license.

(e)

On revocation of license, if the cause is not inhumane treatment of animals or violation of health and sanitation codes, the owner of the license so revoked shall have a sixty-day grace period prior to the effective date or revocation to attempt to find new adoptive owners for the animals involved.

(f)

If a license has been denied or revoked for cause, the animal services director shall not accept a new application by the same person less than twelve months after such denial or revocation unless the applicant affirmatively shows, and has verified by the animal services director, that the grounds upon which the first license or application was denied or revoked no longer exist.

(g)

On revocation of license, no part of the license fee shall be refunded.

(h)

Evidence must be relevant, noncumulative, and of such nature as responsible persons are accustomed to rely on in the conduct of serious affairs. Written statements by a county officer or employee, an officer or employee of the state, or an officer or employee of any law enforcement or fire protection agency acting in the course and scope of their official duties or employment, written records of the animal services department, and statements under penalty of perjury may be accepted as evidence that the fact(s) or condition(s) expressed therein do or do not exist.

(Ords. 83-10 § 4, 80-97 § 2).