Ordinance No. 48146
ORDINANCE NO. 481
AN URGENCY ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
CYPRESS ADDING SECTION 3 -2 TO THE CODE OF THE CITY OF
CYPRESS PROHIBITING BURIAL OR OTHER DISPOSAL OF CERTAIN
ANIMALS WITHIN THE CITY OF CYPRESS.
THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CYPRESS HEREBY DOES ORDAIN AS FOLLOWS:
SECTION 1: Section 3 -2 is added to the Code of the City of Cypress to
read as follows:
Sec. 3 -2. Burial or disposal of animals within City prohibited.
Notwithstanding any provisions of Section 41.015 of the Orange
County Codified Ordinances to the contrary, that the owner of any
dead animal shall dispose of the carcass of such animal in a
sanitary manner as prescribed by the County Health Officer
within 24 hours after said owner has knowledge of the animal's
death, no animal carcass, other than that of a household'pet,
shall be buried or otherwise disposed of upon property within
the City of Cypress.
SECTION 2: The City Council of the City of Cypress hereby finds that the
immediate preservation of the public peace, health, and safety require that this
ordinance take effect immediately pursuant to Government Code Section 36937.
The facts constituting said • urgency are found to be as follows:
The decaying carcasses of animals (other than household pets) within the
City of Cypress have given rise to serious health problems and have become a
nuisance by reason of their odors and the fly problem created thereby. This
present problem will be made more severe with the advent of warmer temperatures.
The problem has reached such a stage that no further burial or other disposal
of such carcasses can be permitted within the City of Cypress.
PASSED AND ADOPTED by the City Council of the City of Cypress at a regular
meeting held on the 8th day of May, 1972.
ATTEST:
AF' CLERK THE C CI .OF CYPRESS
STATE OF CALIFORNIA )
COUNTY OF ORANGE ) SS
MAYOR OF 39,,c1 OF CY SS
I, DARRELL ESSEX, City Clerk of the City of Cypress, DO HEREBY CERTIFY that
the foregoing Urgency Ordinance was duly adopted at a regular meeting of the said
City Council held on the 8th day of May, 1972, by the following roll call vote:
AYES: 5 COUNCILMEN: Frankiewich, Harvey, Kanel, Roberts and Lacayo
NOES: 0 COUNCILMEN: None
ABSENT: 0 COUNCILMEN: None
CITY CLERK OF THE CI TX OF CYPRESS