10.04.020        RUNNING AT LARGE

(a)Except in those areas designated in Section 14.08.030 of this code where dogs may run at large at times listed in that section, it is unlawful for any person owning or having charge, care or control of any dog, whether licensed and vaccinated or not, to suffer or permit any such dog to run at large on any public street, road, alley, park, square or place, or on any vacant or unenclosed lot or land within the city. A dog shall be deemed running at large unless led or restrained by a leash not exceeding six feet in length attached to the dog's collar or harness and actually held by a person or made fast to a stationary object.
(b)Except as provided in subsection (c), immediately below, a violation of this section shall be an infraction.
(c)Second and subsequent violations of this section within a one-year period shall be misdemeanors.

10.04.030        LICENSE - FEE - Date

(a)Every person owning or having charge, care or control over any dog of the age of four months or over shall pay a license fee as set by resolution of the council, to be paid within thirty days after the owner and the dog establish residence in the city, or within thirty days after the owner acquires ownership of a dog over four months old, or within thirty days after the dog reaches the age of four months.

10.04.130        LEAVING TIED DOG UNATTENDED

It is unlawful to attach, tie, or chain a dog to any real property or improvement to real property or to any object whereby the dog is restrained, on or in any street, sidewalk, alley, mall, way, park, automobile parking area, or building entrance area, which is in public use or ownership or serves a business establishment which is open to and provides the public with goods or services, or which is on or in any area of a building used by or open to the public.
Any dog attached, tied or chained in violation of this section for which there is no apparent responsible person on the scene to be cited hereunder shall be deemed to be running at large for the purposes of Section 10.04.020 and shall be subject to seizure and impounding thereunder.
(Ord. 1515 N.S. p. 2 (part), 1986).

10.04.140        DOG EXCREMENT

(a)It is unlawful for any person having ownership, custody or control of a dog to suffer or permit the dog to deposit excrement on public property or the property of any other person.
(b)It is unlawful for any person having ownership, custody or control of a dog to fail promptly to remove and clean up excrement deposited by the dog on public property or the property of any other person.
(c)It is unlawful for any person having ownership, custody or control of a dog which has deposited excrement on public property or the property of any other person, to not have in his or her possession material and a container with which to clean up promptly and remove such excrement.
(d)A violation of this section shall constitute an infraction.

10.04.150        DOGS CREATING NOISE OR UNSANITARY CONDITIONS

(a)It is unlawful to habitually disturb the peace of any person by allowing unsanitary conditions in connection with the keeping, possessing or owning of a dog or dogs.
(b)It is unlawful to own, control, possess, harbor or keep any dog which by reason of its barking, yelping or other noise created by it habitually disturbs the peace and quiet of a neighborhood. At a minimum, such habitual disturbance shall be established by evidence provided either by two residents of the affected neighborhood, such residents occupying separate dwelling units, or by one resident of the affected neighborhood and a city enforcement person.
(c)Except as provided in subsection (d), immediately below, a violation of this section shall be an infraction.
(d)Second and subsequent violations of either subsection (a) or subsection (b), above, within a one-year period shall be misdemeanors.

10.04.170        VICIOUS DOGS - DEFINED
Any dog, except one assisting a peace officer engaged in law enforcement duties, which demonstrates any of the following behavior or propensities, is presumed vicious:
(a)An attack which requires a defensive action by any person to prevent bodily injury or property damage when such person is conducting himself or herself peacefully and lawfully;
(b)An attack which results in property damage or in an injury to a person when such a person is conducting himself or herself peacefully and lawfully;
(c)An attack on another animal which occurs on property other than that of the owner of the attacking dog;
(d)Any behavior which constitutes a threat of bodily harm to a person when such person is conducting himself or herself peacefully and lawfully;
(e)A known propensity, because of temperament, conditioning or training, to attack, bite or injure human beings or domesticated animals.
For the purposes of this section, a person is "conducting himself or herself peacefully and lawfully" upon the private property of an owner or possessor of the dog when he or she is on such property in the performance of any duty imposed on such person by state or local law or by the laws of postal regulations of the United States, or when he or she is on such property upon invitation, either expressed or implied.
(Ord. 1612 N.S. p. 5, 1987: Ord. 1515 N.S. p. 2 (part), 1986).

10.04.180        VICIOUS DOGS - CONFINEMENT - SECURITY

A person owning or having charge of a vicious dog shall confine it within a building or secure enclosure except that it may be permitted off the premises only when securely muzzled, leashed, and under the control of a person and who is physically capable of restraining said animal.

10.08.020        ANIMALS ALLOWED WITHOUT PERMIT

The following animals may be maintained without a permit:
(a)Three cats or dogs or a combination thereof on a parcel of land improved with a dwelling designed for a single family;
(b)Two cats or dogs or one of each in a duplex unit, apartment or a unit of a multiple dwelling development; or
(c)Three cats or dogs or a combination thereof on any other parcel of land under a single ownership;
(d)Animals normally maintained as pets by children, other than cats and dogs, such as guinea pigs, hamsters, lizards, frogs, tadpoles, aquarium-kept fish, cage-maintained birds, provided any such animal is not vicious or dangerous to human safety. The city council shall determine any controversy respecting the nature of any animal or species of animals permitted under this subsection.

20.04.020Exempt signs - No permit required

(h)Any number of nonilluminated political signs limited to a combined sign area not exceeding sixteen square feet in residential zones and twenty square feet in other zones; provided, (1) there is no limit to the number or area of political window signs, and (2) political signs shall be placed, posted or erected no earlier than six weeks before the election to which they pertain, and shall be removed within seven days following such election;

20.04.030Prohibited signs

In addition to any sign not specifically in accordance with this chapter, the following signs are prohibited:
(a)Abandoned signs, including all structural, support, and other componential elements;
(b)Flashing or blinking signs, except signal lights and other public safety signs maintained by government authority;
(c)Billboards;
(d)Advertising devices which move in the wind (for example, stringers, pennants, pinwheels, balloons, etc.) when displayed for more than seven consecutive days or for more than fourteen days in a twelve-month period;
(e)Flags, except the flag of any governmental entity;
(f)Signs that rotate or move in any fashion, except barber poles;
(g)Any sign which simulates or imitates any traffic sign or signal or which makes use of words, symbols or characters in such manner to interfere with, mislead or confuse pedestrian or vehicular traffic;
(h)Any sign, including a political sign, attached, maintained, painted, printed or otherwise affixed to a curbstone, lamppost, hydrant, tree, shrub, tree stake or guard, utility pole, wire, bench, sidewalk, crosswalk, traffic signpost, traffic-control device, parking meter or structure in or upon any public street, alley, or upon any other public property, except by a duly authorized public employee or required or permitted by law. Any sign prohibited by this subsection may be removed by city personnel, and persons responsible for placing the signs shall be liable for cost of removal;
(i)Any sign, except as may be required by law, placed or maintained so as to interfere with free ingress to or egress from any door, window or fire escape;
(j)Signs located so as to obstruct the view of a traffic sign, signal or device, or located so as to confuse the viewers of same;
(k)Signs located on or extending over public property, except as otherwise provided in this chapter, without a valid license from the council to encroach;
(l)Signs made wholly or partially of highly reflective material;

23.64.240Parking or placement of large vehicles or structures in certain areas of residential premises - Prohibited

(a)Except as provided in subsection (b), it is unlawful for the owner or occupant of a premises in any R district to park or place, or to allow or suffer the parking or placing of, any structure, container or vehicle, mobile or not, which dimensions exceed eight feet in height or twenty feet in length, at any location on the premises as listed below:
(1)Between the main structure and any property line abutting a street.
(2)In any side or rear yard required by the zone district in which the premises is located.
(3)At any location on an undeveloped lot.
(4)Closer than 31/2 feet to any structure.
(b)Exceptions:
(1)Parking or placement for less than six consecutive hours.
(2)Parking for the purpose of loading or unloading household goods or furniture.
(3)Parking or placement of vehicles or structures being used in connection with construction in progress on the premises.
(4)Parking in a legally existing driveway.
(5)Parking in a required rear yard setback that abuts an alley.
(6)Parking or placement inside a garage or carport legally constructed on the premises.
(c)Parking in the prohibited area may be allowed subject to first obtaining a use permit under the terms of Chapter 23.72.

23.64.350Prohibition of transient use of residential property for remuneration

(a)Definitions. The following defined words shall have the following meaning for the purposes of this section. The following shall prevail in case of conflict with the definitions set out in Chapter 23.08.

(1)"Person" means an individual, a group of individuals, or an association, firm, partnership, corporation or other entity, public or private.

(2)"Owner" means the person who possesses fee title to a transient use site.

(3)"Owner representative" means any person authorized by the owner to fully manage the transient use site.

(4)"Remuneration" means compensation, money, rent, or other bargained for consideration given in return for occupancy, possession or use of real property.

(5)"Residential property" means any dwelling unit, except those dwelling units lawfully established as part of a bed and breakfast inn, motel, hotel, timeshare development, or other transient use not prohibited by this section.

(6)"Responsible tenant" means a person aged 18 or older who has received notice of occupancy, parking and other limits and regulations that apply to the transient use site, and who has agreed to be responsible to ensure that impermissible or inappropriate behavior does not occur at the transient use site.

(7)"Transient" means a period of time less than thirty consecutive calendar days.

(8)"Transient use of residential property" means the commercial use, by any person, of residential property for transient lodging uses where the term of occupancy, possession or tenancy of the property by the person entitled to such occupancy, possession or tenancy is less than 30 consecutive calendar days.

(9)"Transient use site" and "Transient use" mean property occupied and used for transient or short-term rental purposes.

(10)"Use" means the purpose for which land or premises of a building thereon is designed, arranged or intended, or for which it is or may be occupied or maintained.

(b) Transient use of residential property must comply with General Plan Policy 1.5. Specifically, transient use of residential property for remuneration is prohibited, and no transient use license may be issued, in any residential zoning district, including R-1, R-H, R-1-H, R-1-B-2, R-1-B-3, R-2, R-2-B-3, R-3, R-3-P.G.R., R-3-M, R-4, and all PUD districts, except to the extent that such use is both (1) in the coastal zone and permitted under the local coastal program, and (2) permitted by a transient use license issued by the city. Transient use of residential property for remuneration in nonresidential zoning districts is prohibited, except (1) as otherwise expressly permitted by this title, or (2) when such use is permitted by a transient use license issued by the city. Transient use of residential property for remuneration does not include "home sharing" permitted by the city or house swaps, house sitting, pet sitting, work trade, and similar noncommercial arrangements that do not involve an exchange of money.

(c)In order to provide a reasonable phase-out of transient uses of residential property for remuneration, notwithstanding any other provision of this code, all uses that become nonconforming as a result of the amendment to this section by the Initiative to Preserve and Protect Pacific Grove's Residential Character, including uses permitted under short-term rental licenses, shall be discontinued within 18 months from the date that the initiative was approved by the voters. Nothing in this subsection is intended to affect any city authority to terminate uses found to be a nuisance, or that are otherwise unlawful.

(d)Liability and Enforcement.

(1)Any owner, owner representative, responsible tenant, person acting as agent, real estate broker, real estate sales agent, property manager, reservation service or otherwise who uses, arranges, or negotiates for the use of residential property in violation of the provisions of this chapter is guilty of an infraction for each day in which such residential property is used, or allowed to be used, in violation of this chapter.

(2)Any owner, owner representative, responsible tenant, or other person who uses, or allows the use of, residential property in violation of the provisions of this chapter is guilty of an infraction for each day in which such residential property is used, or allowed to be used, in violation of this chapter.

(4)Penalties may be assessed for violations as provided in Chapters

(e)This section may be repealed or amended only by a vote of the people, except that amendments do not require a vote of the people if they (1) apply only in the coastal zone or (2) amend subsection (d) of this section concerning liability and enforcement. [Ord. 18-018 § 3, 2018; Ord. 16-007 § 2, 2016; Ord. 10-001 § 2, 2010; Ord. 08-006 § 79, 2008; Ord. 1933 N.S. § 1, 1994; Ord. 1913 N.S. § 1, 1993].