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ORDINANCE NO. 9274 (NEW SERIES), EFF. AN ORDINANCE REPEALING THE EXISTING AND ADOPTING A REVISED CHAPTER 6 OF DIVISION 2 OF TITLE 6 OF THE SAN DIEGO COUNTY CODE OF REGULATORY ORDINANCES RELATING TO ANIMAL CONTROL. The Board of Supervisors of the County of San Diego do ordain as follows: Section 1. Chapter 6 of Division 2 of Title 6 of the San Diego County Code is hereby repealed and readopted to read as follows: CHAPTER 6 ANIMAL CONTROL ARTICLE 1 GENERAL PROVISIONS AND DEFINITIONS Sec. 62.601. DEFINITIONS. For the purposes of this chapter the following definitions shall apply: (a) ALTERED for a female means having had the ovaries and uterus surgically removed; an ovariohysterectomy. Altered for a male means having had the testicles surgically removed. (b) AMBIENT TEMPERATURE means the temperature surrounding the animal. (c) ANIMAL shall include but not be limited to birds, fishes, reptiles, and nonhuman mammals. (d) AT LARGE means being on any private property without permission of the person who owns or has a right to possess or use the property; or unrestrained by a Leash on either public property, unless expressly permitted by law, or private property open to the public; or in any place or manner which presents substantial risk of imminent interference with animal or public health, safety or welfare. (e) ATTACK means any action by an animal which places a person in reasonable apprehension of immediate bodily harm. (f) BOARD OF SUPERVISORS means the County of San Diego, Board of Supervisors. (g) CAT means a Felis domesticus of either sex, altered or unaltered. (h) COUNTY means the County of San Diego. (i) COUNTY ANIMAL SHELTER means a premises selected by the Director of Animal Control as a suitable facility for the requirements of this chapter. (j) COUNTY VETERINARIAN means the County of San Diego, Veterinarian, his/her agents or deputies. (k) CURB means to so restrain or control an animal that it urinates or defecates only in the street gutters. (l) D