DOGS TAKEN FROM URINE-SOAKED HOME OWNER CITED, ORDERED TO FIND HOMES FOR DOZENS MORE BY JAN. 30.Byline: GIDEON RUBIN Staff Writer PALMDALE -- More than 100 dogs were discovered living in unsanitary un·san·i·tar·y adj. Not sanitary. conditions in a dilapidated east Palmdale home that a municipal code investigator assigned as·sign tr.v. as·signed, as·sign·ing, as·signs 1. To set apart for a particular purpose; designate: assigned a day for the inspection. 2. to the case described as a potential public health risk. Animal control officers removed 57 dogs from the home of Linda Papineau, a 48-year-old woman who was arrested and cited for nine misdemeanor misdemeanor, in law, a minor crime, in contrast to a felony. At common law a misdemeanor was a crime other than treason or a felony. Although it might be a grave offense, it did not affect the feudal bond or take away the offender's property. By the 19th cent. code violations and three animal control violations, including operating an illegal kennel. She was immediately released so she could care for the 45 to 50 dogs that remain in her custody until Jan. 30. The animals will be removed by animal control officers if she can't find homes for them by then. Code investigator Walter Jimison said code enforcement Code Enforcement is the act of enforcing a set of s, principles, or laws (especially written ones) and insuring observance of a system of norms or customs. An authority usually enforces a civil code, a set of rules, or a body of laws and compel those subject to their authority to officers noticed an unusually large animal population about three weeks ago at the home while investigating a land-use complaint on an adjacent parcel. Investigators obtained a warrant after noticing about 30 dogs when they visited the home Jan. 10. Papineau has a history of violating city health and safety laws, Jimison said. Investigators found feces feces or excrement or stools Solid bodily waste discharged from the colon through the anus during defecation. Normal feces are 75% water. The rest is about 30% dead bacteria, 30% indigestible food matter, 10–20% cholesterol and other fats, , dead rodents, garbage garbage: see solid waste. and pools of urine urine, clear, amber-colored fluid formed by the kidneys that carries metabolic wastes out of the body (see urinary system). As the blood circulates it collects excretory products from the tissues and these substances are separated from the blood by the kidneys and in the one-story home in the 38000 block of 75th Street, he said. ``The inside of that home was among the worst I've ever seen,'' he said. Jimison said the dogs removed from the home were considered the least adoptable. He said the animals that appeared to be vicious were immediately taken. Others that were removed suffered from illness, injury and neglect. ``It was really sad to see the animals living in those conditions,'' Jimison said. ``Her intent was well-meaning, but having that many animals in the home is overwhelming, and it just created an unfortunate situation.'' Jimison said Palmdale's explosive growth has put a spotlight Spotlight can refer to at least three types of lighting:
He said most violations involve illegal use of land for storage purposes. Palmdale's municipal code enforcement division gets its leads entirely from complaints from the community and from its own field observations. ``They believe that because their parcels are so large and they're so far away from (developed regions) that they're afforded more freedom -- and they're not,'' Jimison said. gideon.rubin@dailynews.com (661) 267-7802 |
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