HomeMy WebLinkAboutORD 01.22.1980 - Impoundment of Dogs486
ORDINANCE NO ?07-4/'
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF GEORGETOWN, TEXAS PROVIDING THAT THE CODE OF
ORDINANCES, CITY OF GEORGETOWN, TEXAS, BE AMENDED BY REVISING SECTIONS
5-20, 5-21, 5-22(d), 5-27(1), (2) AND (3) OF SAID CODE; PROVIDING"THAT
(AT LARGE) BE REDEFINED: THREE MONTH OLD DOGS BE VACCINATED: IMPOUNDMENT
FEE OF $3.00 PER DAY AND STATING CONDITIONS OF REDEMPTION WHEN ANIMALS
ARE IMPOUNDED:
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF GEORGETOWN, TEXAS:
Section 1. That Section 5-20 (Definition of At Large) of the Code
of Ordinances of the City of Georgetown, Texas, be amended so that such
section shall read as follows:
Section 5-20. Definitions
At Large: Not under direct physical control of owner or handler by
lease, cord, chain or similiar direct physical control of a maximum length
of six (6) feet and not being kept physically restrained from leaving
premises of owner.
Section 2. That Section 5-21. (Rabies Vaccination and license -
vaccination required.) of the Code of Ordinances of the City of George-
town, Texas, be amended so that such section shall read as follows:
No person shall own, keep or harbor a dog over the age of three (3)
months within the city unless the dog shall have been vaccinated by a
licensed veterinary surgeon with anti -rabies vaccine in each year that
such dog is owned, kept or harbored.
Section 3. That Section 5-22(d). (License Required) of the Code of
Ordinances of the City of Georgetown, Texas, be amended so that such
section shall read as follows:
(d) The yearly license fee shall be two dollars ($2.00) for each dog
over the age of three (3) months.
Section 4. That Section 5-27. (Impounding -Required; conditions of
redemptio_n_.Tof the Code of Ordinances of the City of Georgetown, Texas,
be amended so that such section shall read as follows:
Any dog found within the city in violation of any of the provisions
of this article shall immediately be impounded and kept for a period of r
seventy-two (72) hours and then disposed of, except as provided in section:,
5-30,o,r unless killed as provided in section 5-26 or sections 5-28 through,.
-?0: provided, however, the owner of any dog impounded under the terms of
tnis section shall be allowed to take such dog from the place where im-
pounded upon the following conditions:
(1) Upon a payment of an impounding fee of the sum of ten dollars
($10.00) plus the sum of three dollars ($3.00) for each day or frac-
tional part thereof which said dog had been impounded.
(2) If said dog is not wearing a collar with valid rabies and
license tags attached, then the owner thereof must present a certificate
showing that said dog has been vaccinated within (12) months from that
day or pay a vaccination fee to the city prior to its release and must
further produce or secure a valid license tag for such dog.
(3) Provide the dog with a collar or harness to which the license
and rabies tags are attached.
Section 5. That all ordinances or parts of ordinances in conflict
with this ordinances are hereby repealed.
READ, PASSED AND APPROVED on first reading this 8th. day of
January, 1980
READ, PASSED AND APPROVED on second reading this " day of
January, 1980
May -CIty of George twn
ATTEST:
W. . Walden, City Secretary
,Y. City of Georgetown
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