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HomeMy WebLinkAboutOrdinance No. 09 ORDINANCE NUMBER - AN ORDINANCE REQUIRING IDENTIFICATION TAGS FOR AND INOCULATION OF CANINE ANIMALS: PROHIBITING THE RUNNING AT LARGE OF BITCHES IN HEAT; AUTHORIZING THE IMPOUNDING OF CANINE ANIMALS THAT ARE UNTAGGED OR WHO RUN AT LARGE; PROVIDING FOR POUND FEES; AUTHORIZING THE DESTRUCTION OF IMPOUNDED CANINE ANIMALS; PROHIBITING THE INTENTIONAL RELEASE OR DUMPING OF CANINE ANIMALS; AND PROVIDING A PENALTY FOR THE VIOLATION HEREOF. BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FRIENDSWOOD, TEXAS: ARTICLE I Identification Tags It shall be unlawful for the owner or custodian of any canine animal to main- 1 ain, keep, harbor or bring any canine animal within the corporate limits of the city without having first secured an identification tag from the City Clerk or any person I authorized by the City Clerk to issue the same, which tag shall be securely attached to such animal. That all tags shall expire one year from the date of issuance provided that the date of issuance of license shall be the same as the date of / inoculation as herein after provided. ARTICLE II Inoculation Against Rabies The City Clerk or other authorized person shall issue an identification tag to any person representing himself to be the owner or custodian of a canine animal which is kept, harbored or maintained within the corporate limits of the City, but no such tag shall be issued unless and until satisfactory evidence shall have been presented that such animal has been fully inoculated against rabies by a veterinal- I rian licensed and duly authorized to practice veterinary in the State. ARTICLE III Fee A fee of One and no A00 ($1.00) Dollar shall be assessed for each identifica- tion tag issued by the City Clerk under the provisions of this ordinance. The City Clerk or other authorized person shall issue a receipt for such fee and shall keep a copy of the same which shall be available for inspection. The receipt shall state the name of the person receiving an identification tag, his address, a description of the animal for which a tag is issued and the date of inoculation. II ARTICLE IV I I Bitches in Heat It shall be unlawful for any person responsible for the keeping of any female canine animal to allow such animal to run at large or to be kept in any manner which shall create or become a nuisance to any person or persons while such female canine animal is in heat. -2- ARTICLE V Impounding of Untagged Canine Animals It shall be the duty of the Rabies Control Officer or other personnel of the Health Department of the City charged with the responeibility :of',the_erifgrce- ment of this Ordinance, or any policeman or peace officer to capture and impound any bitchcin :heat running at large within the city limits, or any animal found in the City limits that does not have attached to it the identification tags i required by this Ordinance. The owner of such animal may claim and take possession thereof within seventy-two (72) hours of the impoundment of such animal by pay- ing a pound fee of $5.00 and in addition $1.00 per day as board for each day such animal shall have been impounded. In addition, if said animal has not been vaccinated for rabies and the owner or custodian thereof does not have a cer- tificate showing that said animal has been vaccinated within the past twelve (12) months, then such animal can be redeemed only after it has been vaccinated and identification tags procured as hereinabove provided. In the event such animal is not claimed by its owner or custodian within seventy-two hours after impound ment, it shall be the duty D£ the Health Department or any police officer to destroy such animal in a humane fashion. In the event such animal shall bear an identification tag at the time impounded, it shall be the duty of the person impounding the same to immediately notify the owner thereof. ' ARTICLE VI Dumping Canine Animals It shall be unlawful for any person to intentionally release or dump i • a canine animal, and to abandon the same within the corporate limits of the City of Friendswood, Texas. ARTICLE VII Required Observation of Caninine Animals That Have Bitten Persons If any canine animal shall have bitten any person, then such animal shall be voluntarily confined by the owner or custodian thereof for a period of ten (10) days. In the event such animal is not voluntarily confined then the same j shall be impounded by the Health Department, police or peace officer for ob- servation for a period not to exceed ten (10) days. A fee of $ l d 0 per day -3- shall be charged the owner or custodian of said animal for each and every day the same is held for confinement and observation if impounded. If such fee is not so paid, then the animal shall be destroyed in a humane fashion. ARTICLE VIII Exceptions The licensing provisions of this ordinance shall not apply to the following: (a) Canine animals under the age of six (6) months if kept within an enclosure. I (b) Canine animals brought to the City exclusively for the purpose of entering same in any dog show or exhibition, and which are actually entered in and kept at said show for exhibition. (c) Canine animals kept exclusively for breeding, or in kennels when kept in cages or pens in both instances. However such animals shall be required to be inoculated against rabies at least once yearly as hereinabove provided for animals required to be licensed hereunder. ARTICLE IX Penalty Any person who shall violate the provisions of this ordinance shall upon conviction be fined in an amount not less than $5.00 not more than '$ ARTICLE X Savings_ Clause Should any section, provision or part of this ordinance be declared to be unconstitutional and void by any court of competent jurisdiction, such decision shall in no way effect the validity of any of the remaining parts o£,this ordinance, unless the part held unconstitional or void is inseparable from and indispensable to the operation of the remaining parts. The City Council hereby declared that it would have passed those parts of this ordinance which are valid and omitted any parts which may be unconstitutional if it had known that such parts were unconstitutional at the time of the passage of this ordinance. ARTICLE XI 2S hi s adepted-en 3 scb ' .- a �_.�'y• J'•� � ?� ry n}',. .. f l'`-1 r ..n F� , ;� ,. .„ . PASSED AND APPROVED on first reading this A day of � A.D. 196.L. PASSED AND APPROVED on second and final reading this day of c « r A.D. , 196g- T: Mayor of the City of Friendswood, Texas i ATTE5S i y er i