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ORDINANCE 0-03-1415
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING ORDINANCE 0-84-521, CHAPTER 2, SECTION 1,
SUBSECTION N, "VICIOUS ANIMALS" ADDING SUBSECTIONS c. AND (3) AND
AMENDING SUBSECTION 0, PARAGRAPH (1) "VACCINATION OF ANIMALS"
WHEREAS, the City of Colleyville Code of Ordinances needs to be updated as it
applies to the regulations of animals.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
COLLEYVILLE, TEXAS:
Chapter 2.
ANIMAL CONTROL
Sec. 1.
THAT Subsection N. Vicious Animals is amended as follows:
(1) When the animal warden receives information that an animal has
bitten, scratched or otherwise attacked any person or other animal
within the corporate limits of the city, he shall investigate; and, if in his
opinion the animal is vicious, he shall take such animal into custody
and immediately make such fact known to the judge of the municipal
court who shall thereupon direct that a hearing be held as hereinafter
provided. If the identity or address of the owner or person having
custody or control of such animal can be determined after a
reasonably diligent search, such person shall first be notified of the
pendency of such hearing and summoned to appear within ten (10)
days before the judge of the municipal court of the city, said judge
being hereby vested with jurisdiction with the purpose of hearing such
cases. If it is determined that the animal is vicious, the judge is
hereby authorized and directed at his discretion to order that the
animal be kept muzzled, that the animal be taken out of the corporate
limits of the city or that the animal be destroyed by the animal warden
as a public nuisance.
(2) For the purposes of this section, a vicious animal is hereby defined
as:
(a) any animal that shall bite, scratch or otherwise attack any person
or other animal without provocation, while the person or other
animal so attacked was not trespassing on the property of the
owner or person having the custody or control of such animal and
was not engaged in assault upon either the owner or person
having custody or control of such animal or upon any member of
the immediate family, or
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(b) any animal which has inflicted severe injury or death on a human
being without provocation on public or private property; or
(c) any animal, which has killed or severely injured another animal
without provocation while off the owner's property.
(3) any owner or person having custody or control of such animal who
shall attempt to impede the enforcement of this section by refusing to
abide by the order of the judge as to proper restrictions on such
animal, or by refusing to deliver such animal for impounding of such
animal shall be guilty of a misdemeanor.
THAT Subsection O. Vaccination of Animals is amended as follows:
(1) All dogs, cats and other household pets four (4) months of age or over
within the city shall be immunized against rabies and be given a
booster one year after the initial vaccination. Following the first 2
vaccinations, dogs, cats and other household pets can be vaccinated
at either 1-year or 3-year intervals, depending on the type of rabies
vaccine used.
Sec. 2.
THAT any person, firm or corporation violating any provIsion of this
ordinance shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and upon final
conviction thereof fined in an amount not to exceed One Thousand
Dollars ($1,000.00). Each and every day any such violation continues or
is allowed to exist shall constitute a separate violation and be punishable
hereunder.
Sec. 3.
THAT the City Secretary is hereby authorized to cause publication of the
descriptive caption and penalty clauses of this ordinance as an alternative
method provided by law.
AND IT IS SO ORDERED.
The first reading and public hearing being conducted on the /9~ day of
~C 2003.
The second reading and public hearing being conducted on the .:l~ day of
~b.lA.....J 2003.
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Cynthia Singleton, TRMC
City Secretary
AS TO FORM AND LEGALITY:
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