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HomeMy WebLinkAboutOrdinance 0465 ~ . . . ~ ~ ORDINANCE NO. 465 DOGS BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF NORTH RICHLA\D HILLS, TEXAS: SECTION 1. ANNUAL REGISTRATION ABOLISHED: Any city ordinance to the contrary notwithstanding, there shall no longer be any requirement to register dogs in the City of North Richland Hills, nor to pay any registration fee. Any and all ordinances to the contrary are hereby repealed insofar only as they require such registration or such fee, provided however, nothing herein contained shall be deemed to affect any requirement that dogs be vaccinated. SECTION 2. VACCINATION: All animals of the dog kind, more than seven (7) months old, within the City Limits of the City are required to be immunized against rabies by means of any approved standard vaccine for the prevention of rabies approved by the Health Department of the City. Whosoever administers such vaccine shall issue to the owner or person having said dog vaccinated a certificate of vaccination stating the name of the owner, the address where the dog is kept, description of the dog, date of the vaccination, the number of the rabies vaccination tag and the kind of vaccine used. He shall also furnish to the owner of such animal a metal tag on one side of which is stamped "Rabies Vaccine Administered" or a similar phrase and the date of vaccination which tag at all times shall be securely attached to a collar around the neck of the animal or to a harness around the neck and body of the animal vaccinated. SECTION 3. RUNNING AT LARGE: It shall be unlawful for the owner or harborer of any dog to permit such dog to run at large upon the streets, alleys, or any public place within the City Limts unless such dog be at all times under control of said owner, a member of said owner's iwmediate family or said owner's servant or agent, by means of a leash or chain of sufficient strength and length to control the actions of said dog. At all other times said dog shall be confined to the premises of said o~!ner by substantial fence of sufficient strength and height to prevent said dog from escaping therefrom, inside the house or secured on said premises by leash consisting of a metal chain of sufficient strength to prevent said dog from escaping from said premises and so arranged that said dog will remain upon said premises when the leash is stretched to full strength. SECTION 4. DUTY OF OFFICERS TO IMPOUND: It shall be the duty of the Director of Public Health, the Chief of Police, and/or any health officer or any police officer to cause to be taken upon or impounded all animals of the dog kind loose or at large in violation of the terms of this ordinance. ~. ~ SECTION 5. RIGHT TO REDEEM: · The owner of any dog impounded under the terms of this ordinance shall h~ve the right to redeem same, unless other\~ise provided, upon payment to the poundmaster for each ani~al so redeemed, the sun of three do:lars ($3.00) pick up fee, one dollar ($1.00) pound fee, and one dollar (51.CO) per day boarding fee, and any fine. The sum so paid to the paundmaster shail be paid by him into the City Treasury. SECTION 6. TIME TO REDEEM: All impounded dogs shall be redeemed within four (4) days after their capture and impoundment and all such animals not redeemed within the said tiGe may be given to a new owner. If no new owner be found, the dog so impounded may be destroyed. SECTION 7. VACCINATION OF REDEEMED DOGS: All animals of said dog kind redeemed at the dog pound must be immedi- ately vaccinated against rabies in accordance with the provisions of Section 2. with the provisions of this ordinance, said owner must sign a statement giving the name of the owner and the address where said dog shall be confined and stating that he will have said dog vaccinated immediately in accordance with the provisions provided for herein. Failure to have said dog vaccinated shall be grounds for immediate return of said dog to the City Pound and said animal may be destroyed or othen~ise disposed of and the failure to so comply with the term shall constitute an offense under this ordinance and shall be punished in accordance with Section 14. hereof. · SECTION 8. QUARANTINE OF DOGS EXPOSED TO RABIES: Any animal of the dog kind that has rabies or symptoms thereof or is suspected of having rabies or that has been exposed to rabies, in addition to the provisions of Section 3., shall be immediately and securely confined in an enclosed area protected from contact with other animals, both wild and domestic and kept there under the supervision of the Department of Public Health or the Police Department for a period of not less than fourteen (14) days. SECTION 9. QUARANTINE OF RABID DOGS: Any animal of the dog kind that has rabies or symptoms thereof, or animal that bites, scratches, or otherwise attacts any person within the City Limits, in addition to the provisions of Section 3., shall be immediately and securely confined by the owner, or one having custody, in an enclosed area protected from contact with other animals,both wild and domestic, for a period of ten (10) days subject to inspection from time to time so as to be able to determine whether said animal is affected by rabies; or said animal shall be quarantined and held for a like time in any veterinary hospital approved by the Health Department, or shall be held at the City Pound for ten (10) ¿~ys, after which period of time and in the event such animal is determined to be free from rabies, said animal may be returned to its o\vr.er, or if not claimed thereafter may be given to another owner or .destroyed if a new owner cë~not be found. · ~ · · · ....... ~ SECTION 10. REPORTING RABID DOGS: It shall be the duty of the owner or harborer of the practicing veterinarian to report to the Police Depart~ent all cases of rabies with which he comes in contact or to which his attention has been directed. This report shall be made immediately upon diagnosis or suspicion or such cases of rabies. SECTION 11. BARKING DOGS: Any person who shall harbor or keep on his premises or in or about his premises under his control, any dog or animal of the dog kind \r/hich by loud or unusual barking or howling) shall cause the peace and quiet of the neighborhood or the occupants of adjacent premises to be disturbed, shall be quilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction shall be fined in any sum not to exceed tviO hundred dollars ($200.00), and a separate offense shall be deemed committed upon each day during or on which a violation occurs or continues. SECTION 12. RIGHT TO DESTROY UNLICENSED DOGS: The Health Officer, the Chief of Police or any health officer or any police officer shall have the right, but shall not be required~ to immediately destroy or cause to be destroyed, any animal of the dog kind to which the required vaccination tag is not attached as heretofore required, when such dog cannot be caught for impoundment or when such animal is deemed to be dangerous to the public. SECTION 13. WILD ANIMALS: (A) It shall be unlawful to keep or harbor any wild animal within the City without a permit, excepting commercial establishments dealing in the sale of these animals that have proper zoning) for such a commercial enterprise and that have proper facilities for restraint and care of these animals. (8) The Animal Warden and the City Manager or his assistant may issue a permit to allow and establishing conditions under which it would be permissible to keep or harbor wild animals in the City. SECTION 14. CREATING A HEALTH HAZARD: Any person who shall harbor or keep on his premises or in or about his premises under his control any dog or animal of the dog kind and who shall allow his premises to become a hazard to the general health and welfare of the community, or who shall allow his premises to give off noxious or offensive odors due to the activity or presence of said animal (5) shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction shall be fined in accordance with Section 15. hereof. ~/ -~ . ¡ . . -~ ~ SECTION 15. PENALTY: Any person violating the provisions of any of the foregoing Sections pertaining to dogs shall be fined in any sum not to exceed tvlO hundred dollars ($200.00); provided that the provisions requiring pay~ent or tax shall not apply to dogs following transients through the City. PASSED AND APPROVED thi s 9th day of Apri 1 , 1973. Ú " '."- . -;:::::--~ . /' ~~t~Lz~~;ii-µr;'¿ - MARION L. MASSEY, MAYOR . CITY OF NORTH RICHLAND HILLS, TEXAS þ,TTEST: ffJb(, ) (2. ) DON~~~, CITY ~ APPROVED AS TO FORM AND LEGALITY: ~~ ~_ ~/-'l7:7$n_____ TIM TRUMAN, CITY AfTðRNEY .....1 ~ LEGAL AFFIDAVIT THE STATE OF TEXAS: A'M'ACH LEGAl COpy HERE COUNTY OF TARRANT: Before me, the undersigned authority on this day personally appeare~leanor Lewis known to me to be a credible person. who first being sworn, deposed and upon her oath said: Bookkeeper Mid Cities Daily News That she is the of the , a newspaper which has been regularly and continuously published and of general circulatiØt1 in the City/Town of Hurst , for a period of more than one year next preceding the first publication of the Legal Notice attached and that he caused said notice to be published in said newspaper on the following date/so 4/22/73 4/25/73 That the attached is a true and correct copy of said notice as pub- lished on said date/s in said Mid Cities Dailv News ~~ 2nd May Sworn to and subscribed before me, this the_day of_, 1971.... -- County , Form -- 110 ~ ORDJNANCE NO. 466 AN œDlNANCE ABOLISH- ING . TH£ REQUIREMENT FOR ANNUAL REGISTRA- TION ON DOOS, REPEALING ALL PRIœ ORDINANCES TO THE CONTRARY; REQU- IRING ALL DOGS OVER SEVEN (7) MONTHS OLD, TO BE IMMUNIZED AGAINST RABIES" ^ METAL TAG' EVIDENCING SAME TO BE AT ALL TIMES ATTACHED TO COLLAR OR HARNESS ON THE DOG; PROHIBITING' THE RUNNING AT LARGE OF DOGS UPON STREETS, ALLEYS, OR OTHER PUBLIC PLACES UNLESS SUCH DOG IS ON A LEASH" OR CHAIN AND UNDER CONTROL OF THE OWNER, HIS AGENT OR SERVANT; PROVIDING THAT AT ALL OTHER TIMES THE DOG SHALL BE CON- FINED TO "THE OWNER'S PREMISES; REQUIRING LOOSE DOGS TO BE IM- POUNDED BY THE PROPER AUTHORITIES; GRANTING THE OWNER THE RIGHT TO REDEEM AN IMPOUNDED DOG WITHIN 14 DAYS ON PAYMENT OF ALL FEES AND FINES; PROVIDING FOR THE QUARANTINE- MENT OF DOGS WITH RA- BIES, EXPOSED TO RABIES, OR WITH SYMPTOMS THEREOF, FOR 14 DAYS, AND FOR THE QUARAN- TINEMENT OF ANY ANIMAL i THAT BITES, SCRATCHES OR OTHERWISE ATTACKS ANY PERSON, FOR 10 DAYS; REQUIRING ALL PERSONS TO REPORT TO THE POLICE ALL CASES OF SUSPECTED RABIES;' PROHIBITING THE HARBORING OF ANY DOG WHICH BY LOUD OR UNU- SUAL BARKING OR HOWL- ING CAUSES THE PEACE AND QUIET OF THE NEIGH- BORHOOD TO BE DIS- tuRBED, MAKING EACH DAY A SEPAMTE OF- FENSE; AUTHORiZING THE . PROPER AUTHORITIES TO DESTROY ANY DOG WITH- OUT A PROPER VACCINA- nON TAG ATTACHED WHEN SUCH DOG CANNOT BE CAUGHT AND IS DEEMED DANGEROUS; PROHIBITING THE KEEP- INGOF WILD ANIMALS WITHOUT A PERMIT, WITH SOME EXCEPTIONS; PRO- HIBITING A PERSON WHO KEEPS A DOG FROM AL- LOWING HIS PREMISES TO BECOME A HAZARD TO THE COMMUNITY'S, GENERAL HEALTH AND WELFARE OR GIVE OF NOXIOUS OR DE- FENSIVE ODORS; MAKING VIOLATION OF ANY SEC- TION OF A MISDEAMEANOR AND PRESCRIBING A PEN-. ALTY THEREFOR OF A FINE NOT TO EXCEED TWO HUNDRED DOLLARS: PASSED . AND APPROVED tbis 9th day of April, 1973. -s-MARION L. MASsEY, , MAYOR CITY OF NÖR'1'H RICHLAND HILLS, TEXAS _ ATTEST; -s,.DONNA , P AIRSH, CITY SECRETARY APPROVED AS ..'.rOFORM ANI>L~AJ..LTY:.. ;. -&-11" 'tRI.JtiWi, CITY AT· 'l'OIUŒ¥ . .. WIGAL NO.7.. PØ..... ~'. ORDINANCE NO. 465 AoNO ORDINANCE ABOLISH- ING THE REQUIREMENT Ftm ANNUAL REGISTRA- 'I'K>N ON DOOS, REPEALING ALL PRI<R ORDINANCES ro THE CONTRARY; REQU- IJUNG ALL DOGS OVER SÞEN (7) MONTHS OLD TO BE IMMUNIZED AGAINST RABIES, A METAL TAG EVIDENCING SAME TO BE A'f¡LALL TIMES ATTACHED 'f1I)I . COLLAR OR HARNESS ON¡THE DOG; PROHIBITING THE RUNNING AT LARGE OF DOGS UPON STREETS, AhLEYS, OR OTHER PUBLIC PLACES UNLESS SUCH DOG IS ON A LEASH OR CHAIN AND UNDER CONTROL OF THE OWNER, HIS AGENT OR SERVANT; PROVIDING nuT AT ALL OTHER TIMES TIU: DOG SHALL BE CON- FJl'iED TO THE ÙWNER'S P~MISES; REQUIRING LOOSE DOGS TO BE IM- PQJJNDED BY THE PROPER AIlTHORITIES; GRANTING TlfE OWNER THE RIGHT TO R.ßPEEM AN IMPOUNDED D9G WITHIN 4 DAYS ON PAYMENT OF ALL FEES A~D FINES; PROVIDING FQft THE QUARANTINE- MENT OF DOGS WITH RA- BIES, EXPOSED TO RABIES, OR WITH SYMPTOMS ~REOF, FOR 14 DAYS, AND FOR THE QUARAN- T~EMENT OF ANY ANIMAL THAT BITES, SCRATCHES OR OTHERWISE ATTACKS ~Y PERSON, FOR 10 DAYS; ~QUIRING ALL PERSONS ~REPORT TO THE POLICE AbL CASES OF SUSPECTED ß4BIES; PROHIBITING THE HARBORING OF ANY DOG \lAJICH BY LOUD OR UNU- SUAL BARKING OR HOWL- 1~9 CAUSES THE PEACE ~D QUIET OF THE NEIGH- BORHOOD TO BE DIS- TyftBED, MAKING EACH DAY A SEPARATE OF- FENSE; AUTHORIZING THE PROPER AUTHORITIES TO DESTROY ANY DOG WITH- OUT A PROPER V ACCINA- TION TAG ATTACHED WHEN SUCH DOG CANNOT BE CAUGHT AND IS DEEMED DANGEROUS; PROHIBITING THE KEEP- ING OF WI.LD. ANIMALS- WITHOUTA;PERMIT, wiTH. SOME EXCEfrnUNS;. PRO- HIBITING A PE1tSQN WHO Form -- 110 LEGAL AFFIDAVIT THE STATE OF TEXAS: COUNTY OF Tarrant Before me, the undersigned authority on this day personally Eleanor Lewis appeared known to me to be a credible person. who first being sworn, deposed and upon her oath said: That she is the Bookkeepe£f the Mid Cities Daill, lftaìiêwspaper which has been regularly and continuously published and of general circulati<1f1 in the City/Town of Hurst , for a period of more than one year next preceding the first publication of the attached Legal Notices and that he caused said notice to be published in said newspaper on the following date/so 4/22/73 That the attached is a true and correct copy of said notice as pub_ lished on said date/s in said Mid Cities Daily News ~c4~ Sworn to and subscribed before me, this the 2nQday of.!:!!.t., 19 u.. ufbî¥c,.~"'ran t Tëxas County , . ,..',; KEEPS A DOG FROM,AL.- LOWING HIS PttEMISES TO BE:COME A HAZARD TO THE COMMUNITY'S GENERAL HEALTH AND WELFARE OR GIVE OF NOXI()US OR DE· FENSIVE oDòRS; MAKING VIOLATION ()Ii' \ ANY SEC- TION OF A MJSDEAMEANOR AND PRESCRIaING A PEN- AL TY THEREFOn OF A FINE NOT TO :gxÇEEDTWO HUNDREDOOLJ;.AJtS. PASSED AND APPROVED this 9th day of April, 1973. -s- MARIONL. MASSEY, MAYOR CITY OF NOßTH ¡UCHLAND HILLS, TEXAS ATTEST: -s-DONNA PAlRSH, CITY SECRETARY APPROVED AS TO FORM ! AND. LEGAUTY ;'" . .. I .s-11M 'l'RU~;CITY' AT- TORNEY .' MCDN LEGAL NO. 7446 . PUB 4-12·73 .