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HomeMy WebLinkAbout0063_6262 L AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF GEORGETOWN, TEXAS, DECLARING, THAT UNDER THE CONDITIONS STATED HEREIN, THE KEEPING OF CHICKENS OR RABBITS, OR EITHkR OF THEM, SHALL CONSTITUTE A NUISANCE, AND THE ESTA3LISHING OR VAINTIINING OF SUCH NUISANCE SHALL BE PUNISHABLE..BY FINE OF NOT LESS THAN ONE DOLLAR NOR MORE THAN TEN DOLLARSs AND DE- CLARING AN EMERGENCY, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF GEORGLTOWN, TEXASs That it shall hereafter be a criminal nuisance to keep any chickens or any rabbits, or either of them, at any place within this City, when the place where they or either of them are so kept is within two hundred feet or less of any private residence of another, or within two hundred feet or less of any public plaoe j if such chickens or such rabbits or either of them are then and there kept in a manner and under conditions wherein said chickens or such rabbits, or either of them, by reason of the odors therefrom, the noise made by the*, or from any other cause pertaining to them or to either or any of theca or pertaining to the manner or to the place at which they are kept, is reasonably calculated to,annoy, offend, or disturb the inhabitants of such private residence or disturb the inhabitants of any such public place. That proof that one dozen chickens or more are being kept at, any one time, at a place within this City that is within two hundred feet or leas from any private house of another shall be sufficient to make a prima facia ease hereunder f and/or the proof that one dozen or more rabbits are being kept at any one time at a place within this City that is two hundred feet or less from the private residence of another, shall be sufficient to make out a prima facia case hereunder, and unless such prima facia case is overcome by the evidence, it shall warrant a conviction hereunder. That any person acting for himself or for another, who creates or maintains the criminal nuisance above defined shall be guilty of a mis- demeanor and upon conviction shall be fined in any sum of not less than one dollar nor more than ten dollars. That no ordinance exists adequately protecting persons against the nuisance above defined, creates an emergencyf and that by reason thereof the rules requiring that ordinances be rent at three separate meetings before final passage are suspended, and this ordinance is here and now finally passed, and it is ordered that it be approved and published nt ones and that It take effect from and after passage and publication. Passed and approved this the 8th day of June A. D. 1953.