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HomeMy WebLinkAbout0488_486486 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.