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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 PERF 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 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) bfthe 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
redemption.) of 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
seventy-two (72) hours and then disposed of, exceptas provided in section
5-30,onrik.unless killed as provided in section 5-26 or sections 5-28 through
5-30: provided, however, the owner of any dog impounded under the terms of
this 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.
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