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.... -- - <br />4•. <br />~•• <br />ORDINANCE NO. 6041 <br />. • AN ORDINANCE AMENDING SECTION 6-12 OF <br />CHAPTER 6 ENTITLED "ANIMALS AND FOWL" OF <br />THE CODE OF CIVIL AND CRIMINAL ORDINANCES <br />• OF TBE CITY OF IRVING, TE'KAS; PROHIBITING -' <br />HOGS, SOWS AND PIGS IN CITY; PROVIDING FOR <br />AN AFFIRMATIVE DEFENSE IF POTBELLIED PIG; <br />PROVIDING FOR REQUIREMENTS FOR KEEPING <br />POTBELLIED PIG; PROVIDING A SEVERABILITY <br />CLAUSE AND DECLARING AN EMERGENCY. <br />8E IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF <br />IRVING, TEXAS: <br />• <br />• <br />SECTION 1. That Chapter 6 entitled "Animals and <br />Fowl" of the Code of Civil and Criminal Ordinances of the City <br />of Irving, Texas, shall be amended by repealing Section 6-12 <br />and substituting therefor a new Section 6-12, which shall read <br />a as follows: <br />~ Sec. 6-12. Hogs, sows, pigs prohibited in <br />city; affirmative defense if <br />potbellied pigs; requirements <br />for keeping potbellied pigs. <br />(a) It shall be unlawful to maintain and <br />keep any hog, sow or pig in the City of <br />Irving. <br />(b) It is an affirmative defense to sub- <br />section (a) above, that the animal is a <br />potbellied pig, which meets with the <br />requirements set forth in subsection (c) <br />below. <br />(c) Requirements for keeping potbellied <br />pigs: <br />(1) It shall be unlawful for any person to <br />keep, harbor or raise more than two <br />' (2) adult potbellied pigs in any one <br />(1) household within the city. <br />~ Raisecs or breeders shall meet the <br />requirements of section 6-10 of this <br />'~ chapter. <br />(2) All potbellied pigs shall be kept <br />indoors at all times othec than times <br />for evacuation of waste material or <br />during exercise periods. Potbellied <br />pigs shall meet the requirements of <br />section 6-3, which prohibits animals <br />