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ORDINANCE NO. l559-A
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING SECTION 5-27, "LICENSE AND VACCINATION REQUIRED",
OF CHAPTER FIVE OF THE "ANIMALS AND FOWL" OF THE CODE OF ORDINANCES OF
THE CITY OF LA PORTE, ALTERING REQUIREMENTS FOR RETAINMENT OF ANNUAL
LICENSES, ALTERING FEES REQUIRED TO BE PAID TO THE CITY OF LA PORTE TO
OBTAIN ANNUAL LICENSES, AND CREATING A REGISTRATION LICENSE FOR DOGS OR
CATS OVER SIX WEEKS OF AGEi PROVIDING THAT ANY PERSON VIOLATING THE
TERMS OF THIS ORDINANCE SHALL BE DEEMED GUILTY OF A MISDEMEANOR AND
UPON CONVICTION SHALL BE FINED IN ANY SUM NOT MORE THAN TWO HUNDRED
DOLLARS ($200.00)i FINDING COMPLIANCE WITH THE OPEN MEETINGS LAWi PRO-
VIDING A SEVERABILITY CLAUSEi AND PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE HEREOF.
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF LA PORTE:
Section 1. Chapter Five, "Animals and Fowl", of the Code of
Ordinances of the City of La Porte, is hereby amended by amending
Section 5-27, "License and Vaccination Required", to read as follows,
to-wit:
Section 5-27 License and Vaccination Required.
All dogs and cats which are kept, harbored, or main-
tained by their owners within the corporate limits of the
City of La Porte shall be licensed and vaccinated. Before a
license will be issued, the owner of the dog or cat must
present a certificate from a licensed veterinarian showing
that said dog or cat has been vaccinated within the preceding
twelve (12) calendar months. In the application for all
licenses, the owner shall state his name and address, and the
breed, color, and sex of the dog or cat to be licensed.
Licenses shall be applied for according to the following
categories:
TYPE OF
LICENSE
Initial
License
CATEGORY OF DOGS
OR CATS ELIGIBLE
Dogs or cats
6 weeks of age
or under
Annual License
(must be re-
newed every 12
months from date
of issuance)
Annual License
(must be re-
newed every 12
months from date
of issuance)
Dogs or Cats 6
months of age
or older
Dogs or Cats 6
months of age
or older, that
have been neu-
tered or spayed
VACCINATION
REQUIRED?
Not until animal
attains the age
of six months,
whereupon proof
of vaccination
shall be submit-
ted to City of
La Porte.
Yes
FEE*
$5.00
$ 5.00
Yes
$5.00
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* Subject to a $7.00 service charge if license is not
obtained on or before expiration of prior license (or within
six weeks of birth in the case of initial registration with
the City of La Porte).
** Owners of spayed or neutered animals must pay the license
fee only one time, upon a showing of proof from a licensed
veterinarian of the spaying or neutering of the animal in
question. Provided, that the provisions
relating to service charge apply in the event that the
annual license is not obtained on or before expiration of the
prior license.
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Section 2. Any person, as defined in Section 1.07 (27), Texas
Penal Code, who shall violate any provision of the ordinance, shall be
deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction shall be
punished by a fine not to exceed Two Hundred Dollars ($200.00).
Section 3.
The City Council officially finds, determines,
recites, and declares that a sufficient written notice of the date,
hour, place and subject of this meeting of the City Council was posted
at a place convenient to the public at the City Hall of the City for
the time required by law preceding this meeting, as required by the
Open Meetings Law, Article 6252-17, Texas Revised Civil Statutes
Annotatedi and that this meeting has been open to the public as
required by law at all times during which this ordinance and the
subject matter thereof has been discussed, considered and formally
acted upon.
The City Council further ratifies, approves and confirms
such written notice and the contents and posting thereof.
Section 4. If any section, sentence, phrase, clause, or any part
of any section, sentence, phrase, or clause, of this ordinance shall,
for any reason, be held invalid, such invalidity shall not affect the
remaining portions of this Ordinance, and it is hereby declared to be
the intention of this City Council to have passed each sentence, phrase
or clause, or part thereof, irrespective of the fact that any other
section, sentence, phrase or clause, or part thereof, may be declared
invalid.
Section 5.
This Ordinance shall be effective fourteen (14) days
after its passage and approval. The City Secretary shall give notice
of the passage of this Ordinance by causing the caption
hereof to be published in the official newspaper in the City of La
Porte at least twice within ten (10) days after the passage of this
Ordinance.
PASSED AND APPROVED this the ~~ day of
CITY OF LA
h-. 1988.
PORTE
By:
ATTEST:
By: ~ ~/
Cherie Black, City Secretary
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Ordinance No. 1559-A, Page 3
APPROVED:
By: