Ordinance No. 690r
ORDINANCE NO. 690
AN ORDINANCE FOR THE PROMOTION OF PUBLIC HEALTH
AND GENERAL WELFARE BY PROHIBITING THE OWNING, NAIN-
TAINING, USING, KEEPING OR HAVING IN POSSESSION CER-
TAIN ANIMALS WITHIN THE CITY LIMITS OF THE CITY OF
BAYTOWN EXCEPT UNDER CERTAIN CONDITIONS; DEFINING
CERTAIN TERMS; REPEALING ORDINANCES INCONSISTENT
HEREWITH; CONTAINING A SAVINGS CLAUSE; PROVIDING A
PENALTY AND THE EFFECTIVE DATE THEREOF,
WHEREAS, this Council does now determine that it is necessary in the interest
of Public Health and Welfare to regulate the keeping of certain animals within the
City Limits of the City of Baytown; NOW, THEREFORE,
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF BAYTOWN:
Section 1: That it is and shall be unlawful for any person, firm or corpora-
tion to keep, own, maintain, use or have in his possession certain animals within the
corporate limits of the City of Baytown; except, that under certain conditions here-
inafter set forth, such animals may be kept as hereinafter provided. This ordinance
shall not apply to household pets living in the confines of owners' residence, nor
the keeping of dogs as set out in Ordinance No. 338, which ordinance shall remain in
full force and effect.
Section 2: PractLc_es to be Observe in the Keeping f Certain JAnimals under
this Ordinance:
Every keeper shall observe the following:
(a) Every keeper of any of said animals shall confine the same in an
enclosure sufficient to prevent their running at large and such en-
closure shall be maintained in a clean and sanitary condition at all
times.
(b) Every keeper of any animal shall cause all food provided therefor
to be stored and kept in a manner so that flies and rats are not
attracted to the premises.
(c) The premises shall be subject to inspection by the City Sanitarian
or any of his subordinates at any reasonable hour of the day.
Section 3: This ordinance does not apply to keeping animals in medical labora-
tories and/or educational institutions for medical research, or in veterinarian hos-
pitals for treatment, they shall be kept under the same conditions prescribed by the
City Sanitarian for such limited purposes without the necessity of compliance with-the
requirements herein set forth.
Section 4: Any of said animals running at large in the City of Baytown shall
be taken up by the Humane Officer and impounded in a place provided for that purpose,
and if such animal is not called for by the owner within thirty (30) days after the
same has been impounded, the same shall be sold at public auction for cash, first
giving five days' notice of the time, terms and place of sale, in a newspaper of gen-
eral circulation published in this city, describing the animal impounded, and all fees
collected under this ordinance shall be remitted to the General Fund of the City of
Baytown.
Section 5: The owner of any animal impounded as provided for in Section 4 may
redeem the same as follows:
(1) Before Sold: By paying the following fees, together with costs of adver-
tising, if any:
(a) Upon the payment of an impound fee of the sum of Ten ($10.00) Dol-
lars per animal plus Three ($3.00) Dollars for each day such animal
remains in the pound or in the custody of the impounding officer.
(2) After Sold: By paying to the purchaser double the amount bid by him for
each animal, and his reasonable expenses for keeping same; provided,
that the owner redeems such animal within thirty (30) days after the
date of the sale, otherwise the animal becomes the absolute property
of the purchaser.
Section b: If at the time of the sale no purchaser can be found for any of
the animals impounded under the provisions of the preceding sections, the City Sani-
tarian shall cause such animals to be killed, and shall deposit the carcasses in such
place as may be designated for such matter.
Section 7: It shall be the duty of the City Sanitarian or his designated re-
presentative to enforce all health and sanitary provisions contained in this ordin-
ance.
Section : Fe ealin Clause: All ordinances or parts of ordinances incon-
sistent with or in conflict with the provisions of this ordinance shall be and the
same are hereby repealed.
Section 4: SaVin s Clause: In the event any section, sub- section, sentence,
clause or phrase of this ordinance shall be declared or adjudged invalid or unconsti-
tutional, such adjudication shall in no means affect any other section, sub - section,
sentence, clause or phrase of this ordinance, but all the rest thereof shall remain
in full force and effect as though the section, sub - section, sentence, clause or
phrase so declared or adjudged invalid or unconstitutional was not originally a part
thereof.
Section 10: misdemeanor For Violation of Provisions: Any person violating
any of the provisions of this ordinance shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and,
upon conviction, shall be fined not less than Ten ($10.00) Dollars, nor more than
Two Hundred ($200.00) Dollars. Each and every violation of the provisions of this
ordinance shall constitute a separate offense, and each and every day shall consti-
tute a separate violation.
Section 11: Effective Date: This ordinance shall take effect from and after
forty -five (45) days from its passage by the City Council. The City Clerk is hereby
directed to give notice hereof by causing the caption of this ordinance to be pub-
lished in the official newspaper of the City of Baytown at least twice within two
week intervals after the passage of this ordinance.
INTRODUCED, READ and PASSED by the affirmative vote of a majority of the City
Council of the City of Baytown, on this the 11th day of July, 1963.
ATTEST-
Edna Oliver, City Clerk
APPROVED:
Georg Chandler, City Attorney
C. L. (Lee) Liggett, M.D., Mayor