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Saturday, May 27, 2000.
ORDINANCE NO. 8914
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® AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF BAYTOWN, TEXAS, AMENDING
CHAPTER 14 "ANIMALS," ARTICLE III "RABIES CONTROL," SECTION
14 -67 "QUARANTINE PROCEDURE," SUBSECTION (C) OF THE CODE OF
ORDINANCES OF THE CITY OF BAYTOWN, TEXAS; PRESCRIBING A
MAXIMUM PENALTY OF FIVE HUNDRED AND NO /100 DOLLARS ($500.00);
PROVIDING A REPEALING CLAUSE; CONTAINING A SAVINGS
CLAUSE; AND PROVIDING FOR THE PUBLICATION AND EFFECTIVE
DATE THEREOF.
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF BAYTOWN,
TEXAS:
Section 1: That Chapter 14 "Animals," Article III "Rabies Control," Section 14 -67
"Quarantine Procedure," Subsection (c) of the Code of Ordinances, City of Baytown, Texas, is
hereby amended to read as follows:
CHAP'T'ER 14. ANIMALS
Article III. Rabies Control
Sec. 14 -67. Quarantine procedure.
(c) An animal required to be quarantined pursuant to subsection (a) shall be quarantined by
either:
(1) a licensed doctor of veterinary medicine of the owner's choice, having facilities
within the city limits or within a 20 -mile radius therefrom for the quarantining of
animals and who agrees to provide the following to the animal control division:
a. written documentation that the animal was received; .
b. a verbal fifth -day health check of the animal;
c. a written 240th hour /10th day health check of the animal; and
d. a written release authorization; or
(2) the animal control division.
Section 2: All ordinances or parts of ordinances inconsistent with the terms of this
ordinance are hereby repealed; provided, however, that such repeal shall be only to the extent of
® such inconsistency and in all other respects this ordinance shall be cumulative of other
ordinances regulating and governing the subject matter covered by this ordinance.
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Section 3: If any provision, section, exception, subsection, paragraph, sentence,
clause or phrase of this ordinance or the application of same to any person or the set of
circumstances, shall for any reason be held unconstitutional, void or invalid, such invalidity shall
not affect the validity of the remaining provisions of this ordinance or their application to other
persons or sets of circumstances and to this end all provisions of this ordinance are declared to be
severable.
Section 4: Any person who fails to comply with any provision of this ordinance shall be
guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction, shall be punished by a fine not exceeding FIVE
HUNDRED AND NO /100 DOLLARS ($500.00). Each act of violation and each day upon which
any such violation shall occur shall constitute a separate offense. In addition to the penalty
prescribed above, the city may pursue other remedies such as abatement of nuisances, injunctive
relief, administrative adjudication and revocation of licenses or permits.
Section 5: This ordinance shall take effect from and after ten (10) 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 published in the official newspaper of the City of Baytown at least twice
within ten (10) days after passage of this ordinance.
INTRODUCED, READ, and PASSED by the affirmative vote of the City Council of the
City of Baytown, this the 23`d day of May, 2000.
ATTEST:
Y WI-SMITH, City Clerk
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
I ACID RAMIREZ, ., City Attorney
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PETE C. ALFARO, Mayor