HomeMy WebLinkAbout76-1988 ordORDINANCE NO. 76-1988
AN ORDINANCE FIXING THE FEES FOR LICENSES FOR DOGS, CATS; PROVIDING THE
FEE FOR THE ISSUANCE OF DUPLICATE LICENSE TAGS; AND PROVIDING THE FEE FOR
THE IMPOUNDING AND.KEEPING OF DOGS AND CATS; RROVtDING]iFOR THE FEEiFOR.
VACC%NAT.10~; ~lfDING ORDINANCE NO. 65-865 ACCORDINGLY; AND PROVIDING A
SAVINGS CLAUSE.
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PLAINVIEW:
Section 1: Section 3 of Ordinance No. 65-865 is hereby amended so
as to read as follows:
"SECTION 3: LICENSES, FEES, DURATION. There is hereby fixed and
assessed as a police regulation for the protection of the public health
a license fee of $2.50 per annum against the owner or keeper of each and
every dog or cat kept in the City. The license shall run from January 1st
to December 31st of each Year, and any part of such year shall be deemed
and considered the entire year."
Section 2: Section 5 of Ordinance No. 65-865 is hereby amended so
as to hereafter read as follows:
"SECTi6N 5: LICENSE - ISSUANCE OF DUPLICATE TAGS. It shall be the
duty of the owner or keeper of any dog or cat to procure a duplicate tag
from the City Clerk in the event that the original tag is lost or destroyed,
and the City Clerk shall issue a duplicate tag upon application of any person
who has complied with the provisions of this Ordinance and upon the payment
of $1.00 for the cost of issuing the duplicate tag."
Section 3: Subparagraph (a) of Section ~ ,of Ordinance~No. 65~865 is
hereby amended.so~as to hermafter read as follows:
"Iai Th~ Director of Public Safety shall charge
a fee of $6.00 for each dog or cat impounded for the first time in any
calendar year. For each subsequent time a dog or cat ~o impounded in any
calendar year, the Director of Public Safety shall
charge a fee of $12.00. In addition to the fee above specified, the
Director of Public Safety shall charge a fee of $3.00
for each day such dog or cat remains in the pound."
Section 4: In instances where the Director of Public Safety
or employees of his department, determine that it
is advisable to vaccinate a dog or cat for distemper in order to
protect the health of such animal, there shall be charged by the City
of Plainview a fee of $3.00 which shall be collected in the same manner
as other fees herein provided for.
Section 5: Should any section, sentence, provision or part of
this ordinance be declared invalid, it shall not affect any other section,
clause, sentence or part thereof.
PASSED AND APPROVED this the /~ ~
A. D. 1976.
day of
ATTEST:
M. L. Rea, C~ty C~
City of Plainview