HomeMy WebLinkAbout80-2386 ordORDINANCE NO. 80-2586
ORDINANCE AMENDING ORDINANCE NO. 65-865 AND REPEALING A PART
OF ORDINANCE NO. 76-1988 FIXING THE FEES FOR LICENSES FOR DOGS
AND CATS AND PROVIDING THE FEE FOR Ti~E IMPOUNDING AND KEEPING
OF ]DOGS AND CATS.
WHEREAS, the City Council of the City of Plainview, Texas,
has determined that it would be in the best interest of the pub-
lic tha~ the license fee assessed against the owner or keeper of
every dog or cat in the city should ]De reduced from $2.50 to
$2.00 per annum; and
WHEREAS, the City Council of the City of Plainview, Texas,
has determined that it would be in the best interest of the pub-
lic that the charge for impounding each dog and cat for the first
time in any calendar year should be increased from $6.00 to $7.00
and for each subsequent time a dog or cat is impounded in any
calendar year, said charge should be increased from $12.00 to
$14.00.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE
CITY OF PLAINVIEW, TEXAS:
Section 3 of Ordinance 65-865 shall be, and the same is
herO, bY amended as follows:
"SECTION3: LICENSES, FEES, DURatION. There is hereby fixed
and assessed as a police regulation for the protection of the
public health a license fee of $2.00 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 3: Subparagraph (a) of Section 7 of Ordinance 65-865
shall be, and the same is, hereby amended as follows:
"(a) ~he Director of Public Safety shall charge a fee of
$7.00 for each dog or cat impounded for the first time in any
calendar year. For each subsequent time a dog or cat is impounded
in any calendar year, the Director of Public Safety shall charge a
fee of $14.00. 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 1 of Ordinance 76-1988 providing for the assessment
of a license fee of $2.50 per annum against the owner or keeper
of every dog or cat in the City of Plainview, Texas is hereby
repealed.
Section 3 of Ordinance No. 76-1988, providing for the fee of
$6.00 for each dog or cat impounded for the first time in any
calendar year and providing for the fee of $12.00 for each sub-
sequent time a cat or dog is impounded in any calendar year is
hereby repealed.
PASSED A~ND APPROVED ON FIRST READING this the 12th
day of ]February , 1980.
PASSED AND APPROVED ON SECOND AND FINAL READING this the
26th day of February , 1980.
y o_- Plamnvlew
Witer S. Dodson, City Clerk
City of Plainview
APP~OVRD: //
Tom~Hamil%c~l, City Attorney,
City' of Plainview