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HomeMy WebLinkAbout513 12-14-1976ORDINANCE NO. 513 AN ORDINANCE AMENDING ORDINANCE NO. 500, SAME BEING THE CITY OF EULESS ANIMAL AND RABIES CONTROL ORDINANCE, WHICH AMENDMENT REVISES SECTION 3 -5 THEREOF, MAKING IT AN OFFENSE TO OWN, HARBOR, KEEP OR MAINTAIN ANY ANIMAL THAT BITES, SCRATCHES OR ATTACKS ANY PERSON; PROVIDING A SEVERABILITY CLAUSE; A PENALTY FOR VIOLATION THEREOF; DECLARING AN EMERGENCY AND PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE. NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF EULESS, TEXAS: I. Section 3 -5 of Article I of the City of Euless Animal and Rabies Control Ordinance is herewith and hereby amended in its entirety to hereafter read and be as follows: SECTION 3 -5 - ANIMALS - BITING, SCRATCHING OR ATTACKING ANY PERSON It shall be unlawful for any person to own, harbor, maintain or keep any animal that bites, scratches or attacks any person unprovoked, provided the person bitten was not trespassing upon the property of the person owning, harbor- ing, maintaining or keeping such animal. II. Severabiljt_y. The provisions of this Ordinance shall be, and they are, declared to be severable, and should any portion thereof be declared to be invalid for any reason by a Court of competent jurisdiction, such Bolding shall not affect the remaining portions hereof. III. Perialty 1 -or Violation. Any person, firm or corporation violating any of the terms and provisions of this Ordinance shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction thereof shall be fined in an amount not to exceed $200.00. Lach such violation shall be deemed a separate offense and shall be punishable as sucli hereunder. IV. Declaring an Emergency. The fact that the enactment of a revision of the City of Euless Animal and Rabies Control Ordinance is necessary to preserve and continue the public business, health, safety and general welfare of the citizens of the City of Euless, creates an urgency and an emergency in the immediate preservation of the same, and requires that this Ordinance shall take effect immediately from and after its passage, and it is accordingly so ordained. W Effective Date. This Ordinance shall be in full force and effect from and after its passage and publication as provided by the Euless City Charter and the laws of the State of Texas. PASSED and APPROVED by the City Council of the City of Euless, Texas, on first and final reading this the 14th day of December 1976. APPROVED: ;2 vZ� Harold Samuels, Mayor AT T1 'ST : Za4c- Della Houy, Cit Secretary