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Home My WebLink About1999-290\\CH LGL\V01r1\SHARED\DEPnLGL\0ur DocumentAOrdmances\99\ammal cremation doe NOTE Amended by Ordinance No. 2000-461 ORDINANCE NO 4q-,V40 AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF DENTON, TEXAS AMENDING ARTICLE I OF CHAPTER 6 OF THE CODE OF ORDINANCES RELATING TO "ANIMALS" BY ADDING SECTION 6-38 TO PROVIDE FOR THE CREMATION OF ANIMALS BY THE CITY OF DENTON ANIMAL SHELTER, PROVIDING A SEVERABILITY CLAUSE, PROVIDING A SAVINGS CLAUSE, AND PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE WHEREAS, the City of Denton animal shelter provides for the cremation of animals that are impounded at the shelter, and WHEREAS, the cremation of animals allows for a safe and humane way to dispose of deceased animals, and WHEREAS, it would be in the interest of the City of Denton to allow individual owners and residents to have animals cremated at the City of Denton animal shelter, and WHEREAS, allowing the City of Denton animal shelter to cremate animals from individual owners and residents would promote the health, safety and welfare of the people of the City of Denton, NOW, THEREFORE, THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF DENTON HEREBY ORDAINS SECTION 1 That Chapter 6 of the Code of Ordinances titled "Animals" is hereby amended by adding Section 6-38 which shall read as follows 6-38. Cremation of animals An owner or resident may bring an animal or animals to be cremated at the city's animal control facility and shall be assessed and pay for each animal the fee established by city council and on file in the office of the city secretary for the handling of the cremation This fee shall be in addition to any fee established by Sec 6-36 of this Chapter SECTION 2 If any section, subsection, paragraph, sentence, phrase or word in this ordinance, or application thereof to any person or circumstance is held invalid by any court of competent jurisdiction, such holding shall not affect the validity of the remaining portions of this ordinance, and City Council of the City of Denton, Texas hereby declares it would have enacted such remaining portions despite any such invalidity SECTION 3. That save and except as amended hereby all the remaining sections, subsections, sentences, phrases and clauses of Chapter 6 of the City Code shall remain in full force and effect SECTION 4. That this ordinance shall become effective fourteen (14) days from the date of this passage, and the City Secretary is hereby directed to cause the caption of this ordinance to be published twice in the Denton Record Chronicle, the official newspaper of the City of Denton, Texas, within ten (10) days of its passage PASSED AND APPROVED this the �c day of & , 1999 JACK R, MAYOR ATTEST JENNIFER WALTERS, CITY SECRETARY BY'�( )ea APPROVED AS TO LEGAL FORM HERBERT L PROUTY, CITY ATTORNEY BY < 7%At— s win uoeomentfQdiemeMOpaoimW row Ea ORDINANCE NO O AN ORDINANCE AMENDING ORDINANCE NO 99-290 AND ORDINANCE NO 99-308 TO PROVIDE A DANGEROUS ANIMAL PERMIT FEE AND MAINTAINING THE EXISTING FEES PURSUANT TO CHAPTER 6 OF THE CODE OF ORDINANCES OF THE CITY OF DENTON, TEXAS, PROVIDING THAT A SCHEDULE OF FEES SHALL BE MAINTAINED ON FILE IN THE OFFICE OF THE CITY SECRETARY, PROVIDING A SAVINGS CLAUSE, PROVIDING A SEVERABILITY CLAUSE, AND PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE WHEREAS, the City Manager, in consultation with the Animal Control Division, recommended to the City Council a fee be created for dangerous animal permits, and WHEREAS, the City Council deems it in the public interest to increase these fees, NOW, THEREFORE, THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF DENTON HEREBY ORDAINS SECTION 1 That the following fees in the Schedule of Fees established by Ordinance No 99-290 and Ordinance No 99-308 are hereby amended to be collected pursuant to the specified provisions of Chapter 6 of the Code of Ordinances SCHEDULE OF FEES Sec 6-14 Dog and Cat Registration Fee $ 1000 annually $ 4 00 annually if unable to procreate Sec 6-17 Animal Impound Fees (1) Class A Animals (dogs, cats, fowl, each animal) First Impoundment $ 2000 Second Impoundment $ 3000 Third Impoundment $ 4500 Fourth Impoundment $ 7000 (2) Class B Animals (goats, sheep, lambs, pigs, sows, shoats, calves, foals, and animals of the same approximate size and weight, each animal) First Impoundment $ 3000 Second Impoundment $ 4000 Third Impoundment $ 7500 S bYt WceOdY�DNb�oCW WIDimcl (M.EM Fourth Impoundment $113 00 (3) Class C Animals (cattle, mules, horses, ponies, and animals of the same approximate size and weight, each animal) First Impoundment $ 3500 Second Impoundment $ 5000 Third Impoundment $ 7500 Fourth Impoundment $115 00 (4) Class D Animal (prohibited, exotic, or wild animals requiring capture by center personnel [provided, if the Class D animal is already contained by the owner, then Class B fee schedule shall apply]) First Impoundment $ 3400 Second Impoundment $ 5000 Third Impoundment $ 7500 Fourth Impoundment $115 00 Sec 6-17 Daily Handling Fee First Day or part of Day $ 1500 Each Subsequent Day $ 500 Sec 6-21 Carcass Handling/Dead Animal Disposal Fee Drop-off/Ammal Brought to Animal Control $ 5 00 per animal Center City Pick-up of Animal $ 25 00 per animal Sec 6-22 Animal Euthanasia Fees $ 15 00 per animal (1) Bunal Box Small Animal up to 15 pounds $ 4500 Medium Animal 16-30 pounds $ 5500 Large Animal over 30 pounds $ 6500 Page 2 S bur DasumeoWDNlomcMatludmil Rw Eoc (2) Cremation Um Up to 50 pounds Injection Mold Urn $ 6500 Redwood Box Urn $ 70 00 Ceramic Urn $ 7500 Sec 6-24 Quarantine Fees First Day or part of Day Each Subsequent Day Sec 6-30 Prohibited Ammal Permit Fee Sec 6-38 Dangerous Animal Fee Over 50 pounds 1500 500 $ 50 00 per animal $ 200 00 per animal SECTION 2 That the above -mentioned fees as established by the City Council shall be placed on file in the office of the City Secretary and made available to any member of the public who wishes to see a copy of the fees as established by this ordinance The City Secretary is directed to maintain this Schedule of Fees on file in the City Secretary's office as adopted hereby or as in the future may be established by the City Council All fees shall be paid to the City at the Animal Control Center in accordance with Article III of Chapter 6 of the Code of Ordinances of the City of Denton SECTION 3 That save and except as amended hereby, all the sections, sentences, clauses, and phrases of Ordinance No 99-290 and Ordinance No 99-308 shall remain in full force and effect SECTION 4 That if any section, subsection, paragraph, sentence, clause, phrase, or word in this ordinance, or application thereof to any person or circumstance is held invalid by any court of competent jurisdiction, such holding shall not affect the validity of the remaining portions of this ordinance, and the City Council of the City of Denton, Texas hereby declares it would have enacted such remaining portions despite any such validity SECTION 5 This ordinance shall become effective immediately upon its passage and approval PASSED AND APPROVED this the 101 day of XG&,X&ti 2000 &,4� /° 4 EULINE BROCK, MAYOR Page 3 5 Wm DocummuWidiomcm\�UadmW hm da ATTEST JENNIFER WALTERS, CITY SECRETARY i APPROVED AS TO LEGAL FORM HERBERT L PROUTY, CITY ATTORNEY BY Page 4